Année de naissance: 1887

Lieu de naissance: Great Witchingham, Norfolk, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Profession: Menuisier

Pays: Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Force armée: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Private

Numéro de service: 55956

Unités:  —  Machine Gun Corps, 199th Coy.  (Dernière unité connue)

Date de décès: 10/10/1917

Lieu de décès: Friesland Copse, Belgique

Cause du décès: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Âge: 30

British War Medal Médaille

Victory Medal Médaille

Private George Arthur Fish served in the Machine Gun Corps, 199th Company, part of the Divisional Troops of the 49th Division.
On the 10th of October 1917, the 199th Company spent the day in moving small arms ammunition. They moved a total of 300.000 rounds to the gun positions, of which 200.000 were fired from zero hour until the time of handing over.
At 4.30 pm, the Germans opened fire on the battery positions. The German shelling put two machine guns of the third section out of action and reduced the personnel to five men. As a result, this section had to be withdrawn. During the night, the Company was relieved by the New Zealand Machine Gun Company.
Private George Arthur Fish died on the 10th of October 1917. According to a 2nd Lieutenant of the 199th Company, private Fish was hit by a shell and killed instantaneously. This must have been in the vicinity of Friesland Copse, as is mentioned in the ward diary of the 199th Company. However, his remains were never identified. He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1631937

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=075522d6-7af3-4656-a934-b760305ad54f

Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/1241005