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BORN 3 August 1894
DIED 23 April 1915 AGE 20
VC Won 23 April 1915 AGE 20
Place VC Won St. Julien, Belgium
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Fred Fisher No. 24066 POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 587 Awards VC
Regiment Canadian Expeditionary Force, Quebec Regiment (Royal Highlanders of Canada), 13th Battalion
Later
Now The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
Rank VC Won Lance-Corporal
Rank End Of Career Lance-Corporal
Place Of Birth Church Street, St Catherines, Ontario, Canada
Place Of Death St Julien, South of Poelcappelle, Belgium
Buried/Location Ashes Named on Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, Ypres, Belgium (location unknown)
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Plot/Grave no. Panel 24, Column 13
Gazetted 23 June 1915
VC Presented Registered post to his parents at 576 Lansdown Road, Westmount, Canada on the 5 August 1915
Memorials
P Named on the Menin Gate, Ypres , Belguim
Tablet at Royal Highlanders of Canada Armoury, Bleury Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Plaque in Memorial Park, St Paul Street West, St Catherines, Ontario, Canada
Memorial plaque, City Hall, St Catherines, Ontario, Canada
Fred Fisher Crescent, St Catherines, Ontario, Canada
P Path at Field of Honour Cemetery, 703 Donegani, Pointe-Claire, Montreal, Canada
Memorial plaque, James The Apostle Church, St Catherine Street West, Monteral, Canada
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, British High Commission, 80 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
By The Way…
First Canadian to be awarded the VC during the First World War
VC Held By
Canadian Black Watch Museum, 2067 Bluery Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
