Personal Number: 245396 Rank: Captain Name: Geoffrey Sydney Charles BISHOP, MC Unit: 23 Hussars London Gazette : 23 October 1942 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35754/supplement/4588/data.pdf ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS 19th September 1942 Cadets:- Geoffrey Sydney Charles BISHOP (245396). London Gazette : 1 March 1945 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36961/supplement/1173/data.pdf The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe:— The Military Cross. Lieutenant Geoffrey Sydney Charles Bishop (245396), 23rd Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps (Walton,Surrey).
245396 Captain Geoffrey Sydney Charles BISHOP, MC, 23 Hussars Recommendation for Award for Bishop, Geoffrey Sydney Charles Rank: Lieutenant ... | The National Archives Reference: WO 373/51/53 Name Bishop, Geoffrey Sydney Charles Rank: Lieutenant Service No: 245396 Regiment: 23 Hussars Theatre of Combat or Operation: North West Europe 1944-45 Award: Military Cross Date of announcement in London Gazette: 01 March 1945
Surveyor and Property Manager of Surrey Born 1909, died 1967. Twice married. Randalls Park Municipal cemetery, Leatherhead, Surrey: Geoff was the author of "The battle, a tank officer remembers", a day-by-day account of his time with 23rd Hussars. Unfortunately his narrative ends in August 1944, but a good read nonetheless.
