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 NAME:                      Bishop, Leonard Newman
 RANK:                      Private
 UNIT:                      South Wales Borderers  (formerly 7325 Dorsetshire Regiment)
 BATTALION ETC:             1st Battalion, D Company
 REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         9416
 HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 26th September 1914
 WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France
 OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 28. 1911 Census shows him serving with the South Wales Borderers.
                            Son of the late Edward and Sarah Rebecca Bishop of Winchester.
                            1891 & 1901 census shows family living at 1 Cromwell Terrace, Winchester.
                            Also served in India with 1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regt. 
                            Employed at Isleworth Post Office as postman.
                            Born: St Faith, Winchester. Enlisted: Winchester.