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- ***y***,, BISHOP, Worth Graduated RMC 1903
- Ref http://www.constable.ca/caah/bbishop.htm
2564y1765,, BISHOP, William
Avery "Billy"
- Born on February 8, 1894,
to William and Margaret Bishop of Owen Sound, Ontario.
He was the middle child of three
- Went to RMC and was dismissed 1914 for cheating
- Married Margaret Burden,
a granddaughter of Timothy Eaton,
the department store millionaire
- Air Marshal William Avery "Billy" Bishop
- VC, CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DFC, ED
- (8 February 1894 – 11 September 1956) --> 62 yrs of age
- was a Canadian First World War flying ace,
- officially credited with 72 victories,
- making him the top Canadian ace,
- and according to some sources,
- the top ace of the British Empire.
- William Avery Bishop died quietly
in his sleep in 1956
while wintering in Florida
- His son, William Arthur Bishop
enlisted in the RAF as a fighter pilot
and survived the war to write books about his father
and other military heros
- 0914x0057,, BISHOP, Annie
(Louie)
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