Harold Bisp
Memorial: Coalpit Heath - St Saviour's Church
Regiment: Machine Gun Corps
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 161595
Parents: James and Ada Bisp
Home address: Adams Land, Coalpit Heath, Bristol
Date of birth: 1898
Place of birth: Coalpit Heath, Bristol
Date of death: 19/10/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension (Ref: II. A. 4.), France
Age: 20
Further information:
Harold Bisp was born in 1898 in Frampton Cotterell to parents, James and Ada Bisp. His father worked as a coalminer and was born in Winterbourne and his mother was born in Frampton Cotterell. His siblings were Emma and Lily.
Harold served with the 62nd Battalion Machine Gun Corps as private 161595. He was killed on the 19th October 1918 and is buried in the Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension (Ref: II. A. 4.), France.
Harold Bisp is remembered on the Chipping Sodbury and District Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre under Coalpit Heath.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre, glosgen.co.uk and Forces War Records