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Surname: FISHWICK
Forename(s): Rowland
Place of Birth: Whittington, Lancashire
Service No: 267020
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 'D' Coy 1/6th Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 35
Date of Death: 1917-04-10
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IV. G. 2.
CWGC Cemetery: ST. VAAST POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURGE-L’AVOUE
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: KELBROOK, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: WHITTINGTON, LANCASHIRE
Additional Information:
Rowland Fishwick was the son of Rowland and Ann Fishwick, née Thistlethwaite. Rowland, senior, was born at Low Bentham, Yorkshire and Ann at Over Kellet, Lancashire. Rowland may have been related to Grace Fishwick who married Private Tom Clarkson (11281) (q.v.).
1891 Hutton Roof, Westmorland Census: Nanny Hall Cottages - Rowland Fishwick, aged 9 years, born Whittington, Lancashire, son of Rowland and Anne Fishwick.
1901 Hutton Roof, Westmorland Census: 2, Nanny Hall Cott. - Rowland Fishwick, aged 19 years, born Whittington, Lancashire, son of Rowland and Ann Fishwick.
1911 Hutton Roof, Westmorland Census: Nanny Hall - Rowland Fishwick, aged 29 years, born Whittington, Lancashire, son of Rowland and Ann Fishwick.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Rowland Fishwick, 267020, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Rowland Fishwick, 267020, 1/6 W. Rid. R. K. in A. 10.4.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Rowland Fishwick, 4881, 1/6th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 10.4.17. In Action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Rowland. £9 7s. 3d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Rowland. Name(s) on card(s): Particulars of Claimant(s): Mr Rowland Fishwick. Relationship: Father. Address: 16, School Terrace, Barnoldswick, Yorks. Deceased 27.6.23.
A short biography of Rowland is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
See also: ‘Guiseley Terriers: A Small Part in The Great War – A History of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment’ by Stephen Barber (2018).
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:
FISHWICK, Rowland, aged 35 years, West Riding Regiment, son of Mr. R. Fishwick, 16, School Terrace, [Barnoldswick], killed in action, France, April 10, 1917.
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Private Rowland FISHWICK

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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