Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Able Seaman R. N. T. Fisher, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve

1914-15 Star (SS.5933 R. N. T. Fisher Ord., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (SS.5933 R. N. T. Fisher A.B. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (SS.5933 R. N. T. Fisher A.B. R.F.R.) very fine (4) £70-£90

Robert Nixon Tomlinson Fisher, a brass moulder from Gateshead, co. Durham, was born on 22 September 1896. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 25 May 1915, his Great War Service included service in the Submarine Depot Ships H.M.S. Hazard, H.M.S. Arrogant and H.M.S. Hecla, as well as service in H.M.S. Attentive. Shore demobilised on 25 June 1920, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve four days later, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 23 October 1931. He died in Gateshead in 1956.