Location
Naval Memorial
Memory of
CHARLES THOMAS HAIG
MAJOR GENERAL ROYAL ENGINEERS
BORN 12TH OCT 1834
DIED 29TH JUNE 1907
"IS PASSED FROM LIFE UNTO DEATH"
And of his daughter
MABEL EDITH
WIFE OF COLONEL FISHER CB
2ND K.E.O. GOORKHAS
BORN 20TH NOVEMBER 1868
DIED 20TH AUGUST 1912
AT DEHRA DUN U.P. INDIA
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And of his grandsons
JOHN MAURICE HAIG FISHER, LIEUTENANT RN
AGED 23
LOST IN HMS GOOD HOPE 1ST NOV 1914
IN THE BATTLE OFF THE CHILEAN COAST
CECIL ERIC HAIG FISHER, SEC.LIEUT. ROYAL ENGINEERS
KILLED IN FRANCE JULY 24TH 1915, AGED 20
BOTH SONS OF GENL. J.FISHER C.B. AND HIS WIFE MABEL EDITH
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KATHERINE NEWMAN
WIDOW OF GENERAL C.T. HAIG
WHO DIED AT SOUTHSEA ON JANUARY 30TH 1922
AGED 81 YEARS
Further Information
Lieutenant John Maurice Fisher, Royal Navy, was 22 years of age when he was killed whilst serving aboard HMS "Good Hope" off the Chilian coast. He is casualty no. 2871098 on the CWGC register. He was born at Dehra Dun U.P., India and is remembered on the PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL where his name appears on Panel 1 (see photo).
HMS "Good Hope" lost all hands in the Battle of Coronel. It had initially been hit by the third salvo shot from the Scharnhorst and sank shortly afterwards. For a full description of the action see www.firstworldwar.com/battles/coronel.htm
Second Lieutenant Cecil Eric Haig Fisher, Royal Engineers, was 20 years of age when he was killed in France. He is casualty no. 187150 on the CWGC register and is buried in SAILLY-SUR-LA-LYS-CANADIAN CEMETERY (Grave ref. II. G. 143.). He was born in Guildford and educated at Cheltenham College.
Both names appear on the Roll of Honour at St Simon's Church.
Their father is listed as Brig. Gen. J. Fisher, C.B., late 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) living at "Sirmoor," Shortheath, Farnham, Surrey. Their mother was Mabel Edith Fisher (nee Haig).
