Basic Details
Surname
Fisher
Forenames
John
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. One of the many of his regiment and from the Halifax area lost unsuccessfully attacking the Schwaben Redoubt on 3rd September 1916: unlike many of theirs, his body was recovered and buried.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Duke of Wellington`s West Riding Regiment
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Lance Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Somme
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Thiepval
Cemetery
Mill Road British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
3
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Missing