Geboortejaar: 1887

Geboorteplaats: Great Witchingham, Norfolk, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Beroep: Timmerman

Land: Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Strijdmacht: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Private

Service nummer: 55956

Eenheden:  —  Machine Gun Corps, 199th Coy.  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Datum van overlijden: 10/10/1917

Plaats van overlijden: Friesland Copse, België

Doodsoorzaak: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Leeftijd: 30

British War Medal Medaille

Victory Medal Medaille

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 As a result, this section had to be withdrawn.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