Name
Mortimer Fisher
24th Mar 1883
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
20/09/1914
31
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL
France
Headstone Inscription
He has no Headstone. He is commemorated on the La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France to the missing.
UK & Other Memorials
St Andrew's Church Memorial, Watford,
Kings Langley Village Memorial,
All Saints Church Memorial, Kings Langley,
Aldenham School Memorial, Aldenham
Pre War
Son of Fred Charles and Clara Elizabeth (nee MORTIMER) FISHER of King’s Langley, Herts; husband of Margaret Sarah (nee BAILEY) FISHER of Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, father to Richard (born 3 February 1913).
His parents married 6 June 1882 at St Luke’s, Shepherd’s Bush, London. Fred(erick) died 6 November 1918 in King’s Langley aged 60, and was buried 11 November at All Saints, King’s Langley; Clara died 26 June 1948 in Bournemouth, Hants, aged 89.
Mortimer was born 24 March 1883 in King’s Langley, and baptised 21 April 1883 at All Saints, King’s Langley. He was educated at Aldenham School.
He married 1912 in the Watford district. Margaret never remarried and died 2 January 1982 in Bourne End, Bucks, aged 96.
He has an entry in the National Probate Calendar.
On the 1891 Census, aged 8 he lived in Littlehampton, Sussex, with his mother and three siblings. On the 1901 Census, a Lieutenant in the 3rd West Yorkshire Militia aged 18, he was a visitor in Littlehampton. On the 1911 Census, a Captain in the West Yorkshire Regiment aged 28, he lived in York.
He had joined the 3rd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own), which was a Militia Unit, in April 1900. He was gazetted as 2nd Lieutenant 15th June 1901 and transferred to the 2nd Battalion. He served in South Africa for 3 years for which he was awarded the Queens South African Medal (with 3 Clasps). Promotion to Lieutenant came on 26th May 1904 and He served on North West Frontier gaining Indian General service Medal with Clasp ‘North west frontier 1908’ He transferred to 1st Battalion West Yorkshires and became Captain on 9th July 1910.
Wartime Service
He went to France with the B.E.F. and was involved in the early fighting.
He was killed near Troyon, although losses in the 1st Battalion were such that there were no accounts of the action.
He was entitled to the Victory, British War and 1914 Star medals.
Additional Information
There is an article about Mortimer in the Watford Illustrated dated 3 October 1914.
Mortimer is also commemorated on his parents' tomb at All Saints
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper, Stuart Osborne, Derry Warners
Tony James, Neil Cooper, Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
