244934 Pte. William Fisher British Army 2nd Btn Cheshire Regiment from:Wigan (d.14th November 1942) Bill Fisher was my uncle, my mother's brother he lived at No 16 Gaskell Street in Wigan.
He went to France as part of the Expditionary Forces, and was evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk. After some leave he went back to war, and was posted to North Africa where he was captured.
According to my Mother, Bill was handed over to the Italians for transportation to a P.O.W camp (Mum says they had a telegram to this effect). But, apparently, the Italians put the POW's onto an unmarked ship, and we unfortunatly sank it.
This is the story as told to me by my Mother.... I would love to know the full story of Uncle Bill's war record, and to know with certainty how he died.
He is remembered on the El-Alamein war memorial.
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