Private George Henry Fisher

Private George Henry Fisher

Army Number: 14914

Battalion: 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory Medal

Born at Chesterfield, Derbyshire and lived at Hasland, Derbyshire. Son of Richard and Emma Fisher, of 53, Saunders Terrace, Hasland. He enlisted at Chesterfield and went to France on 27th August 1915. He died of wounds, on 2nd July 1916, aged 20, received during the attack on the German positions at Ovillers, France, on the 1st July 1916.

Buried: Puchevillers British Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 46.

Puchevillers British Cemetery, France.

Private George Henry Fisher is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Hasland War Memorial, Hasland, Derbyshire.