Personal Number: 102718 Rank: Major Name: Guy Edward FISHER-ROWE Unit: Irish Guards London Gazette : 8 November 1939 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34729/supplement/7564/data.pdf FOOT GUARDS. The undermentioned to be 2nd Lts.:— 6th Oct. 1939:— Guy Edward FISHER-ROWE (102718).
Milsbeek War Cemetery Casualty Major FISHER-ROWE, GUY EDWARD Service Number 102718 Died 21/02/1945 3rd Bn. Irish Guards Buried at MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY Location: Limburg (Netherlands), Netherlands Cemetery/memorial reference: I. D. 5.
Rob, Again, many thanks for all of these, in particular this one, my father's much-respected Company commander.
PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: FISHER-ROWE, Guy Edward DOB: 01/02/1915 Place of Birth: Reigate, Surrey Residence: Surrey, England Trade/Profession: Parents: Guy Henry Fisher-Rowe and Marjorie Fisher-Rowe nee Rainsford-Hannay, married 1913 London. Electoral Register: 1937 - St. David's, Wray Park Road, Reigate, Surrey. Photo: SERVICE Personal Number: 102718 Rank: Major Regiment/Battalion: Irish Guards: 2nd Battalion; 3rd Battalion. Promotions: OFFICER London Gazette: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34729/supplement/7564/data.pdf Commission: "6th Oct. 1939:— Guy Edward FISHER-ROWE (102718)." Promotions: Field Returns: 3rd Battalion W/E 14/10/1944 Orbats: 2nd Battalion Boulogne Orbats: Irish Guards CASUALTY CWGC Link: Casualty Details CWGC Certificate: Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45 Date of Death: 21/01/1945 Age at Death: 30 Casualty Type: Killed in Action Cemetery: MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY Cemetery Plan: View attachment 181392 Grave Reference: I. D. 5. Cemetery/Memorial Photo: Headstone Photo: Grave Registration: Headstone: Inscription: None Army Casualty List (WO 417): 102718 Major (Acting) Fisher-Rowe, G E 1944-45 Irish Guards The Times Casualty List: Published 7 Mar 1945 - FALLEN OFFICERS, THE TIMES LIST OF CASUALTIES:- THE ARMY:- FISHER-ROWE, Major G.E., Irish Guards. MEDALS Gallantry Award/Honour: London Gazette Details: Citation: Campaign Medals: Medal Roll Details: REFERENCES War Diaries: 2nd Battalion Irish Guards. War Diary: 3rd Battalion IRISH GUARDS, Jan - Dec 1944 War Diary: 3rd Battalion IRISH GUARDS, Jan - Dec 1945 Archive Files: Publications: IG History - Pgs. 443, 458, 464, 468, 469, 497, 511, 555, 556, 563 Accounts: A Soldier's Story, JOE Vandeleur, pages 85, 88, 89 A Bridge Too Far, Cornelius Ryan, Page 307 "Immediately, Tyler gave the order to advance. The tanks moved over the bridge and up the road, passing the now ruined and deserted German artillery positions. Within the hour, Tyler saw the sprawl of Eindhoven up ahead and what appeared to be thousands of Dutch thronging the road, cheering and waving flags. 'The only obstruction holding us up now are the Dutch crowds,' Major E Fisher-Rowe radioed back down the column." War Memorial: Eton - "1934; FISHER-ROWE, G.E., Maj., Irish Guards; K.21.2.1945; C.J. M. Adie, W. G. Tatham" Page 52 - List-of-Etonians-who-fought-in-the-World-War-1939-1945 Newspaper: The Times, published 7 March, 1945; ON ACTIVE DUTY FISHER-ROWE. - In Feb., 1945 in Western Europe, Major G.E. FISHER-ROWE, Irish Guards, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Fisher-Rowe, 23, Montpelier Walk, London, S.W.7. Websites: Irish Guards: Roll of Honour - WWII Open Resource Group Major Guy Edward Fisher-Rowe (1915 - 1945) - Find A Grave Memorial MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY, HOLLAND