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 1923 - 1999 (76 years)
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| Name |
Hugh Fish |
| Prefix |
Sir |
| Suffix |
OBE, CBE |
| Born |
6 Jan 1923 |
Woodlesford, Yorkshire, England, UK  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
1939 |
| Laboratory Assistant |
- He was known as the man who made the Thames so clean the salmon came back.
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| Military Service |
1942 |
| Lieutenant - Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
| Honours |
1971 |
| Order of the British Empire |
| Honours |
1984 |
| Commander of the British Empire |
| Honours |
9 Feb 1989 |
London, England, UK |
| Knight Bachelor |
Address:
Buckingham Palace, London, England, UK |
- Chairman, Natural Environment Research Council 1984-88
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| Died |
27 May 1999 |
Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK |
- Fish was born in Woodlesford, West Yorkshire on 6 January 1923, and went to Rothwell Grammar School. He then studied chemistry at the University of Leeds, but broke off to join the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1942, serving on the Arctic convoys of World War II and rising to the rank of lieutenant by the end of the war. He completed his degree and began his professional life as a chemist.[1][2] He married Nancy Asquith (died 4 October 2005[3]) in 1943 and they had two sons and a daughter. He died in Wallingford, Oxfordshire on 27 May 1999.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Fish
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| Person ID |
I54773 |
Lasbury Family |
| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2024 |
| Father |
Leonard Mark Fish
b. 17 Dec 1896, Castleford, Yorkshire, England, UK
d. 1967, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, UK (Age 70 years) |
| Mother |
Millicent Mead
b. 2 May 1896, Hunslet, Yorkshire, England, UK
d. 1962, Hemsworth, Yorkshire, England, UK (Age 65 years) |
| Married |
24 Dec 1919 |
Hunslet, Yorkshire, England, UK |
| Marriage Witness |
24 Dec 1919 |
| Frederick John Fish, Mabel Florence Fish & William Mead |
| Family ID |
F22558 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Wife |
Nancy Asquith
b. 18 Nov 1922, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
d. 4 Oct 2005, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK (Age 82 years) |
| Married |
1943 |
Lower Agbrigg, Yorkshire, England, UK |
| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2024 |
| Family ID |
F22559 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Born - 6 Jan 1923 - Woodlesford, Yorkshire, England, UK |
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 | Married - 1943 - Lower Agbrigg, Yorkshire, England, UK |
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 | Honours - Knight Bachelor,Address:
Buckingham Palace, London, England, UK - 9 Feb 1989 - London, England, UK |
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 | Died - 27 May 1999 - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK |
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