Private Wriedt Willie Bischoff

Army Number : 106717

Battalion : 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Islington, Middlesex and lived Elland, Halifax, Yorkshire. Nephew of Jane Ann Driver, of 12 Commercial Street, Elland, Halifax. He was a Woollen Piecer prior to enlisting 13th April 1917 at Halifax. He was posted to the 7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 6th April 1918 and went to France 7th May 1918. He was posted to the 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 17th June 1918 and was killed in action. 6th September 1918. by German shellfire, whilst serving in the line at Oppy, France.

Buried: La Targette British Cemetery, Neuville-St. Vaast, France. Plot 3. Row C. Grave 3.

Private Bischoff s also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
Elland War Memorial, Hullen Edge Park, Elland, Yorkshire.