Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War M.C. awarded to Captain W. E. Garrett-Fisher, Highland Light Infantry

Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse contemporarily engraved ‘W. E. Garrett Fisher 1918’, mounted on investiture pin, good very fine £500-£700

M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1918.

William Edward Garrett-Fisher was commissioned Temporary Lieutenant in the 16th Battalion (2nd Glasgow), Highland Light Infantry in March 1915. He served during the Great War with the Battalion in the French theatre from 23 November 1915. Garrett Fisher advanced to Acting Captain and Company Commander in February 1917. He relinquished his commission due to ill health in January 1920, and retained rank of Captain.