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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, West Riding Regiment.
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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20 April 1917
FISHWICK – April 18th 1917, killed in action in France, Pte. Rowland Fishwick, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, son of Mr. R. Fishwick, 16, School Terrace, Barnoldswick, aged 35 years.
20 April 1917
IN THE GREAT PUSH – MORE BARNOLDSWICK MEN'S SACRIFICES
Pte. Rowland Fishwick, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, son of Mr. R. Fishwick, 16, School Terrace, Barnoldswick, was killed on April 10th. He was 35 years of age, single, and had been at the Front since last Whitsuntide. Before joining the Army he was a mason in the employ of Messrs. John Sager and Sons, Tubber Hill Quarries. Several letters of condolence have been received by the family from officers in the Battalion, from which it appears that Pte. Fishwick was in the front line during a minor attack on the evening when he and a comrade were struck by a shell and mortally wounded.
Capt. B. J. Buxton (D. Company) wrote in regard to Pte. Fishwick:– “He was known throughout the Company to be absolutely without fear, and quite undisturbed by any violence on the part of the enemy. We will miss him tremendously. All the officers, men and N.C.O.s of D Company join with me in sending you our deepest sympathy in your great loss.”
Pte. Fishwick has two brothers serving in France and another on the point of going out.
12 April 1918
FISHWICK – In loving memory of Private Rowland Fishwick, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who was killed in action April 10th, 1917.
Nobly he did his duty,
Bravely he fought and fell,
But the sorrow of those that mourn him
Only aching hearts can tell.
It may be a soldier’s honour
For his country’s cause to fall,
But we cannot think of the glory
For the sorrow it has caused us all.
From his sorrowing Father and Sisters (Barnoldswick), also his three Brothers in France.
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20 April 1917
FISHWICK – April 10th, killed in action in France, Pte. Rowland Fishwick, of the West Riding Regiment, son of Mr. R. Fishwick, 16, School Terrace, Barnoldswick, aged 35.
20 April 1917
BARNOLDSWICK – KILLED IN THE GREAT PUSH
Pte. Rowland Fishwick, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, son of Mr. R. Fishwick, 16, School Terrace, Barnoldswick, was killed on April 10th. He was 35 years of age, single, and had been at the front since last Whitsuntide. Before joining the army he was a mason in the employ of Messrs. John Sager and Sons, Tubber Hill Quarries. Several letters of condolence have been received by the family from officers in the battalion, from which it appears that Pte. Fishwick was in the front line during a minor attack on the enemy, when he and a comrade were struck by a shell and mortally wounded.
Capt. B.J. Buxton (D. Coy) wrote in regard to Pte. Fishwick:– “He was known throughout the Company to be absolutely without fear, and quite undisturbed by any violence on the part of the enemy. We will miss him tremendously. All the officers, N.C.O.’s and men of D Company join with me in sending you our deepest sympathy in your great loss.”
Pte. Fishwick has two brothers serving in France and another on the point of going out.
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