Private Richard Martin Ferguson
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Ferguson,
Richard Martin
Date of birth: 1892-10-03
Place of birth: Cupar Fife Scotland
Next of kin: Father: Rev. J.T. Ferguson, Calgary, Alta.
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Schoolteacher
Occupation (normalized): Teacher, Level and Subject Unknown
Address:
Calgary, Alta.
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1916-09-15
Cause of death:
Killed in action
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 487477
Highest Rank:
Private
(Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry)
Rank detail
- Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Courcelette
Commemoration location: Vimy Memorial; Nelson, BC Cenotaph
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RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 1567886
LAC ID:
387667
Service file: B3052-S015
Uploader's Notes:
Original overseas unit 5th University Company (McGill). Joined No. 3 Coy. P.P.C.L.I. in the field June 9, 1916. Killed near Courcelettes.
B.A. (McGill University). Son of James Thompson Ferguson, M.A., D.D., of Calgary, and of Maud Mant Martin or Ferguson, of 329 - 24 Avenue West, Calgary, Alberta. He had one brother and two sisters.
He played the violin.
He is described as having a dark complexion, brown eyes and black hair. He had scars below left nipple and weighed 155 pounds.
He was missing after action, then listed as KIA. "Field"
He earned $15/month in 1916.
Hospital in Montreal (Khaki League): February 25, 1916: Grippe, an acute febrile contagious virus disease, specifically, INFLUENZA.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 5th University Company Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-03-16