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FISHER Percy Harold 2/Lt
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20621
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- FISHER Percy Harold 2/Lt
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- 2000-2024
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Surname: FISHER;
Forename(s): Percy Harold;
Initials: PH;
Rank: 2/Lt;
Previous Battalion: 10 of;
Previous Regiment: R Sussex Regt;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 94 Coy;
How killed: DOW;
Where: France;
When killed: 04-Jul-1916;
Other Data: Merchant Taylors School Register 1851-1920: b 26/3/1893 son of Tom P Fisher (Marine Supt) and Kate M Fisher of Forest Gate, London. At School 1907-1911, St Chads Hostel, Durham, BA 1914. Gt War 2Lt R Sussex att MGC. France. Dow 4/7/16.
Inns of Court OTC Register: D/2782 25/1/15. R Sussex R 29/4/15 att MGC 2Lt. Dow 4/7/16.
born Clydesdale, Hartington Rd, Liverpool, 26/3/1893. Enlisted 10/11/1914 as 2782 Pte, 5 Bn Sussex Regt - to Inns of Court OTC (plus 1 yr Durham Univ OTC).
Casualty Form: arrived F&F (le Havre) 17/5/1916
1/7/1916 wounded (abdomen) in the field
2/7/1916 to 94 FA
4/7/16 - 1/2 South Midl FA - Died of wounds buried Couin Mil Cem, 2 m SW of Souastre and 8m NE of Doullens
Father: Tom Percy Fisher (58), mother Kate Mary Fisher (54), brother Frank Hawkins Fisher (28), sister Amy Dorothy Fisher (25)Durham University
Narrative Member of Durham University Officers' Training Corps. BA, St Chad?s College; Temporary 2nd Lieutenant, 10th Royal Sussex Regiment; 94th Machine Gun Corps France 1915-16; Died of Wounds, Serre, Jury 4th, 1916.;Other Notes: FISHER, Second Lieutenant, PERCY HAROLD, 10th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment attd. Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds 4th July 1916. Age 23. Son of Tom P. and Kate Mary Fisher, of 205, St. Margaret's Rd., St. Margaret's-on-Thames, Middx. B.A. Durham University. I. D. 5. Couin British Cemetery - Pas De Calais, France.;
Related National Archives files: WO339/41135;
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- English
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- Graham Sacker
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