Alec Bishop
Alec Bishop | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | William Henry Alexander Bishop |
| Born | 20 June 1897 Plymstock, Devon, England |
| Died | 15 May 1984 (aged 86) Hastings, East Sussex, England |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Rank | Major General |
| Service number | 11689 |
| Commands held | Dorset Regiment |
| Battles/wars | First World War Second World War |
| Alma mater | Plymouth College Royal Military College, Sandhurst. |
Major-General Sir William Henry Alexander "Alec" Bishop OBE (20 June 1897 – 15 May 1984) was a British Army officer and administrator.[1]
Military career
Bishop was born in Plymstock, Devon, the eldest child of Walter Edward Bishop and Eliza Knowles.[2] He was educated at Plymouth College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Dorset Regiment and served in India from 1919 to 1925. He also saw service in Mesopotamia and Palestine. After that he was in the War Office and the Colonial Office.[1] He attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1927−1928.[3]
In the
Commonwealth Relations Office and in 1964–65 British High Commissioner in Cyprus.[4]
Sir Alec died in 1984 in Hastings, East Sussex, aged 86.[5]
References
Bibliography
- Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.
External links
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