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Re: WW1 MIA help
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 15 April 07 16:24 BST (UK) »
Thank you Bill, of course I'll let you know - I'm determined to find him :)
hiya kat.there were 50 t fishers killed in ww1,i have eliminated 31 of these for various reasons,most are too young to be your gg grandfather,these are whats left
ALL T.FISHERS
21616 MGC  arras mem
16904 cheshire regt
17931 welsh regt
17530 royal inniskilling  thiepval mem
241908 liverpool regt  thiepval mem
26232 duke of wellingtons
513852 london scottish
63559 south lancs
28817 worc regt
20935 RGA
471442 london regt  thiepval mem
1786 black watch  thiepval mem
332630 liverpool regt
R/201361 KRRC
13763 suffolk regt
A/7612 cameronians  ploegsteert mem
7423 worc regt  helles mem
10851 east yorks regt  helles mem
12300 royal irisf fus  helles mem
only nine of these men are missing,the rest have a grave,i have added the details of those who are missing,many soldiers remains have been recovered and ID over the years,thomas,s body could have been recovered since your nan last told you about him being missing,so you cant rule out those with a grave,mack
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Re: WW1 MIA help
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 15 April 07 16:49 BST (UK) »
you can cross off 513832 london scottish,his wife was mrs j.fisher
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Re: WW1 MIA help
« Reply #11 on: Sunday 15 April 07 16:58 BST (UK) »
Woah! Thank you for helping me after all this time! I still havent heard from the Cheshires and I'm going to try writing again. I'm going to do some cross referenceing on the above names list (I think I have eliminated some already) and I will get back to you asap. Tahnk you very much for helping me  :)
Miller family -Staffordshire, Leicestishire Cumberland,Pennysylvania.Auckland.
Hill family- Northumberland,Durham, Cumberland.
Woodward- Staffordshire.
Roberts- Flintshire, Cumberland
Fisher Cumberland, Lancashire
Taylor Cumberland, Lancashire,Durham

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Re: WW1 MIA help
« Reply #12 on: Sunday 15 April 07 17:12 BST (UK) »
forget the cheshires kat,the lad in the ches regt 16904 isnt him,he was born and bred in staffs,so you can cross him off your list
AND  these as well
17530 royal inniskillins,born+bred belfast
26232 duke of wellingtons born+bred birmingham,formerly berks regt
13763 sukkolk regt,he came from bury st,edmunds+lived there
A/7612 cameronians born+bred,glasgow
10851 east yorks regt he came from hull,
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Re: WW1 MIA help
« Reply #13 on: Sunday 15 April 07 17:33 BST (UK) »
kat,harribob[on this site] may be able to give you the place of birth of the others,i dont have the roll of honour for those regts,mack
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« Reply #14 on: Tuesday 17 April 07 05:15 BST (UK) »
Thank you Bill, of course I'll let you know - I'm determined to find him :)
hiya kat.there were 50 t fishers killed in ww1,i have eliminated 31 of these for various reasons,most are too young to be your gg grandfather,these are whats left
ALL T.FISHERS
21616 MGC  arras mem
16904 cheshire regt
17931 welsh regt
17530 royal inniskilling  thiepval mem
241908 liverpool regt  thiepval mem
26232 duke of wellingtons
513852 london scottish
63559 south lancs
28817 worc regt
20935 RGA
471442 london regt  thiepval mem
1786 black watch  thiepval mem
332630 liverpool regt
R/201361 KRRC
13763 suffolk regt
A/7612 cameronians  ploegsteert mem
7423 worc regt  helles mem
10851 east yorks regt  helles mem
12300 royal irisf fus  helles mem
only nine of these men are missing,the rest have a grave,i have added the details of those who are missing,many soldiers remains have been recovered and ID over the years,thomas,s body could have been recovered since your nan last told you about him being missing,so you cant rule out those with a grave,mack
kat,non of these men have any connection to the north east.
EXCEPT this lad.
pte 471442 thomas fisher
born,liscard,cheshire
enlisted,barrow in furness
london regt[rangers]
he served under an alias as pte thomas reilley
on the thiepval memorial to the missing
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Re: WW1 MIA help
« Reply #15 on: Thursday 19 April 07 20:23 BST (UK) »
Fisher 17931 gets a brief mention on my website. He was KIA (died, actually) Xmas Day 1915.

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