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Auction: 22102 - Orders, Decorations and Medals e-Auction VI - e-Auction
Lot: 445

Three Private G. W. Bishop, 2nd/5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) who died of wounds on 2 October 1917

British War and Victory Medals (32240 Pte. G. W. Bishop. Notts. & Derby. R.); Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (George William Bishop), mounted in frame under glass by H. Bull & Sons., good very fine (3)

George William Bishop was born at Lichfield, Staffordshire on 16 March 1889, the son of William and Charlotte Bishop of Birmingham Row, Barton-under-Needwood, Burton-on-Trent. Enlisting at Burton-on-Trent with the 15th (Nottingham) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Transferring at some stage to 2nd Battalion he later joined 2nd/5th Battalion and was mortally wounded while serving with this unit. Taken to Wimereux, likely for treatment he died on 2 October 1917; sold together with Commonwealth War Graves details.

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