Private Bernard Goodley Fisher

Army Number: 12763

Battalion: 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, and lived at 36, Spital Lane, Chesterfield. Son of Arthur and Clara May Fisher, of 3, Alexandra Road, Spital, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He was an insurance assistant prior to enlisting at Chesterfield, August 1914. He served in Gallipoli during 1915 with the 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment. He was transferred to the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment and was killed in action, 16th September 1916, age 23, in the attack on the German positions at Guillemont, France during the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private Bernard Goodley Fisher is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Leonard’s Church War Memorial, Spital, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.