So much more info to absorb ! I too couldn't find a James Annesley Fisher for those date. It was obviously officially recognised he went by both names, or sometimes all of them - James Arthur Annesley Fisher - but why ? Using Annesley as a middle name certainly sets him apart from all the other men named James Arthur Fisher, so he wanted to be noticed !
On his marriage in 1915 he gives his father as James Annesley Fisher Decd then on 1946 marriage as Major J A A Fisher Decd (interesting they are both Decd - and probably fictitious) who supposedly was in the 10th Hussars ! and interesting that J A A - James Arthur Annesley perhaps!
The parents of my JAF of course were Charlotte (Hunt) and James Arthur Fisher, butcher. Charlotte left the marriage around 1901, I think his father died in 1911 - I have sent for his death cert.
MaxD - thank you for that info and explanation, very helpful. I am coming to the conclusion this is all about the same man and about my relative - I would like to see a dob though somewhere on documents to clinch it. I believe my JAF was born 17/2/1891. Mind, he is just as likely to change that to suit him !
Who knows why he gave Mrs Taylor living in Bournmouth as his mother and next of kin in 1918. In 1913 in his army papers he gives as his next of kin as his sister Beatrice, which is correct - she is his older sister, his mother gone off and his father likely dead.
