Leslie Drew Fisher

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Commander Leslie Drew Fisher, D.S.O., R.N., Retired (29 March, 1880 – 1 September, 1953) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Fisher was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 29 March, 1900.

Fisher was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 29 March, 1908.

Fisher was retired at his own request on 4 April, 1910. Fisher spent much of the Great War commanding minesweepers or groups of minesweepers, primarily around the Firth of Forth.

Fisher was promoted to the rank of Acting Commander on 2 September, 1915.

Fisher was promoted to the rank of Commander (retired) in recognition of services rendered during the war on 11 November, 1918.

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Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Philip R. Thresher
Captain of H.M.S. Electra
10 Nov, 1905[1] – 1907
Succeeded by
Hugh Seymour
Preceded by
Hugh Seymour
Captain of H.M.S. Spiteful
18 Sep, 1907[2]
Succeeded by
Hugh U. Fletcher

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 307.
  2. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 377.