Fisher (born 19th Sept 1908) was a miner from Radcliffe, joined the navy 22 February 1928. His first ship was HMS Vimy, but he must of had an accident as he was 'sick on shore' 6th Jan 1929 with a fractured skull. After recovering from that he appears to have been sent to HMS Warspite. (After that his records are not public yet but from your newspaper was on HMS Courageous before the Royal Oak.)
HMS Courageous was sunk a month before the Royal Oak, poor chap probably thought he had cheated death with his transfer to Royal Oak.
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