SOE Bishop, Herbert Francis Adrian

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Bishop ​

• FORENAME

Herbert Francis Adrian ​

• UNIT

SOE Iran and Iraq​

• RANK

Major ​

• NUMBER

107822 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

11th October 1942 ​

• AGE

44 ​

• GRAVESITE

Tehran War Cemetery,Iran 1.E.4 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit General List​

born 1892​

son of Herbert Henry and Mabel Alice Bishop,Sandymount,Dublin,Republic of Ireland​

educated Eton College​

scholar of King's College,Cambridge​

Head of SOE in Iran and Iraq​

award Mention in Despatches​

died in accident Tehran,Iran​

fell to his death when a banister on a hotel balcony gave way​