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Pte. Frederick Bertram Walter Bishop
British Army 2nd Btn. Essex Regiment
from:Goathurst, Somerset
(d.10th Aug 1918)
Fred Bishop was the youngest son of Robert and Mary Ann Bishop of the Hurdles Goathurst, Nr Bridgwater Somerset. Fred joined the army at the age of 18 serving with the Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion. A shell exploded close by him and, a piece of shrapnel entered his forehead. He passed away while a doctor was treating him at the Dressing station on 10th August 1918. He was buried in a little cemetery at Connehem France. Fred's oldest brother was also in the Army, L./Cp William H Bishop. Both Fred and William Bishop were my Great Uncles.