Frederick Fisher was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the first Canadian-born man to win VC while serving in the Canadian Army.
On 23 April1915 in the neighbourhood of St. Julien, Belgium, Lance-Corporal Fisher went forward with the machine-gun of which he was in charge, under heavy fire, and covered the retreat of a battery, losing four of his gun team. Later, when he had obtained four more men, he went forward again to the firing line and was killed while bringing his machine-gun into action under very heavy fire.
Fisher accused the court of a number of wrongdoings, among them that he did not receive a fair trial, that witnesses were tampered with, that his home was illegally searched and that the prosecutor was guilty of misconduct.
Fisher was found guilty Sept. 1 of various charges stemming from an incident on the opening day of deer season last year.
Fisher was sentenced to two and a half to six years for assault with a dangerous weapon, two to seven and half years for felon in possession of a firearm and two years for felony firearms.
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