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Surname: FISHER
Forename(s): George
Place of Birth: Follifoot, Yorkshire
Service No: 41244
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Durham Light Infantry
Battalion / Unit: 19th (Service) Battalion. (2nd County)
Division: 35th Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1917-08-28
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: E. 5.
CWGC Cemetery: VILLERS-FAUCON COMMUNAL CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
George Fisher was the son of James and Mary Jane Fisher, née Busfield. James was born at North Grimston and Mary at Scruton, Yorkshire.
1881 Follifoot, Yorkshire Census: Follifoot Ridge - George Fisher, aged 2 years, born Follifoot, son of James and Mary J. Fisher.
1891 Follifoot, Yorkshire Census: The Ridge - George Fisher, aged 12 years, born Follifoot, son of James and Mary J. Fisher.
1901 Harrogate, Yorkshire Census: Gladstone Street - George Fisher, aged 22 years, born Follifoot, Yorkshire. [George was boarding with Sarah Hallam, widow.]
George was married to Emma Rathmell, née Wise, in 1909. Emma's only son, Ernest, by her husband, Benjamin Rathmell, was killed in action at Gallipoli whilst serving with the 9th (Service) Bn Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) on the 22 August 1915 and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
1911 Pannal, Yorkshire Census: George Fisher, aged 33 years, born Follifoot Ridge, Yorkshire, husband of Emma Fisher.
The British Army Service Record for George Fisher exists but may be incomplete.
George and his stepson, Pte Ernest Rathmell (10290), are commemorated on the Pannal Parish War Memorial in St. Robert's Church.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
FISHER, George, D.L.I., of Pannal, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, 19, Tufton Street, [Silsden], killed in action Aug. 29, 1917.
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Private George FISHER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Durham Light Infantry
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 35th Division
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