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L/Cpl. Fred Fisher VC.
Canadian Expeditionary Forces 13th Btn. Canadian Infantry
from:Montreal, Canada
(d.24th Apr 1915)
Fred Fisher served with the 13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Forces during WW1 and died on the 24th April 1915, Age: 22. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium. He was the son of Mr. W. H. Fisher, of 100, Fort St., Montreal.
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 29202, dated 22nd June, 1915, records the following:- On 23rd April, 1915, in the neighbourhood of St. Julien, he went forward with the machine gun, of which he was in charge, under heavy fire, and most gallantly assisted in covering the retreat of a battery, losing four men of his gun team. Later, after obtaining four more men, he went forward again to the firing line and was himself killed while bringing his machine gun into action under very heavy fire, in order to cover the advance of supports.
