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SECTION XIII Page 42 Download original document at bottom of page BIRD, R., Private, 20th London Regiment. Mobilised when war broke out he was sent overseas in March 1915, and saw service on the Western Front. There he fought in the Battles of Givenchy, Loos, the Somme, Arras and Vimy Ridge, and was wounded. Rejoining his Battalion on recovery, he was taken prisoner in March 1918, and held in captivity in Germany until repatriated after the Armistice. He was discharged on account of service in December 1918, and holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 9, Greenfield Street, Deptford, S.E.8. BIRKBY, A. A., Private, R.A.S.C. (M.T.) He volunteered in March 1915, and a month later embarked for France. Engaged on important transport duties in the forward areas, he was present at the Battles of Loos, the Somme and Arras. Sent home in June 1917 on account of illness, he was treated at the 2nd General Hospital, London, and Lewisham War Hospital, and was invalided out of the Army in January 1918. He holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 5, Gilbert Terrace, Rotherhithe, S.E.16. BIRKBY, A. A. (Jun.), Private, 4th Middlesex Regt. Mobilised from the Army Reserve in August 1914, he landed in France with the first Expeditionary Force, and was in action in the Retreat from Mons and the Battles of Ypres and Loos. He fell fighting on September 29th, 1915, and was entitled to the Mons Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. "A valiant Soldier, with undaunted heart he breasted life's last hill." 5, Gilbert Terrace, Rotherhithe, S.E.16. BIRKBY, G. H., Private, 6th Bedfordshire Regt. Volunteering in October 1915, he was drafted to the Western Front a year later and saw heavy fighting in the Battles of Vimy Ridge, Ypres and Cambrai. Wounded and taken prisoner in November 1917, he was released from captivity in December 1918, and for upwards of a year was engaged on guard and other duties at various prisoners-of-war camps in France. He was demobilised in August 1919, and holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 5, Gilbert Terrace, Rotherhithe, S.E.16. BIRKETT, H. E., L/Cpl., Northamptonshire Regt. He volunteered in August 1914, and in the following year proceeded overseas. In the course of his service in France he was severely wounded at Loos on October 16th, 1915, and evacuated to England. After treatment he was engaged on coastal defence duties at home for a time, but owing to ill-health following his wound, was discharged as medically unfit for further service in August 1917. He holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 13, Relf Road, Peckham, S.E.15. BIRKS, F. A. (M.M.), Pte., Duke of Cornwall's L.I. He joined in 1916, and embarking for the Western Front in the same year, took a prominent part in the Battles of Arras, Ypres, Cambrai and in other engagements. He was wounded at Cambrai and awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in the Field. On recovering from his injuries he was sent to Italy in 1917, and was inaction in the Advance on the Piave and in several other operations in the Italian theatre of war. On the conclusion of hostilities he returned to England, and was discharged on account of service in March 1919. He holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 97, Farmer's Road, Camberwell, S.E.5. BIRMINGHAM, W., Sergt., R.A.M.C. He volunteered in February 1915, and in the following July proceeded overseas. Serving with the Field Ambulance in the forward areas in France and Flanders he was engaged on important duties whilst heavy fighting was in progress, and among other Battles was present at that of Arras. Returning home after the Armistice, he was demobilised in January 1919, and holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 10, Kempslade Street, Deptford, S.E.8. BISCARDINE, H., Bugler, R.M.L.I. Joining as a boy in 1917, he completed his training, and served as a bugler at Gosport Barracks. He did good work with his unit, but was unable to obtain his transfer to a theatre of war before hostilities were concluded. After the Armistice however, he was sent into Germany with the Army of Occupation, but owing to illness was evacuated to England, and after treatment was discharged as medically unfit in 1919. 34, Hollydale Road, Peckham, S.E.15. BISCARDINE, I. (Miss), Member, W.R.A.F. She joined in 1918, and was employed at the Hotel Cecil on important clerical duties until May 1919, when she was sent to France. Engaged there on work of a similar nature she rendered valuable services for some months, and was sent home and posted to Blandford. She was stationed there until discharged in April 1920. 34, Hollydale Road, Peckham, S.E.15. BISCARDINE, V., A.B., Royal Navy. Volunteering in 1915, he was posted to H.M.S. "Carysfort," and served in that vessel as a sight setter. His ship was engaged on patrol and escort duties in the North Sea, and other waters, and was in action in several engagements, including the Battle of Jutland. After hostilities were ended he was sent to India, and in 1921 , he was still serving in foreign waters. He holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 34, Hollydale Road, Peckham, S.E.15. BISHOP, A. H. T., 2nd Corporal, R.E. (R.O.D.) He volunteered in the Royal Army Medical Corps in January 1915, and three months later sailed for Egypt and was stationed at Cairo. Transferred to a hospital ship he was sent to the Dardanelles, and on returning was sent with the Field Ambulance to the North West Coast of Africa. After a period of service there he was drafted to Palestine, and was there transferred to the Railway Operative Department of the Royal Engineers, with which unit he did excellent work at Mersa Matruh, Agagia, Sollum, Rafa and Jerusalem during the British Advance through Palestine. He was demobilised in June 1919, and holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 4, Hornshay Place, Hornshay Street, Peckham, S.E.15. BISHOP,C. J.,Pte., 1/22ndLondon Regt. (The Queen's). Volunteering in May 1915, he was sent to the Western Front in the following January, and fought in the Battle of the Somme and was wounded in February 1917. On recovery he served with his Battalion at Arras, Cambrai and in the Retreat and Advance of 1918. Demobilised in March 1919, he holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 17, George Row, Bermondsey Wall, S.E.16. BISHOP, F. A., Private, East Surrey Regiment. He joined in October 1916, and in the same year crossed to France, where he took part in several engagements in the Somme sector, and in the German Offensive, and subsequent Allied Advance of 1918. He was unfortunately killed in action at Bapaume in 1918, and was entitled to the General Service and Victory Medals. "Whilst we remember, the sacrifice is not in vain." 126, Trundley's Road, Deptford, S.E.8. BISHOP, E. C. (M.M.), Cpl., 3rd Royal Fusiliers. A serving soldier, he was stationed in India at the outbreak of war, and in January 1915 sailed for France. There he fought in the Battles of Ypres, St. Eloi and Loos, and in the following October proceeded to Salonika. After taking part in the Offensive on the Doiran front, the Advance on the Struma, and in other operations he returned to the Western Front in June 1918, and was in action in the Battles of Le Cateau and the Sambre, in the Retreat and subsequent Allied Advance during which he was wounded when mending telephone wires under heavy shell-fire-for which act of bravery and devotion to duty he was awarded the Military Medal. He also holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals, and was discharged on account of service in April 1919. 10, Bawtree Road, New Cross, S.E.14. BISHOP, G., Corporal-Saddler, R.G.A. He joined in May 1916, and after undergoing a period of training served at home until March 1918, when he was drafted to France. After taking part in operations on the Arras front he was sent back to the waggon lines and engaged as a saddler in repairing harness. He was transferred to the 1/1st Essex Heavy Battery when hostilities ceased, and proceeded to Germany with the Army of Occupation, with which he was stationed on the Rhine until September 1919, when he returned home to be demobilised. He holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 93, Goodrich Road, East Dulwich, S.E.22. BISHOP, G. A., Driver, R.F.A. He volunteered in August 1914, and on the completion of his training was drafted to France. Whilst overseas he took part in the engagements at Loos, the Somme, Arras, Ypres and Cambrai, and also served throughout the Retreat and Advance of 1918. He was twice wounded during this period and after the Armistice proceeded to Germany and was stationed on the Rhine until his return to England for demobilisation in July 1919. He holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. 11, Blakeley Buildings, Tunnel Avenue, Greenwich, S.E.10. BISHOP, H., Gunner, R.F.A. He volunteered in May 1915, and served as musketry Instructor at various depots until his embarkation for the Western Front in 1917. Whilst overseas he took part in heavy fighting in several engagements in the Ypres salient, at Lens, and in the German Offensive, in the course of which he was gassed in April 1918 Sent home he was under treatment for some months, and was ultimately demobilised in February 1919. He holds the General Service and Victory Medals. 40, Bengeworth Road, Camberwell, S.E.5. View And Download Original Document |