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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Bertie Drew Fisher

Fisher, Bertie Drew

Lieutenant-General

* 18th of July 1878

† 24th of July 1972

(17th/21st Lancers)

Promotions

1915-07-07 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1916-06-03 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1918-01-17 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1918-04-12 Temporary Brigadier-General
1919-02-24 Lieutenant-Colonel
1919-03-17 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier-General
1923-01-01 Brevet Colonel
1923-03-19 Colonel (Dated back to 1920-06-03)
1923-04-03 Temporary Colonel-Commandant
1927-04-03 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel-Commandant
1927-09-22 Temporary Colonel-Commandant
1928-06-01 Temporary Brigadier
1931-06-17 Major-General
1937-10-12 Lieutenant-General

Service

1915-07-07 1915-08-27 Commanding Officer Leicestershire Yeomanry Regiment
1915-08-28 1918-01-17 General Staff Officer 1, 1st Cavalry Division [France]
1918-04-12 1919-03-17 Commanding Officer 8th Infantry Brigade [France]
1922-XX-XX 1923-02-24 Commanding Officer 17th/21st Lancers
1923-03-25 1923-04-03 Half-pay
1923-04-03 1927-04-03 Commanding Officer 2nd Cavalry Brigade
1926-08-07 1931-06-17 Aide-de-Camp to the King
1927-04-04 1927-06-28 Half-pay
1927-06-27 1927-09-21 Chief Instructor at the Senior Officers' School
1927-09-22 1930-03-07 Commandant of the Senior Officers' School
1930-03-07 1931-06-16 Brigadier General Staff, Aldershot Command
1931-06-17 1932-11-22 Half-pay
1932-11-22 1934-10-01 Director of Recruiting & Organisation, War Office
1934-10-01 1938-01-12 Commandant of Royal Military College
1938-01-12 1938-08-17 Half-pay
1938-02-25 1947-07-01 Colonel, 17th/21st Lancers
1938-08-17 Retired
1939-09-01 Recalled
1939-09-01 1940-06-26 General Officer Commanding in Chief Southern Command
1940-07-23 Retired
Picture source: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205294699