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John Allen Fisher

In memory of:

Company Sergeant Major John Allen Fisher

December 11, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

116160

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

72nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

February 12, 1881

Commemorated on Page 237 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION (ROUEN)
Seine-Maritime, France

Grave Reference:

P. V. O. 11B.

Location:

The St. Sever Cemetery and Extension (Rouen) is situated about 3 kilometres south of Rouen Cathedral and a short distance west of the road from Rouen to Elbeuf. If travelling from Elbeuf or Caen on the N.138, follow Avenue Des Canadiens right down to the roundabout. Then take the fourth exit into Rue Stanislas De Jardin, and the cemetery lies 150 metres on the left. The CWGC signpost is located at the entrance of the cemetery. The cemetery covers an area of 49,885 square metres. The War Stone is on the boundary of the original Cemetery and the Extension, facing the City of Rouen War Memorial. The Cross is raised on a terrace on the further side of the Extension. The Chapel, cruciform and surmounted by a dome, is in the middle of the Extension.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province January 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province January 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Inscription– Inscription to the memory of Company Sergeant Major JOHN ALLEN FISHER on the family grave marker in Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario.  According to his Attestation Paper he was born in 1881, not 1874 as indicated on the grave marker.
  • Attestation Papers– Source: Library and Archives Canada: Soldiers of the First World War
  • Attestation Papers

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