Private Alfred Bishop

Army Number : 43722

Battalion : 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived Nottingham. Son of Alfred and Fanny Bishop, 33, Pym Street, St. Ann’s, Nottingham. Husband of Alice May Bishop, 25, Player Street, Nottingham. He was bakers assistant prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He was killed in action, 19th October 1916., whilst in the line near Martinsart Wood, France, during the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private Alfred Bishop is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Peter’s Church War Memorial, Radford, Nottingham.
Boots the Chemist, Offices and Works, War Memorial, Thane Road, Beeston, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.