FISHER John Douglas

  • First Name(s):
    John 
    Douglas 
  • Surname:
    FISHER
  • Service Number:
    45051
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    Formerly 70989, Devon Regiment.
  • Date of Death:
    14th October 1918
  • Age At Death:
    19
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Belgium, Grave VI. E. 12.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, enlisted Stourbridge
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Thomas and Margaret Fisher, 15 Worcester St., Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

FISHER John Douglas Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove Independent Order of Oddfellows

Further Information About FISHER John Douglas

Appears on the memorial under St George Lodge

John Fisher was born at Bromsgrove in 1899, the son of Thomas and Margaret Ann Fisher nee Saunders.  Thomas was employed as a saddler; the couple had 6 children:
Thomas Henry Fisher born 1886.
Florence Margaret Fisher born 1888.
Clara Fisher born 1888 died 1888.
Kate Elizabeth Fisher born 1891.
Gladys Martha Fisher born 1894.
John Douglas Fisher born 1899.
The family resided at High Street and subsequently Worcester Street, Bromsgrove.

Prior to his enlistment at Stourbridge in March 1917, John was employed by the Bromsgrove Guild.

Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger, 4th January 1919:
Mr and Mrs Thomas Fisher, of 150 Worcester Street, Bromsgrove, have received information that their youngest son, Private J.D. Fisher, was killed in action on 14th or 15th October.  He was 19 years of age, and enlisted in March 1917.  He went out to France, and took part in the big push in July.  He was as a boy a member of the Parish Church Choir for several years, and was a member of the Boy Scouts Troop, in which he was the leader of the Bugle Band.

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Credits: Researched by Andy Frisby.