His story
Frederick Charles Fisher worked as a brickmaker in Woolpit, Suffolk.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission family particulars record: “Husband of Alice Fisher, of Mill Rd., Hengrave, Bury St. Edmunds.”
His mother was Amelia Fischer.
He served as an Army Veterinary Corps private; his unit is recorded as “Depot”.
He died at the Royal Infirmary, Sheffield, on 8 August 1916, aged 27, from respiratory failure during anaesthesia using chloroform followed by ether for an intended operation for inguinal hernia. An inquest was held on 9 August 1916. His burial is recorded at Flempton (St. Catherine) Churchyard.
Before the war
- Occupation
- Brickmaker
- Residence recorded
- Woolpit
- Family
- CWGC particulars: Husband of Alice Fisher, of Mill Rd., Hengrave, Bury St. Edmunds.
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Private
- Service number
- SE/16621
- Corps or service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- Depot
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 8 August 1916
- Age
- 27
- Place of death
- United Kingdom
- Recorded cause
- Failure of respiration during anaesthesia (chloroform followed by ether) for an intended operation for inguinal hernia
- Cemetery or memorial
- Flempton (St. Catherine) Churchyard
- Grave reference
- Near South boundary.
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Research record number: 107
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Frederick Charles Fisher”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/fisher-frederick-charles-se-16621/.
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