The Collection of Medals to the Wiltshire Regiment formed by the late Michael Hayward

Pair: Second Lieutenant C. T. Bishop, 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, killed in action, Mesopotamia, 29 March 1917

British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.); Memorial Plaque (Charles Trevor Bishop) extremely fine (3) £250-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Wiltshire Regiment formed by the late Michael Hayward.

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Charles Trevor Bishop was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire. A Chemist by occupation and a former member of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, he attested for the Territorial Force at Chelsea on 9 August 1914. He was appointed to the 1st City of London Field Ambulance (R.A.M.C.-T.F.). With them he served in Malta, September 1914-August 1915, being advanced to Acting Sergeant in June 1915. On 18 August 1915 he was granted a commission in the 8th (Reserve) Battalion Wiltshire Regiment. Then as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 5th Battalion he was posted overseas, arriving in Bombay on 4 August 1916 and at Basra on 23 September 1916. 2nd Lieutenant Bishop was killed in action on 29 March 1917 in an attack in the vicinity of the Nahkwan Canal, near the Palm Tree Post. His name is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.
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Medal and plaque in wooden glass-fronted and backed case, with commemorative scroll. With copied service papers, m.i.c. and war diary extract.