C. Fergusson

[Dominion]

I have been trying to find some information on the following, but the matches and information are fairly limited; I've not found anything I can directly link and was wondering if someone could help. It's a British war medal inscribed with "MAJOR C. FERGUSSON". 

[George Rayner]

Perhaps this chap...although appears to be Canadian Forces

First Name:

C

Surname:

Fergusson

Incident Date:

29/05/1916

Information:

Embarked upon the Troopship Grampian at Bermuda on 29/05/1916, sailed on 30/05/1916 for the United Kingdom.

More Information:

Travelled 1st Class.

Rank:

Major

Service:

Canadian Forces

Primary Unit:

Canadian Expeditionary Force

Secondary Unit:

38th Ottawa Battalion (Why is this important?)

 

First Name:

C

Surname:

Fergusson

Nationality:

British

Information:

Attached to the British Forces.

Rank:

Major

Rank (2nd):

Acting Lieutenant Colonel

Service:

Canadian Army

Regiment:

Eastern Ontario Regiment

Seniority Date:

08/08/15

Collection:

UK Army List 1918  

FWR

George

Edited 6 October , 2019 by George Rayner
Additional refs

[George Rayner]

Or maybe Sir Charles Fergusson, Bart. Army Service Corps?!

 

George

[Dominion]

Thanks for this! I wonder if there was potentially a spelling error? Looking into the Canadian idea I found a first name of "Major Ferguson, Colquhoon - 59th Regt - Address of Next of Kin: Ferguson, Margaret J R.R. No. 1, Cornwall, Ont"

[corisande]

It is unlikely to be a spelling error (unless OP has mistranscribed :-))

 

How about

ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS.Qr.-Mr. and Hon. Lt. C. Fergusson, fromW. Kent Yeo., T.F., to be temp. Lt. 22ndNov. 1916

and/or

ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS.Temp. Lt. C. Fergusson, D.C.M., relinquishes the actg. rank of Maj. 27th May1920.

 

 

TNA gives him as Claude, West Kent Yeomanry

 

And this from Google

Heroism of local trooper who saved Boer War pal
 CONSPICUOUS gallantry by a local JL*7l/.L man. Trooper Claude Fergusson in an East Kent Yeomanry Company in  South Africa during the Boer War was described at a Town Council meeting. Col Hamilton, a member of the Council, said his nephew was on mounted escort duty at Frankfort when the men were attacked by the Boers. Fergusson was covering the retirement of troops when he spotted a member of the West Kent Mounted Infantry lying, dismounted, 500 yards away. But, although under constant fire, he went to his rescue and brought him back to safety. “Many a man has won the Victoria Cross for less (.anspicuous and chivalrous daring than this," commented the Herald report. Fergusson made no mention of the incident in letters to relatives, only to a friend. But the man he rescued reported his bravery to a senior officer and Fergusson was complimented at a special regimental parade and commended to the commanding general in Africa. A model of one of the ancient Cinque Ports ships was to figure on the casket when the Freedom of Hythe was presented to local hero Major-General Ian Hamilton CB. DSO. on return from the Boer War.

Edited 6 October , 2019 by corisande

[corisande]

HIs Boer War Service record on FmP - click