Fisher, Ralph Lindsay

Date of birth:: June 18th, 1903
Nationality:: British

Biography

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Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Commander
Unit:: HMS Wakeful (H88), Royal Navy
Awarded on:: June 7th, 1940

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Commander
Awarded on:: June 3rd, 1941
Awarded for:: Operation Demon

"For distinguished services in effecting the withdrawal from the beaches of Greece under fire and in the face of many and great difficulties of many thousands of Troops of the Allied Armies."

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Commander
Unit:: HMS Musketeer (G86), Royal Navy
Awarded on:: September 8th, 1942

Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Commander
Unit:: HMS Musketeer (G86), Royal Navy
Awarded on:: June 8th, 1943
Awarded for:: Operation Torch

"For courage and devotion to duty in service in North Africa, in support of the Eighth Army."

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Commander
Unit:: HMS Musketeer (G86), Royal Navy
Awarded on:: January 5th, 1944

"For great gallantry, determination and skill while serving on H.M. Ship Musketeer throughout the action in which the German Battleship Scharnhorst was sunk."