Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial | ||
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.122 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 1B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of Frederick and Louisa Fisher.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 1/Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) |
1st Battalion August 1914 : in Dublin. Part of 13th Brigade in 5th Division. 15 August 1914 : landed at Le Havre. December 1917 : moved with Division to Italy. Returned to France April 1918. |
| Action : The Battle of the Aisne 1914 and subsidiary actions |
12 - 15 September 1914. Following the defeat and retreat from the Marne, the German army stood and defended the next defensible river, the Aisne. This offered significant defensive potential on the high bluffs overlooking the river but the BEF succeeded in pushing back the Germans. The first examples of trench warfare emerged on the Aisne as trenches became necessary to offer protection from concentrated artillery barrages.
Detail :
CAPTAIN FRANK FISHER. 1st BATTN. ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT, was killed in action on the 13th September 1914, whilst leading his company when advancing to the Aisne. He was the younger son of Frederick Fisher of Tulse Hill London and was born on 23rd December 1883. He was educated at Charterhouse and the R.M.C, Sandhurst and joined the Royal West Kent Regiment in October, 1903, becoming Lieutenant in January, 1906. He was promoted Captain on the 5th August, 1914 on the outbreak of the Great War. Captain Fisher was a member of the Junior Naval and Military and the Royal Automobile Clubs, and was unmarried.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Lodge of Emulation No. 21 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
17th December 1906 | - | - |
The register of the UGLE shows only a date in the initiation column implying that like the previous entry he was joined to Lodge of Emulation from Lodge No. 759. He is recorded as "Killed in Action"
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley