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Pte. Thomas Fenwick
British Army 15th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.20th Sep 1916)
Thomas Fenwick took part in the attack on the first day of the Somme along with his brother Arthur (who was in the Northumberland Fussiliers, Tyneside Irish). Another brother, George, was also fatally wounded on the 1st. Thomas was moved to a field hospital at Heilly near to La Boisselle where he was wounded. He is buried in Heilly Station Cemetery near Heilly.
Capt. William Fenwick
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Gnr. Alfred Ernest Fergus
British Army 325th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Shawlands, Glasgow
(d.26th Jul 1917)
Alfred Fergus was born on 8th April 1897 to John Wyper Fergus and Susan Cathcart Fergus (nee Craig) of 11 Grantley Gardens, Shawlands, Glasgow. He was educated at Shawlands Academy in Glasgow. For a short time after completing his studies, he worked as a clerk typist for the Valuation Department, Inland Revenue, 99 Glassford Street, Glasgow.
On 14th of November 1915, he enlisted in the Army and was assigned as a gunner to the 325th Siege Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery. On 26th of July 1917, at the age of 20, he died from battle wounds and was buried in the Coxyde Military Cemetery in Koksijde, Belgium.
Gnr. Alfred Ernest Fergus
British Army 325th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Shawlands, Glasgow
(d.26th July 1917)
Alfred Fergus proceeded from Portsmouth on 12th of May 1917 and arrived Le Harve, France thenext day. He served with 325th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. It was a mechanised battery rather than Horse drawn, consisting of 4 guns (6” Howitzers 26cwt) later made up to 6 guns. He was initially deployed on Western Front in the Koksijde/Nieuport Costal Area of Belgium) on 14th of May 1917. Teh BAttery joined the 1st Brigade RGA on 23rd of May 1917. More personnel joined from 361st Siege Battery and by August the Battery was made up of 112 men, 6 officers, 1 WO, and 6 Sergeants with 22 men in reserve. 325th SB was later join 66th Heavy Artilery Group on 3 December 1917. Major General RB Pargiter served as a Captain between May - July 1917 The 325th Siege Battery, RGA May have been involved at the Battle of the Dunes on 10th of July 1917 amongst other Siege Batteries.
Gnr. Alfred Ernest Fergus
British Army 325th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Glasgow
(d.26th July 1917)
Alfred Fergus served with 325th Siege Battery RGA on the Western Front and was wounded in action, was treated by 91st Field Ambulance RAMC and died in hospital on the 26th of July 1917.
VAD. Ferguson
Voluntary Aid Detachment No. 46 Stationary Hospital
2/Lt. Ferguson
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
Second Lieutenant Ferguson served with this Battalion from 8th October 1916 when he arrived as a reinforcement.
Pte. Alexander Ogston Ferguson
British Army 1st Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Jarrow
(d.20th Aug 1916)
Alexander Ogston Ferguson, enlisted Newcastle and served with 1st Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps and died age 25 on the 20th August 1916. He is buried ay Heilly Station Cemetery Mericourt - L'abbe. and also commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.
Alexander was born and lived in Jarrow, son of Alexander Ogston M. and Isabella Ferguson (nee Gibson) of 1 Hurworth Place Jarrow. Husband of Mary Brown Ferguson (nee Young) of 3 Hurworth Place Jarrow. In the 1911 Census the family lived at 1 Hurworth Place, Jarrow. Alexander Ogston Ferguson age 49 Elementary Teacher (Urban District Council) born Aberdeen, (married 30 years, children born 9, children living 7, children died 2), Isabella Ferguson wife age 48 born France, James Ferguson son age 29 Blacksmiths hammer driver in shipyard born Newcastle, Alexander Ferguson son age 20 Boilermakers labourer born Newcastle, Frances Ferguson daughter age 16 born Jarrow and David Ferguson son age 13 at school, born Jarrow.
Pte. Alexander Ferguson
British Army 8th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment
from:Birkenhead
(d.3rd Nov 1915)
Private Alexander Ferguson of the South Lancashire Regiment was killed by a fragment of a 'Whizbang', while in his fire trench in Ploegsteert Wood, Flanders, on the 3rd of November 1915. He is buried in Rifle House Cemetery.
Dvr. Alexander Ferguson
British Army 189th Brigade, C Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Glasgow
(d.13th Sep 1917)
Alexander Ferguson
British Army 189th Brigade, C Bty. Royal Field Artillery
(d.13th September 1917)
Alexander Ferguson served with C Battery, 189th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Dvr. Alexander Ferguson
British Army C Bty, 189th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Glasgow
(d.13th September 1917)
Alexander Ferguson served with the C Battery, 189th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery in WW1. He died 13th of September 1917 aged 35 years and is buried Elzenwalle Brasserie Cemetery in Belgium. Son of the late James Ferguson of Glasgow.
Pte. Andrew Ferguson
British Army 16th (2nd Glasgow) Battalion Highland Light Infantry
from:Bothwell
(d.18th November 1916)
Pte. Ernest Victor Ferguson
British Army 29th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
(d.20th Feb 1917)
Ernest Ferguson served with the 29th Coy. Machine Gun Corps. He died of wounds on 20th February 1917 and is buried in Struma Military Cemetery, Greece.
Sgt. George Ferguson
British Army 2nd Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps.
from:Jarrow
(d.15th Aug 1916)
George Ferguson, enlisted Jarrow and served with the 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. He died age 26 on the 15th August 1916. He is remembered on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow and at the Thiepval Memorial.
George was Born in Jarrow and was married to the late Mary Ann Hill Ferguson (nee Henderson)of Jarrow. In the 1911 Census. George is recorded as Private age 19 single (Officers Servant) born Jarrow. 1st Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps. New Barracks Gosport, Hampshire.
Pte. James Ferguson
British Army 12th Btn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
from:Glasgow
My Grandfather, Jimmy" Ferguson's sadest story was running during an attack and looking over to his friend to the right who was running but had had his head shot off. It always brought tears to my Grandad.
Pte James Ferguson
British Army 12th Btn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
from:Glasgow
James Ferguson served with the 12th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. The story my Grandfather always told us was the worst day. Running forward during an attack and he looked to his right to see his friend running with no head.
Pte. John Alexander Ferguson
British Army 10th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:West Hartlepool
(d.1st Oct 1915)
John Alexander Ferguson, served with the 10th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry and was killed in action on the 1st October 1915. He is remembered on the Palmer Cenotaph in Jarrow and is buried in Ypres Reservoir Cemetery. His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals. John enlisted on the 18th August 1914 and arrived in France 9th June 1915.
John was the son of the late John and Dorothy Ferguson of 27 Faulder Road, West Hartlepool. He was born in Christ Church, West Hartlepool 1895. In the 1911 census the family were living at that address with John(54) a general labourer in blast furnace works and his wife Dorothy(37). They had 9 children and 6 survived, all are single and living at home. John Alexander(16) is an errand boy in drapers, Robert(14) errand boy in grocers, Dorothy Jane(9), Harold(7) are at school, Edith Ellen is 3 and William is 8 months old. John's father must have died shortly after the census as he is deceased before his sons death in 1915.
2nd Lt. John Ferguson
British Army Royal Engineers
Jack Ferguson was my Great Uncle who served with the Royal Engineers. He served in Iraq and was mentioned in dispatches. He was awarded a military MBE. I don't know anything more about him but he went back to India after the war and died in 1929 aged 43.
Lt. John White Ferguson DCM.
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Hood Btn.
from:Regents Park, London
(d.4th Jun 1915 )
Johnnie Ferguson was killed in action on the 4th June 1915 aged 25 and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey. He was the son of John Ferguson of 1 Gloucester Gate, Regents Park, London
According to a newspaper cutting, he had been previously in the Antwerp Expedition where he gained the D.C.M. and went to the Dardanelles in March 1915. Johnnie was the younger son of Mr John Ferguson of Messrs Ramage and Ferguson, shipbuilders in Leith and Govan; His mother was Catherine Rachel Pickersgill. Although Johnnie was brought up in London, he was apprenticed to his father in 1908 and was presumably living in Scotland when war broke out. It is believed that Johnnie’s uncle, William Russell-Ferguson, funded the erection of a WW1 memorial in Appin, Argyllshire where he, William, lived, that includes Johnnie’s name. It is assumed that this was because there was no other memorial in Britain that included his name.
Helene has two letters written to his father on 17th May and 27th May from the Dardanelles. These give very detailed descriptions of what he was experiencing. She also has one from D.W. Cassie, written from ‘H.M.T.S.1, Near Alexandria’, to Johnnie’s father, reporting Johnny’s death. Cassie says: "I got his, or most of his, official papers and maps. I wanted to get his ring and cigarette case to send home to you but the danger was too great for me to wait and it couldn’t be done. The Hood Battalion is now practically at an end. We have only three officers and 120 men left now, so we no longer count, but before I close I should like to say that I, nor anyone in the Battalion can pay enough tribute to Johnnie’s bravery and gallantry, he died in action, he led his men. .... I am on my way now to Alexandria in charge of 350 Turkish prisoners. It was been given me as a sort of rest after that terrible action."
Pte. John Ferguson
British Army 10th Btn. Welsh Regiment
from:Skewen
(d.31st July 1917)
Pte. John Ferguson
British Army 1st Btn. Connaught Rangers
from:Belfast
(d.11th Jul 1917)
John Ferguson was my great-uncle, my grandmother's brother. He was underage when he signed up. He was gassed at the Somme and suffered other illnesses and was hospitalised. He was killed near Baghdad.
Pte. Joseph Ferguson
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
(d.20th Apr 1917)
Joseph Ferguson was attached Royal Engineers, he was executed for desertion 20th April 1917 age 21 and buried in Wanquetin Communal Cemetery Extension, Wanquetin, France.
Pte. Joseph Ferguson
British Army 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
(d.16th Jun 1918)
Joseph Ferguson served with the 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment during WW1 and died on the 16th June 1918. He was probably a POW as he is buried in Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany.
Pte. Joseph Ferguson
British Army 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment.
(d.16th June 1918)
Joseph Ferguson died on 16th of June 1918. He is buried in the Berlin South Western Cemetery in Germany.
Pte. Joseph Ferguson
British Army 1/7th Princess Louise Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
from:8 Hawkhill Avenue, Ayr
(d.20th September 1917)
Pte. Joseph Clark Ferguson
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte Joseph Little Ferguson
British Army 8th Btn Durham Light Infantry
from:Sunderland
(d.11th Apr 1918)
Joseph Ferguson lost his life whilst serving with the 8th Durham Light Infantry. He had formerly served with the 1st Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Robert Ferguson
British Army 1/4th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Beith, Ayrshire
Robert Ferguson served with the 4th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Pte. Simpson Riach Ferguson
British Army 11th Btn. Scottish Rifles
from:6 Park Ave, Paisley, Scotland
(d.16th Apr 1917)
Simpson Ferguson died at the Reading War Hospital, age 21 years, and is probably buried in Paisley's Woodside Cemetery as he has his own marker there but is also named on the marker with his parents, Alexander Ferguson and Janet Reid.
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