BORN PRESTON 1877. SON OF BENJAMIN AND JANE BISHOP, OF ST OLAVE, YORK. HE RESIDED IN HULL. MARRIED AT BEVERLEY, ON 02/10/1898. HIS WIFE FLORENCE SMELT (1881-1939) & THREE CHILDREN, LIVED AT THE COTTAGE, OAKTREE HOUSE, PRESTON ( ARMY ADDRESS). HE WAS DOMESTIC COACHMAN, GROOM AND GARDENER. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY, ON 24/06/1916, AGED 39. CALLED UP FOR SERVICE, ON 25/11/1916. SENT TO FRANCE 1/06/1917. SERVED WITH THE 2ND/6TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS. TWICE WOUNDED ON 21/6/1917 AND 6/10/1917. HE ATTENDED FOUR HOSPITALS. KILLED IN ACTION NEAR BULLECOURT, ON 21/03/1918.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ALL SAINTS CHURCH MEMORIAL, PRESTON.
First name:
CHARLES WILLIAM
Military Number:
203222
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/03/1918
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
40
