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Private JOHN FERGUSON

Service Number: 5540
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 October 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COURCELLES-AU-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

A. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Native of Campbeltown, Argyllshire. Son of Marion and the late John James Ferguson, of Pollokshaws, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THE HELPLESS TO DEFEND A BRITISH SOLDIER'S NOBLE END.
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Buried or commemorated at

COURCELLES-AU-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 115
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