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Surname: FISHER
Forename(s): John Allan
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 116160
Rank: Company Sergeant-Major
Regiment / Corps / Service: Canadian Infantry
Battalion / Unit: 72nd Battalion (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada)
Division: 4th Canadian Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1917-12-11
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: P. V. O. 11B.
CWGC Cemetery: ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
John Allan Fisher (born 12 February 1881) was the son of Henry and Alice Fisher, née Hirst. Henry was born at Flockton and Alice at Meltham, Yorkshire.
1881 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 2, Gladstone Street - John A. Fisher, aged 7 weeks, born Skipton, son of Henry and Alice Fisher.
1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 12, Gladstone Street - John A. Fisher, aged 10 years, born Skipton, son of Alice Fisher, widow.
John was married to Emily Monica Heyworth in Canada.
John is commemorated in the Rolls of Honour at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh.
Canadian service records: http://www.baclac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
FISHER, Company Sergeant Major John Allan, aged 36, Canadian Regiment, youngest son of the late Mr. Hy. Fisher and Mrs. Fisher, 12 Gladstone Street, Skipton, died of wounds Dec. 11, 1917.
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Canadian Infantry
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 4th Canadian Division
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14 December 1917
FISHER – Died of wounds received in action, Dec. 11th, Coy. Sergt. Major John Allan Fisher, of the Canadian Regiment, youngest son of the late Mr. Henry Fisher and Mrs. Fisher, of 12, Gladstone Street, Skipton, and husband of Mrs. Fisher, now in Canada, aged 36.
14 December 1917
A FORMER SKIPTONIAN KILLED
News has been received that Coy.-Sergt. Major John Allan Fisher, youngest son of the late Mr. Henry Fisher and Mrs. Fisher, of 12, Gladstone Street, Skipton, has died in hospital in Rouen, of wounds received in action on December 11th. He went out to Canada about ten years ago and enlisted soon after the outbreak of war, coming over to England in July, 1916. He leaves a wife and two sons in Canada. He is the husband of Mrs. Fisher (née Miss Monica Heyworth, late of Eastby). He was 36 years of age.
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