Lieut. Fisher.
Lieut. Henry Bryan Fisher, 5th Northumberland Fusiliers, the younger son of Dr. G. E. Fisher, of Skipton, died in hospital from severe wounds in both thighs, in July, 1916. The deceased officer, who was only 20 years of age, was educated at Colwall School and Winchester College, and afterwards went to Canada, where he was engaged in farming with his uncle, Mr. Arthur Fisher. After the outbreak of war, he returned to England to enlist, and receiving a commission was gazetted to the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers.
2nd Lieut. Parsons.
2nd Lieut. Ernest Parsons, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment (attached 1st Welsh Regt.), died from fever in the Malaria Hospital, at Salonica, on July 24th, 1916. Lieut. Parsons left Chili in November, 1914, where he had an excellent railway appointment, with twenty-eight other Englishmen, who had come along with him 11,000 miles to offer their services to the country. They drilled daily on board ship, and on arrival in England enlisted early in 1915. Lieut. Parsons received his commission, and after being stationed at Woolwich, Aldershot and Basingstoke, he sailed for Egypt in November, 1915. In May, 1916, he was transferred to Salonica. Lieut. Parsons was the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Parsons, School House, Rathmell, where he was born. He was 25 years of age.
2nd Lieut. Dinsdale.
2nd Lieut. Frank Dinsdale, York & Lancaster Regiment, son of Mr. & Mrs. Jas. Dinsdale, Show Cote, Askrigg, was reported wounded and missing on July 1st, 1916, and afterwards officially presumed killed in action. Lieut. Dinsdale received his commission from the Leeds University O.T.C. in Sept. 1915, and went to France in June 1916.
Lieut. Fryer.