Fisher, CH

2nd Lieutenant Charles Heath Fisher

Charles was born on October 9th 1891, the second son of brewery clerk Charles Edward Fisher and his wife, Patty. He came to the College from the Prep in the summer of 1906, not long before his fifteenth birthday, and stayed for three years, leaving in the summer of 1909 whilst a member of the Science Remove. Having attended the London College of Communication he then went on to become a teacher.
Charles volunteered during 1915, but, under the terms of the Derby Scheme, was not actually called up until late 1916. When he was called up it was first as a member of the Artists Rifles, with whom he spent the next six months training at Romford, before being given a commission in the East Surrey Regiment in the summer of 1917. In September that year he went over to the front for the first time, and two months later was sent to Italy, where he spent that winter serving on the Montello Hills in the north east of the country. In March 1918 he was called back to France as a result of the German offensive. That summer he was part of the fighting near Mont Kemmel, where he served with enough distinction that, on September 29th, he was awarded the M.C. for his actions during the battle. Having been placed in temporary command of his company as a result of his commanding officer’s wounding, he was leading them into battle near Ghelune on October 14th when he was killed by shell fire. He was survived by his widow Nora, a native of Belfast.