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Geoffrey Sydney Charles Bishop (1909-1967)

Soldier
Service No:245396
Rank:Lieutenant, later Captain
Squadron:B, later C
Troop:1st (C)
Role:Troop Leader, Tank Commander
Known as:Geoff
Service:Taken on strength 30 Apr 1942. Initially attached 270 FDS
Award(s):Military Cross (Gazetted 1 March 1945)
Mentioned in:
23H Story
Page 106, Page 140, Page 236
Civilian
Occupation:Estate Agent
Residence:26 Cole Park Rd, Twickenham, Surrey (1935),
West Oaks, Parkmore Park Road, Walton and Weybridge, Surrey (1939)
Birth:13 Jan 1909 in Richmond, Surrey
Death:12 Nov 1967 in Surrey
Burial:Randalls Park Municipal Cemetery, Leatherhead, Surrey
Marriage [1]:to Margot Elsa Mielke 9 Mar 1935 at St Mary's Church, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
Children:none
Marriage [2]:to Dorothy Nanette Brice (nee Thompson) registered Jun 1956 in Tonbridge district
Children:2 daughters
Images:[Grave]
Parents
Sydney Rance BishopLouise Florentine Elizabeth Beard
Advertisers' Agent.
252 Hamlet Court Road, Mortlake, Surrey (1911).
Birth registered Sep 1877 in Islington, Surrey.
Death registered Jun 1932 in St Martin, London.
Birth registered Mar 1881 in Marylebone, London.
Death registered Dec 1943 in Hove, Sussex.
Marriage 1905 at St Anne's Church, Wandsworth, London.

Notes

Author of 'The Battle, a tank officer remembers' (published privately), a day-by-day account of his time with 23H from 14 Jun 1944 until 7 Aug 1944.

Geoffrey is on the list of those who attended the 23H reunion in 1959.