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He was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1918.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30451/supplements/80 (Supplement) no. 30451. p. 80.] 1 January, 1918.</ref> | |||
==Post-War== | ==Post-War== | ||
Revision as of 12:58, 2 August 2011
Admiral SIR William Wordsworth Fisher, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., Royal Navy (26 March, 1875 – 24 June, 1937) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.
Early Life & Career
As Template:LieutGRN in King Edward VII, as enterpising naval persons were fairly required to do, Fisher exploited a gap in the rules of a pre-war prize firing to have all his light gun crews use the same single, slavishly perfected and tweaked gun mount. It sported a super-sized telescope and the results were astounding: crew after crew was hitting 19 out of 20 rounds on a 10-foot square target at over a thousand yards. The winning performance inspired rule changes for the coming year's competition.[1]
Fisher was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 July, 1912.[2]
Great War
He was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1918.[3]
Post-War
Fisher was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 November, 1922, vice Green.[4]
Assessment
Marder wrote of Fisher:
But for his death when C.-in-C., Portsmouth, he would probably have succeeded Chatfield and become, no doubt, one of the great First Sea Lords in British naval history.[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ Usborne. p. 4.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28623. p. 4748. 2 July, 1912.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30451. p. 80. 1 January, 1918.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 32764. p. 7873. 7 November, 1922.
- ↑ Marder. From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow. II. p. 16.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir William Fisher" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 26 June, 1937. Issue 47721, col C, pg. 16.
- "Ecclesiastical News" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 27 September, 1946. Issue 50567, col B, pg. 13.
- "Obituary" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 2 February, 1962. Issue 56235, col E, pg. 14.
- James, Admiral Sir William Milbourne, Royal Navy (1943). Admiral Sir William Fisher. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd.
- Template:BibMarderFDSFII
- Template:BibUsborneBlast
Papers
- Papers in the possession of the National Maritime Museum.
- Papers in the possession of Churchill College, Cambridge.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/44.
- 1875 births
- 1937 deaths
- Personalities
- Royal Navy Gunnery Officers
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. St. Vincent (1908)
- Directors of the Anti-Submarine Division (Royal Navy)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Iron Duke (1912)
- Directors of Naval Intelligence (Royal Navy)
- Deputy Chiefs of the Naval Staff
- Commanders-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet (Royal Navy)
- Commanders-in-Chief, Portsmouth
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
