Bertie Fisher
Sir Bertie Fisher | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 July 1878 |
| Died | 24 July 1972 (aged 94) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1900 - 1938, 1939 - 1940 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Unit | Second Boer War World War I World War II |
| Commands held | Leicestershire Yeomanry 8th Infantry Brigade 17th/21st Lancers 2nd Cavalry Brigade RMC Sandhurst Southern Command |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
Lieutenant General Sir Bertie Drew Burdett Fisher, KCB, CMG, DSO (13 July 1878 – 24 July 1972) was a British Army general during the Second World War.
Military career[]
Fisher was commissioned into the 17th Lancers as second lieutenant on 23 May 1900,[1] and served in the Second Boer War, during which he was promoted to lieutenant on 29 July 1901.[2] Following the end of the war, he returned from Cape Town to England in the SS Maplemore in August 1902.[3]
He went to the Staff College in 1911.[1] In 1913 he learned to fly[4] and became a General Staff Officer in the Military Aeronautics Department at the War Office.[1]
He served in World War I initially as a brigade major in the 6th Cavalry Brigade, which formed part of the British Expeditionary Force[1] and then as a General Staff Officer in 1st Cavalry Division.[1] He was appointed commanding officer of the Leicestershire Yeomanry in 1915 and the commander of the 8th Infantry Brigade in 1918.[1]
After the war, he was the commander of the 17th Lancers at the time of their amalgamation with the 21st Lancers in 1922.[1]
He took command of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade in 1923 and was the commandant of the Senior Officer School in 1927.[1] He was then a Brigadier on the General Staff at Aldershot Command from 1930 and Director Recruiting and Organisation at the War Office from 1932.[1] He became Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst in 1934 and retired in 1938.[1]
He was recalled from retirement during the Second World War to be General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Southern Command from 1939 to 1940, when he retired again.[1]
He lived in Basingstoke in Hampshire.[5]
Family[]
He married Majorie Frances Boyd; they had two sons.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Fisher, Bertie Drew". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "No. 27369". The London Gazette. 29 October 1901. p. 6982.
- ^ "The Army in South Africa - Return of Troops". The Times (36847). London. 15 August 1902. p. 4.
- ^ The Royal Aero Club - Notices Flight Global, 6 September 1913
- ^ a b Boyd Archived October 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- 1878 births
- 1972 deaths
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- British Army generals of World War II
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- 17th Lancers officers
- Leicestershire Yeomanry officers
- Commandants of Sandhurst
- British Army cavalry generals of World War I
- Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley
- Commandants of the Senior Officers' School, Sheerness