FISHER, CECIL EDWARD, fifth son of Rev. William Fisher, Rector of Poulshot, Wilts., and Prebendary and Canon Residentiary of Salisbury, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. William Cookson DD, Canon of Windsor; b. 12 Aug 1838; adm. (G) 28 Jun 1851; QS (Capt. ) 1853; Capt. of the School 1856; spoke the Prologue to the Andria in 1856, when the scenes presented by William Carey (qv) were used for the last time; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1857, matr. 4 Jun 1857, Westminster Student to 1862; BA 1861; MA 1878; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1862, priest (Salisbury) 1863; Curate, Bremhill, Wilts., 1864; Rector of Stoke Rochford, Lincs., 1865-78; Prebendary of Lincoln from 1877; Vicar of Grantham, Lincs., 1878-83; Rector of Hagworthingham, Lincs., 1883-90; Vicar of St. Peter’s, Bournemouth, Hants., 1890-1904; m. 13 Nov 1862 his cousin Agnes, youngest dau. of John Mirehouse, Brownslade, Pembs., Common Serjeant of London; d. 13 Jan 1925.
Fisher, Charles Dennis, sixth son of Herbert William Fisher, of Hove, Sussex, sometime Vice-Warden of the Stannaries of Cornwall and Devon, by Mary Louisa, second daughter of John Jackson, M. D., of Brighton, Sussex; nephew of Cecil Edward Fisher (q.v.); b. Aug. 4, 1877; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 15, 1891; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. 1896, matric. October 1896; Slade Exhibitioner 1897; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1908; 2nd class Lit. Hum. 1900; B.A. 1900; M.A. 1903; lecturer and tutor at Ch. Ch. 1901; official student 1903; censor 1907-14; played cricket for Oxford against Cambridge 1900, and for Sussex 1901; a Governor of the School from 1908; also a member of the Governing Body of Christ's Hospital School; being disabled from joining the army, Fisher, on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, learned to drive a motor, and enlisted in the R.A.M.C. Ambulance Corps; served in Flanders for a year and was mentioned in despatches for his bravery under fire; obtained a commission as Lieut. in the R. N. V. R. Aug. 16, 1915, and was appointed to H. M. S. Invincible; edited the text of Tacitus in the Oxford series of Scriptores Classici, and was engaged in writing a commentary of the Histories of Tacitus; drowned on board H. M. S. Invincible when it went down in the battle of Horn Reef, off Jutland, May 31, 1916; The Chivalry of the Sea was dedicated to his memory by the Poet Laureate; unm.
Fisher, Claude Frederick Urquhart, son of Cecil Urquhart Fisher, of South Kensington, solicitor, by Lilian Mary, daughter of John George Megaw, of Rosetta, Belfast; grandson of Frederick Fisher (q.v.); b. June 4, 1891; adm. April 21, 1904 (A); left Dec. 1907; served with the 2/1st East Anglian Heavy Battery R.G.A. Aug. 1914 - Feb. 1919; M.B.E. June 3, 1919; associated with the Boy Scout movement for fifty years 1908-58; editorial secretary, International H. Q. 1920-32; various commissionerships including Asst. County Commissioner, Norfolk; Hon. Warden East London's Scout Settlement, Roland House, Stepney Green; asst. organizing secretary, World Jamboree, 1929; editorial staff, Eastern Daily Press, 1941-57; author of The Imperial Jamboree 1924 and World Jamboree 1929; d. 14 May 1985.
FISHER, EDWARD; b.; adm.; BB 1723-5 (Chapter Muniments 33756-7).
Fisher, Frederick Melton, son of S. Melton Fisher ARA and Alba, d. of Commendatore Stefani; b. 1 June 1893; adm. Sept. 1907 (G); left July 1912; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1912, BA 1919; Machine Gun Corps in WWI (Capt.); m. 7 Nov. 1921 Olga Edith Wahl; d. 5 May 1988.
FISHER, FREDERICK, fourth son of Robert Fisher (adm. 1783, qv); b. 3 Jul 1816; adm. 30 Jun 1830 (Stikeman's); KS 1831; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1835, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1835, scholar 1836, matr. Mich. 1835; migr. to Magdalene Coll. 26 Oct 1836; BA 1840; MA 1843; ordained deacon (New Zealand) 1847, priest (Salisbury) 1853; missionary with SPG at Howick, New Zealand 1847-9; Curate, Bremhill, Wilts., 1850; various other curacies to 1869; Vicar of Fleet, Hants., 1869-72; Rector of Downham, Cambs., from 1863; m. 1 Feb 1849 Mary, younger dau. of William Hayes, Middle Temple, barrister; d. 10 Jun 1884.
Fisher, George Walter Peter, brother of John Colborne Fisher (qv); b. 19 Aug. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (A); left Apr. 1935; St John's Coll. Camb., matric. 1936, BA 1939, MA 1962; RA 1939-45 (Maj.); p. c. RA Feb. 1945, Capt. July 1946, Maj. June 1951, Lieut.-Col. Dec. 1959; retd Apr. 1966; m. 30 May 1953 Susan Caroline, d. of Geoffrey Thomas of Alvediston, Wilts.; d. 26 July 1998.
Fisher, Herbert Paul Greenwood, brother of John Greenwood Fisher (qv); b. 25 June 1908; adm. Sept. 1922 (A); left July 1926; dir. Benhams (Engineering) Ltd; PO RAFVR Apr. 1940; m. 5 Sept. 1931 Joyce Margaret Applin, d. of Frank Edwin Bennett of Streatham; killed in action over Libya 28 July 1940.
Herbert Paul Greenwood Fisher was born at Hampstead, London on the 25th of June 1908 the younger son of Herbert Fisher, an importer of clocks, and Josephine Hilda (nee Williamson) Fisher of 8, King’s Gardens Hampstead in London. He was christened at St James’ Church, West Hampstead on the 22nd of July 1908. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Ashburnham from September 1922 to July 1926. On leaving school he became a director of Benhams (Engineering) Ltd and was later the Company Secretary to Dunbrik & Company Ltd, brick manufacturers.
He was married on the 5th of September 1931 to Margaret Joyce (nee Applin) and the couple lived at 115, Gaywood Road, King’s Lynn in Norfolk.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as an observer and rose to the rank of Sergeant before being commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 7th of April 1940.
On the 27th of July 1940, Herbert Greewood and his crew were one of eight aircraft from 30 Squadron which flew to from Iningi Maryut to Maaten Bagush where they were to operate under 202 Group in carrying out operations over the Libyan border.
Herbert Fisher and his crew took off from Maaten Bagush at 6.10am on the 28th of July 1940 in Blenheim Mk IF K7178 HY-B with one other aircraft from the Squadron to escort a Blenheim Mk IV aircraft from 113 Squadron which was undertaking a reconnaissance mission at 6.000 feet over the Italian lines at the border between Libya and Egypt. At 6.30am the other escort fighter entered cloud and became separated from Herbert Greenwood’s aircraft and from the Blenheim they were escorting. The two aircraft continued on their mission alone and were flying between Sollum and Bardia when they were intercepted by five Fiat CR42 fighters of 84 and 90 Squadriglia. During the ensuing combat their aircraft was shot down with the loss of the entire crew. The victory was shared by Sergente Scaglioni and Tenete Franco Lucchini of 90 Squadriglia. Franco Luchini’s aircraft had been so badly damaged by the return fire from the Blenheims that it tipped over on landing and was written off; he was killed in action on the 5th of July 1943. The Blenheim from 113 Squadron, although very badly damaged, managed to return to base alone.
The crew was: -
Flight Lieutenant Ian Cheesman Swann (Pilot)
Pilot Officer Herbert Paul Greenwood Fisher (Observer)
Sergeant John Young (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
The crew was buried close to the wreckage of their aircraft but their bodies were exhumed and mover to their present location in 1948.
He is buried at Knightsbridge War Cemetery Collective Grave 8D 8-9.
FISHER, JABEZ, eldest son of Robert Fisher, Mitcham, Surrey, attorney, and his first wife Jane, dau. of Jabez Daniel, London, goldsmith; b. 14 Feb 1771; adm. 6 Mar 1783, from St. Paul’s Sch.; KS 1784; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1789, Bishop Williams scholar 3 Nov 1789, kept six terms, matr. Mich. 1789; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 Nov 1788, called to bar 20 May 1794; d. unm. 25 May 1830.
Fisher, John Colborne, son of Alfred George Timbrell Fisher MC FRCS and Grace, d. of George Bond of Bridgwater, Somerset; b. 1 Sept. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (A); left July 1934; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1934, fenced against Oxford 1937, BA 1937; RASC in WW2; called to the Bar (Inner Temple) June 1947; practised in company law 1947-56; later a probation officer in London; d. 10 Jan. 1988.