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Surname: FISHER
Forename(s): Evelyn
Place of Birth: Morecambe, Lancashire
Service No: 6555
Rank: Bugler
Regiment / Corps / Service: King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion
Division: 1st Division
Age: 30
Date of Death: 1916-07-25
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. C. 17.
CWGC Cemetery: DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Evelyn Fisher (born 12 April 1886) was the son of Robert and Sarah Ann Fisher, née Tillotson. Robert was born at Old Buckenham, Norfolk and Sarah at Laneshaw Bridge, Lancashire.
1891 Baildon, Yorkshire Census: 42, Low Baildon - Evelyn Fisher, aged 4 years, born Morecambe, Lancashire, son of Robert and Sarah A. Fisher.
1901 Baildon, Yorkshire Census: 9, St. James Place - Evelyn Fisher, aged 14 years, born Morecambe, Lancashire, son of Robert and Sarah Ann Fisher.
1911 Gosport, Hampshire Census: New Barracks, 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps - Bugler Evelyn Fisher, aged 24 years, born Morecambe, Lancashire.
Evelyn was married to Dorothy Emily Starkey in 1914.
The British Army Service Record for Evelyn Fisher exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Rifleman Evelyn Fisher, 6555, 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps. Qualifying date [for 1914 Star]: 13 August 1914.
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 1st Division
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