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Military service
Age:
27
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
April 17, 1917
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
October 9, 1944
Hooftplaat, Netherlands
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. R. 10
Additional information
Son of Harold Guy and Stella Maud Crawford Fisher of Ottawa, Ontario. Brother of Evelyn, Molly and Lindsay. Husband of Hazel Pearl (nee Paynter)Fisher and father of Harold Kenneth and Brian William of Ottawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Harold Crawford Fisher
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War Memorial
St Matthew's Anglican Church, Ottawa -
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The Bishop of Ottawa, Rt Rev Robert Jefferson dedicated a stained glass memorial window at an All Saints Day service at St Matthew's Anglican Church on Nov 1, 1945; the window was given in memory of Lieutenant Harold C Fisher by his wife and parents, Mr and Mrs Harold Fisher, 36 Muriel Street. "Chimes Installed at St Matthew's Anglican Church" Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Ontario) Oct 26, 1945 -
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Lieutenant Harold C. Fisher is listed on a bronze memorial tablet at Glebe Collegiate Institute. "To erect bronze memorials honouring high school vets" Ottawa Citizen Nov 5, 1948 -
War Memorial
Lieutenant Harold C. Fisher is listed on a bronze memorial tablet at Glebe Collegiate Institute in Ottawa, Ontario. -
Memorial
Rt Rev Ernest Reed, Bishop of Ottawa dedicated a new organ, built in England by Wm. Hill and Son, and Norman and Beard Ltd., as a World War II memorial at a special service at St Matthew's Anglican Church on Sept 22, 1957: “This organ is dedicated to the worship of God here on earth and in memory of the parishioners called to His worship in heaven in the Second World War, also as a thank offering for the safe return of the others who served.” 'Special Fanfare Marks Dedication of Organ' Ottawa Citizen, (Ottawa, Ontario) Sept 23, 1957. -
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Rt Rev Ernest Reed, Bishop of Ottawa dedicated a new organ, built in England by Wm. Hill and Son, and Norman and Beard Ltd., as a World War II memorial at a special service at St Matthew's Anglican Church on Sept 22, 1957: “This organ is dedicated to the worship of God here on earth and in memory of the parishioners called to His worship in heaven in the Second World War, also as a thank offering for the safe return of the others who served.” 'Special Fanfare Marks Dedication of Organ' Ottawa Citizen, (Ottawa, Ontario) Sept 23, 1957. -
Roll of honour
Harold C. Fisher is listed on the Glebe Collegiate Institute Roll of Honour in Ottawa. -
Memorial Stained Glass
"In loving memory of Lieut. Harold C. Fisher, aged 27 years, Killed in Action in Holland Oct 9th 1944". 'The crown of life' (1945) by Colonial Art Glass, "Erected by his parents & his wife" on Nov 1, 1945 St Matthew's Anglican Church, Ottawa. "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the Crown of Life" [Revelation 2:10] -
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Entrance
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave marker
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Harold Crawford Fisher
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Harold Crawford Fisher
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Harold Crawford Fisher
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Harold Crawford Fisher
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Harold Crawford Fisher
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Harold Crawford Fisher
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Harold Crawford Fisher
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Harold Crawford Fisher
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Harold Crawford Fisher
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 305 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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