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Lance Corporal Fred Fisher, V.C. 1894-1915

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted August, 2004

Photo by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted October, 2010

Photo Source - Wikipedia

Plaque Location

The Region of Niagara

The City of St. Catharines

On the northeast corner of

St. Paul Street West and Yates Street

just east of the bridge over Highway 406

Coordinates: N 43 09.237 W 79 14.801 Click here for a larger map

Plaque Text

Born in St. Catharines, Fred Fisher abandoned his studies at McGill University when World War I broke out and served with the 13th Battalion, First Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Fisher was awarded the Victoria Cross for his exceptional courage in action near St. Julien, Belgium, on April 23rd, 1915, during the second battle of Ypres. Under very heavy fire he lead a machine-gun detachment covering the withdrawal of an artillery battery. Though his crew fell to enemy attack, Fisher held their position. He then returned to the garrison for more men and advanced again to the firing line. Killed in action the next day, Fisher has no known grave.

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William Avery Bishop, V.C., 1894-1956

General Sir Arthur William Currie 1875-1933

Honourable Mitchell F. Hepburn, 1896-1953

Sir Sam Hughes 1853-1921

Alexander Young Jackson 1882-1974

Lieutenant-Colonel Thain Wendell MacDowell, V.C., D.S.O., 1890-1960

Andrew Edward McKeever, 1895-1919

Robert Tait McKenzie (1867-1938)

Sir Sam Steele

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