Name William Avery Bishop No.
VC Issue No. 827 Awards VC CB DSO & Bar MC DFC
Regiment Royal Flying Corps, No. 60 Squadron & Canadian Cavalry
Later
Now Royal Air Force
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
Place Of Death Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Buried/Location Ashes Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
Cremated St James's Crematorium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Family plot
Gazetted 11 August 1917
VC Presented 29 August 1917 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
Headstone, Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
Memorial Plaque, Wall of Honour, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Billy Bishop Legion Branch 176, Vancouver, British Columbia
Mount Bishop, Near Calgary, Alberta-British Columbia Border, Canada
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, St Clement Dane's Church, Aldwych, London
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, Ontario, Canada
Owen Sound Billy Bishop Regionel Airport, Ontario, Canada
P Named on the Airmens Memorial, University Avenue, Toronto, Canada
P Billy Bishop Park, Kanata, Ontario, Canada
Memorial Plaque & Display at his former home, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
Memorial Plaque, Queen's Park, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, British High Commission, 80 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
P Path, Field of Honour Cemetery, Pointe-Claire, Montreal, Quebec
P Bishops Road, Tangmere, West Sussex
Bishop Close, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
Billy Bishop Way, Toronto, Canada
Billy Bishop Road, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Display at Canadian War Museum, Ottawa
By The Way…
He played himself in the 1942 James Cagney movie, 'Captains of the Clouds'
VC Held By
Canadian War Museum, 1 Vimy Place, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
