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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 865

Of Masonic and H.A.C. interest - the Great War group of five to Major H. G. S. Bishop, who served on attachment to the County of London Yeomanry in Egypt, before joining the 41st Dogras on the North-West Frontier; a career soldier who rose from the ranks, Bishop advanced to Major in the H.A.C. during the Second World War

1914-15 Star (1055 Pte. H. Bishop. 3-Co. of Lond. Y.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2.Lieut. H. G. S. Bishop.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lieut. H. G. S. Bishop, 1-41 Dogras.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (1396211 Gnr. H. G. S. Bishop. H.A.C.), on 'H.A.C.' riband, mounted court-style by Raymond D. Holdich, with two related riband bars, and a loose Royal Masonic Hospital Permanent Steward's Jewel, silver, hallmarks for Robert Jay, London 1929, the reverse engraved 'Bro. C. W. Cooper. No. 2343.', the fourth with scratches to obverse field, overall good very fine (6)

Henry George Stokes Bishop was born in Lewisham in 1896. Living at 55 Clarendon Road, he was an Orderly Room Sergeant to the 1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company at the start of the Great War. Attached to the 3rd County of London Yeomanry, Bishop served in Egypt from April 1915, and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 15 June 1918. From 10 September 1918 he was attached to the 1st Battalion, 41st Dogras in India. The Indian Army Lists show that he advanced to Lieutenant on 15 June 1919, while serving on the North-West Frontier. 'Released' from active service in April 1920, he continued as a reservist with the Honourable Artillery Company, earning the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in 1922. On 26 April 1929 he was raised to the Fitz-Roy Masonic Lodge (Member No. 569), becoming an active contributor to the Royal Masonic Hospital fund. His jewel was awarded in recognition of a donation of at least 10 guineas to the fund. Having risen from the ranks, Bishop was promoted to Captain on 1 April 1939 and Major on 2 April 1941. He retired to 62 Laudown Road, St. John's Wood, and died on 28 November 1977; sold with copied MIC and medal confirmation.

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