James Henry Ferguson
Service number
52371
Military unit
7th Bn Lincolnshire Regiment
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death
20 Sep 1918 (21 years old)
Place of birth
Leeds, Yorkshire
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
James Henry Ferguson was born Leeds, the only surviving child of Robert and Sarah Ferguson. His father was an iron moulder by trade, an occupation that James followed his father in, when he was of working age. By the time James was 4 years old, the family had moved to Headingley and 10 years later were living in Worksop at 100 Kilton Hill. James must have then took employment at the Manton Colliery prior to joining the army
Military history
James enlisted at Worksop and initially joined the Leicestershire regiment, number 58618. He was sent to France where he died of wounds and commemorated on the Thilloy Road Cemetery, Beaulencourt,
Extra information
Research by Colin Dannatt
Photographs
James Henry Ferguson
photo originally published in the Worksop Guardian and now in the Borough of Worksop Roll of Honour of the Great War 1914-1918 in Worksop Library.
James Henry Ferguson
Buried in Thilloy Road Cemetery.