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# Hundreds turn out for funeral of fallen soldier at Lichfield Cathedral
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/hundreds-turn-out-for-funeral-of-fallen-soldier-at-lichfield-cathedral/
- Published: 2013-12-03T18:00:25.000Z
- Updated: 2013-12-03T20:53:03.000Z
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 20:48, News

[![Ian Fisher's coffin is carried into Lichfield Cathedral. Pic: Harry Warburton](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/0191.jpg)](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2013/12/03/hundreds-turn-out-for-funeral-of-fallen-soldier-at-lichfield-cathedral/attachment/0191/)

Ian Fisher’s coffin is carried into Lichfield Cathedral. Pic: Harry Warburton

Hundreds have turned out in Lichfield to pay their respects to a soldier killed in Afghanistan.

Warrant Officer Class 2 Ian Fisher, 42, died after a suicide bomber struck in Afghanistan.

His coffin passed through a guard of honour at Lichfield Cathedral ahead of the service today (December 3).