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Staffordshire Regiment Museum open new play area in memory of late comrade

Land September 26, 2019

In honour of local fallen hero, Warrant Officer (WO2) Ian Fisher, and to commemorate the role played by the 3rd Battalion the Mercian Regiment (STAFFORDS), The Staffordshire Regiment Museum has created ‘Camp Fisher’, a custom-built play area at the museum which was recently officially opened by Ian’s family.

Following Ian’s death in 2013, his comrades created a sign for their vehicle compound renaming it ‘Camp Fisher’, and Staffordshire Regiment Museum has used the original sign at the playground, in honour of such a devoted and professional soldier.

To help complete the play area, St. Modwen Homes donated materials to the museum such as topsoil and grass.

The new playground features a climbing apparatus which has been designed to look like a Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle. This vehicle is not only used today by troops in the Mercian Regiment to deploy infantry into the front line, but it was also used by the Staffordshire Regiment in the first Gulf War and later in Iraq and is a great way for the museum to link current serving personnel with their regimental past.

Danielle Crozier, Museum Director at Staffordshire Regiment Museum, said: “We are extremely humbled by the very kind and generous support given by St. Modwen Homes towards our newest project – Camp Fisher. The project has seen the museum open a brand new play area which has been created in honour of one of their fallen heroes, WO2 Ian Fisher. WO2 Fisher was sadly killed in November 2013 while serving with the 3rdBattalion the Mercian Regiment (STAFFORDS) in Afghanistan.

“The Museum has been working on the project for the last three years and were unable to fund the last few items needed to ensure the whole area could receive the work required. St. Modwen Homes very kindly stepped into the breach and provided everything we needed and more. We are so very very grateful for their support.”

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Post written by: Matt Brown