BISHOP, Frederick Walter

Rank: 
Fusilier
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Prior Police Service: 
Glasgow City Police
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Scots Fusiliers
Service: 
Army
Number: 
14317282
Died : 
Wednesday, July 14, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Fusilier Frederick Bishop died during operations at Agnone and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge). Son of Frederick Walter and Mabel Bishop, of Glasgow.
Frederick was a Police Officer from Glasgow who volunteered for the Commandos as part of the Police Intakes that commenced in 1942. He is amongst those named on the Glasgow Police WW2 Memorial Plaque located at the Glasgow Police Museum, Bell Street, Glasgow.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/65.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
IWM War Memorials Register ref. 87226.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
Yes

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