Reginald Worth Bishop (1884 - 1957)

Born 18 Mar 1884 in Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Died 27 Nov 1957 at age 73 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Reginald, born in 1884, was the eldest son of William Bishop and Margaret Green.^[1]

He attended Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in Kingston, Ontario, graduating in 1903.^[2] He held a civil engineering degree and during the First World War was a Defense Department district engineer in London, Ontario. During the Second World War. he served as a lieutenant-colonel with the Royal Canadian Engineers.^[3]

In 1916 he married Edith Stuart Galbraith in Dunnville, Haldimand, Ontario.^[4]

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FM38-D3X : 16 July 2017), Reginald Worth Bishop, 18 Mar 1884; citing Birth, Grey, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,845,867.
2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Billy Bishop," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Billy_Bishop&oldid=973430238 (accessed August 17, 2020).
3. ↑ Lt.col. R. W. bishop: Civil engineer, older brother of air marshal. (1957, Nov 28). The Globe and Mail (1936-2016) Retrieved from ProQuest
4. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:278X-YSV : 13 March 2018), Reginald Worth Bishop and Edith Stuart Galbraith, 30 Mar 1916; citing registration , Dunnville, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,079,612.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 August 2020), memorial page for Reginald Worth Bishop (18 Mar 1884–27 Nov 1957), Find A Grave: Memorial #42367982, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound, Grey County, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by JBL Plot Hunters 2009 (contributor 47089790) .