210421 Pte. George Ewart Bishop British Army 17th Btn. Royal Fusiliers from:Chartham, Kent (d.12th Apr 1918) My Grandfather, Alfred Osborne, passed away in 2011 aged 96. It is believed that George Ewart Bishop was his true Father, and may well have gone to war totally unaware that he had got a young local girl pregnant, my Great Grandmother. My Grandad was brought up by her mother and father as if he had been their child, as an illegitimate child (one born out of wedlock) was shameful in those days. My Grandad grew up thinking that his Mum was just his much older sister. Only in more recent years has all this been discovered, and I would love to find any other relations with information on George Ewart Bishop of 27 Asylum Cottages, Chartham Downs, Canterbury, Kent. Perhaps there is even a regimental photo of him?
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