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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: Rfn Evelyn Fisher, 6555, 1/K.R.Rif.C. Qualifying date [for 1914 Star]: 13.8.14. Died of Wounds.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Rfn Evelyn Fisher, 6555, 1st Bn K.R.Rif.C. Died of Wounds 25.7.16.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Bugler Evelyn Fisher, 6555, 2nd Bn K.R.R.C. Date and Place of Death: 25.7.16. No.45 C.C.Stn. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow and Sole Legatee - Dorothy E. £15 4s. 1d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Evelyn. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Mrs Dorothy Emily Fisher, born 21.1.92. Address: 118, King's Road, Gosport, Hants. Children: Evelyn Robert William, born 17.5.14. Leonard Louis, born 12.7.16.
In 1921 Dorothy and her sons were living at 90, Queen's Road, Gosport.
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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