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CSM. Horace Augustus Firth
British Army 7th Btn. Suffolk Regiment
from:West Dereham
Horace Firth was born in West Dereham, Norfolk on 5th September 1890 and enlisted in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Norfolk Regiment on 3rd June 1907. After serving for a year, Firth transferred to the Suffolk Regiment as a Regular Army Private on 4th June 1908.
At the start of World War I, Firth was assigned to the newly formed 7th Battalion and landed in France with them on 30th of May 1915. He was wounded twice during World War I.
Firth was appointed the 1st Battalionā€™s Regimental Sergeant Major on 23rd January 1925. He received the Long Service & Good Conduct Medal on 15th June 1927 (Army Order 150) and, after serving as the 1st Battalionā€™s sergeant major for five years, Firth retired on 23rd January 1930.
Pte. Joel Firth
British Army 6th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:75 Bottomley St, Park Lane, Great Horton, Bradford
(d.23rd March 1916)
Joel Firth served with the 6th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment.
Pte. Joseph Firth
British Army 8th Bn East Lancashire Regiment
from:2a Scarr Street, Bacup, Lancashire
(d.22nd April 1917)
Joseph Firth is my paternal mother's brother, my great uncle born in Bacup, Lancashire in 1898. I know very little about him other than that he enlisted without his mother's knowledge and he died in WW1. His elder brother, William Roberts, re-enlisted to search for him and prior to his departure to Salonika he absconded and was missing for more than 21 days when he was declared a deserter. He had previously earned the 1914 Star which was rescinded because of this situation.
I have visited the National Archives in Kew and obtained a copy of the War Diary for the 8th Btn of his unit in the month that he died.
Pte. Wright Firth
British Army 7th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:Bradford, Yorkshire
(d.12th October 1917)
Wright Firth served with the 7th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders.
Pte. John Brown Fish
British Army 11th Battalion Middlesex Regiment
from:Tottenham
(d.20th Feb 1917)
John Fish, sadly killed in action on the 20th February 1917.
Gnr. William Walter Fish
British Army 59th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Norwich
Will Fish enlisted 3/12/1915 and went to France 15/10/1916. He was wounded 10/10/1917 and was repatriated 1/4/1919 then demobbed 28/4/1919.
Bdr. Samuel Fishburn
British Army 138 Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Thorpe Theweles, Durham
My grandfather, Samuel Fishburn was a bombardier with the Royal Garrison Artillery, in the Somme Region. I have been told that he was gassed in one attack, but survived. He enlisted 29th February 1916 and was discharged 12th June 1919. I have located an image of his medal index card, but unfortunately it does not give details of the medals he received. The medal themselves have been lost during their passage through the hands of family members. I have also obtained the war diary day headings for the 138th Battery and hope to add more information as I discover it.
Pte. Thomas William Fishburn
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
also served att 257th Tunnelling Coy RE
Pte. William Fishburn
British Army 1st/5th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:Gt Langton
(d.12th Mar 1916)
Billy Fishburn was my uncle, my mother's eldest brother. They lived in the small village of Gt Langton. He was the eldest boy in a family of 12 children, and had been working as a farm labourer before joining up, I think quite early in war. All I know is that he bought my mother a little toy before he left. Then the next thing she remembered was the telegram. He hadn't died straight away but was taken to hospital and died of his wounds. He died 12th of March 1916 soon after his 20th birthday and is buried at Etaples Cemetery.
Fisher
Army Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Albert Henry Fisher
British Army 5th Btn. Devonshire Regiment
from:7 Bouverie Street, Chester
(d.29th August 1918)
Pte. Bert Fisher
British Army 1st Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Belchford, Lincs.
(d.3rd Jul 1916)
My Grandfather, Bert Fisher joined the army in August 1914 and served from then until his death in France. I know that he worked for a Col. Cheaney, who lived in Whimple, Devon. His death, as with so many others, had a catastrophic effect upon my mother's family. I think that he was a drover, but beyond that know nothing about him.
Granpa I salute you.
Cpl. Charles Fisher
British Army 2nd/24th Btn. London Regiment
(d.29th May 1918)
Charles Fisher served with the 2/24th Battalion London Regiment during WW1. Charles was drowned on the 29th May 1918 after the troop ship Missir, crossing the Mediterranean, was hit by a torpedo fired by German submarine UB51. He is commemorated on the Chatby Memorial within the Alexandria Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt.
Cpl. Charles Fisher
British Army 2/24th Btn. London Regiment
(d.29th May 1918)
Charles Fisher died on the 29th of May 1918 and is commemorated on the Chatby Memorial in the Alexandria Military and War Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt. Charles was drowned on the 29/05/1918 after troop ship Missir, crossing the Mediterranean, was hit by a torpedo fired by German submarine UB51.
Pte. Charles Frederick Fisher
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Birmingham
Charles Fisher lost a leg in 1915 and was invalided out.
Cpl. Ernest Edwin Fisher
British Army 6th Btn. Dorset Regiment
from:Melbury Abbas, Shaftesbury
(d.13th Apr 1917)
Ernest Fisher was born in 1895 in Melbury Abbas. He was the son of a stonemason. At the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 he was living in Hardings Lane, Melbury Abbas, Shaftesbury. He enlisted in his local Dorsetshire Regiment and at the time of his death held the rank of Corporal. He served in France and Flanders and was posthumously awarded the Victory and British War medals. He died on 13th of April 1917 and was buried at Duisans British Cemetery in Etrun. He is remembered on the Cann War Memorial, Shaftesbury.
PO/Stoker Frank Levi Fisher
Royal Navy HMS Amphion
from:Plymouth
(d.6th August 1914)
Frank Fisher was born in Box, Wiltshire in 1874. He married in Plymouth in 1899 and had four children that I know of between 1901 and 1913. He was Leading Stoker on HMS Amphion, and was killed by a mine in the North Sea on that ship which was the first British Naval loss of WWI. He is remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 2. He was my second cousin and although four times removed, he is on my family tree and is remembered.
Cpl. Frank Ernest Fisher
British Army 1st Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Birmingham
(d.31st Aug 1916)
Frank Fisher was killed in the Battle of Delville Wood on 31st of August 1916. He was 21 years old. He has no known grave but is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
L/Cpl. Fred Fisher VC.
Canadian Expeditionary Forces 13th Btn. Canadian Infantry
from:Montreal, Canada
(d.24th Apr 1915)
Fred Fisher served with the 13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Forces during WW1 and died on the 24th April 1915, Age: 22. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium. He was the son of Mr. W. H. Fisher, of 100, Fort St., Montreal.
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 29202, dated 22nd June, 1915, records the following:- On 23rd April, 1915, in the neighbourhood of St. Julien, he went forward with the machine gun, of which he was in charge, under heavy fire, and most gallantly assisted in covering the retreat of a battery, losing four men of his gun team. Later, after obtaining four more men, he went forward again to the firing line and was himself killed while bringing his machine gun into action under very heavy fire, in order to cover the advance of supports.
L/Corp Frederick Fisher VC
Canadian Expeditionary Force 13th (Royal Highlanders of Canada) Battalion
from:Canada
(d.23 April 1915)
Sgt George William Fisher
British Army 8th Btn Lincolnshire Regiment
from:West Pinchbeck
Pte. George Humphrey Fisher DCM.
British Army 9th Btn Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Llantilio Crossenny, Abergavenny
(d.30th May 1918)
George Fisher is one of 4 brothers who volunteered initially through the Monmouthshire Regiment. George died on the 30th of May 1918, serving with the 9th Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
2nd Lt. Harry Laureate Fisher
British Army 12th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:Gateshead
(d.27th Oct 1918)
Harry Fisher one of four brothers who served in WW1 Alfred, William Norman and Jack Nicholson (my grandfather). William and Jack also served in the DLI (William in 5th Bn). Harry died on the 27th Oct 1918 aged 27 He is buried in Tezze British Cemetery, Italy.
Pte. Isaac Fisher
British Army 250th Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers.
from:26, Bright St. Bolton
Isaac Fisher was my grandfather and was a miner who originated from Tipton in Staffordshire. Around the turn of the century he moved with his mother and father to Atherton in Greater Manchester. Prior to the Great War Isaac was married and had my father in 1908, but his wife died in 1911. Throughout his army career, so his war records tell us, he was frequently reported as AWOL, I'm unsure if this was due to his responsibilities towards his son or not. He had two service numbers 265326 and 442540 we think the second number was when he was transfered to the 250th tunneling company. His records are not always clear to read but we think he was a casualty at Bethune. If anyone can help to decipher records it would be very much appreciated.
L/Cpl. Isaiah Fisher
British Army 6th Btn York & Lancaster Regiment
from:Middlecliffe
(d.9th Oct 1917)
Isaiah Fisher served with the 6th York & Lancaster Regiment.
Pte. J. Fisher
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
J Fisher was discharged in 1919
Pte. John Browitt Fisher
British Army 6th Btn. A. Coy. Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Small Drove Lane, West Pinchbeck, Spalding, Lincs.
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Stoker lst class. John Edward Fisher
Royal Navy HMS Begonia
from:Sheffield, Yorkshire
(d.6th Oct 1917)
Pte. John Browitt Fisher
British Army 6th Btn, A Coy. Lincolnshire Regiment
from:West Pinchbeck
(d.7th Jun 1917)
John Fisher is listed on the Menin Gate, so there is no known grave.
Pte. Joseph Frederick Fisher
British Army 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment
from:Limehouse, London
Joseph Fisher served with the 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment
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