Fisher, Donald Rutherford Dacre
- Date of birth:
- 1890 (North Wales)
- Date of death:
- 1962
- Service number:
- 927
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
23rd December 1915: Captain
12th December 1936: Lieutenant Colonel
16th October 1938: Bt. Colonel
10th May 1941: Acting Major General
2nd January 1947: Honorary Major General
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Mentioned in Dispatches
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Acting Major
- Awarded on:
- December 14th, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Awarded on:
- 1917
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Temporary Major-General
- Unit:
- Directorate of Army Requirements, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1945
Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Temporary Major-General
- Unit:
- Directorate of Army Requirements, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- November 4th, 1947
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38122/supplement/5353/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30427/supplement/13069/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36866/supplement/4/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35170/supplement/2937/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29411/supplement/12778/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34356/page/12/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37840/supplement/95/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34565/page/6689/data.pdf
- Recommendation for Award for Fisher, D R D Rank: Major General Regiment: ... | The National Archives
- Medal card of Fisher, D R D Corps: Royal Field Artillery Rank: Captain | The National Archives
- Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War - Nicholas Smart
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