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Bethune Town Cemetery, France Bethune Town Cemetery, France
First Name: William Richard Last Name: FISHER
Date of Death: 27/05/1915 Lived/Born In: Bethnal Green
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London17
Memorial Site: Bethnal Green Library

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Bethune Town Cemetery, France

17th London (Poplar & Stepney Rifles) arrived in France in March 1915 as part of  141 Brigade, 47th Division. On 13th May, 1915 they moved into the front line at Pont Fixe, Givenchy in northern France. The Battalion Diary records that Rifleman Fisher  was wounded on 26th May. He died from these wounds on the following day.

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