Fisher, Edward Garlick
Surgeon Lieutenant Edward Garlick Fisher, R.N. died at the end of May. He was educated at the universities of Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. with honours and Liverpool, and at St. Thomas's Hospital, and took the diplomas of M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. Lond. in 1912. After filling the posts of house surgeon of special departments, of casualty officer, of senior house-physician and of senior residential medical officer at the Royal Infirmary Liverpool, and of clinical assistant at the Liverpool Consumption Hospital, he became medical registrar and tutor at the Liverpool Royal Infirmary, and held that post when the war began. He took a temporary commission as surgeon in the navy on August 7th, 1914, three days after the declaration of war. British Medical Journal 14 June 1919
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Fisher |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | Edward Garlick |
| Date of birth | 1883 |
| Place of birth | Garstang District |
| Family details | Son of Thomas Fisher, Physician and husband of Catherine Ross Fisher. Home address in 1901 was Eccleston, Garstang |
| Previous education | Cambridge and Liverpool |
| College | St Thomas' Hospital |
| Dates at college | 1901 |
| Qualifications | B.A. Cantab; M.R.C.S.. L.R.C.P. 1912 |
| Military unit | Royal Navy H.M.S Vigorous. |
| Date enlisted | 1914 |
| War / conflict | World War One (1914-1918) |
| Date of death | 12 May 1919 |
| Age at death | 32 |
| Rank at death | Surg.-Lieut. |
| Cause of death | Died on service |
| Burial place | Glynn (St. John) Church Of Ireland Churchyard |
| Commemoration(s) | Emmanuel College, Cambridge Roll of Honour; St. Thomas's Roll of Honour |
| Sources | St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Records, King's College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; British Medical Journal |