Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
Salonika	British War & Victory Medals	Karasouli Military Cemetery
Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
25 Aug 1915 - France	Mentioned in Despatches	Kineton  |  King Edward VI School
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted	Military Service Information
Monastir Offensive	14 Aug 1914 in London	1 Mar 1901 - Enlisted in Imperial Yeomanry
		1902 - Awarded King's South Africa Medal
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units	3 Sep 1902 - Discharged
near Macukova, Salonika	~	3 Oct 1914 - Commissioned as Lieutenant
		Feb 1915 - Promoted to Captain

Circumstances Leading to Death - King Edward Grammar School, Stratford on Avon Biography          

Captain Fisher was detached for special duties as an Intelligence Officer with Army Headquarters 7 Division General Staff Intelligence, but not attached to any individual unit, and by July 24 1916 he was with the General Staff Intelligence of the Salonika Army in time for the Bulgarian invasion of Greek territory.

During the night of September 13/14 1916 he had been with a Staff Officer to a Division Headquarters (probably 22), and then on to Brigade Headquarters just south of Macukova, south-east of Gjevgjeli in the Dorian Section. This was to plan the interrogation of those prisoners who might be taken during ‘the big push’ that was under way. In the small hours of the morning, Raymond decided to press on to another Battalion Headquarters which was situated in a ravine that was being bombarded by a hostile battery. ‘Since our present push started we used to meet in all sorts of unexpected places’ a close friend later reported, ‘he latterly was covering a lot of ground on a motor cycle and had one or two nasty spills.’ He had set aside his customary soft cap, borrowed a steel helmet and set off on his motor cycle. He was not seen again until he was found unconscious from a shrapnel head wound only five hundred yards from Headquarters. Taken to a field post he died without regaining consciousness.

Initially buried in Smol Military Cemetery in Salonika, on April 22 1919 his remains were transferred to Karasouli, 56 kilometres from Thessalonika, and re- buried with full military honours. A friend and fellow Senior General Staff Officer in Intelligence reported that ‘He has done some extraordinary work out here,’ and on November 13, Raymond was mentioned in dispatches.

Captain Fisher had also served in South Africa and in 1913 fought for Bulgaria against Serbia, please see his King Edward VI School obituary page for more.