Bishop Thomas Henry Lance Corporal 4127756
Personnel Entry
Name Bishop Thomas Henry
Army number 4127756
Rank Lance Corporal
Decorations
Date of birth
Age 25
Unit Enlisted in the Cheshire Regiment. Transferred to the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted 9th Battalion. Taken prisoner by the Japanese 15/2/1942. Died 26/10/1943 Tarsoa, Siam.
Company/Battery HO Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action Died 26/10/1943 of malaria and dysentry.
Home address Son of Isaiah Robert and Beatrice Annie Bishop of Tyseley, Birmingham. Mother listed in September 1945 as Mrs Mears, 24, Roma Road, Tyseley, Birmingham 11. Buried initially in grave 305/2 Tarsoa. Re-interred in grave 4.C.33. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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