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Surname: FERGUSON
Forename(s): Peter
Place of Birth: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Service No: 298040
Rank: Stoker 1st Class
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Navy
Battalion / Unit: H.M.S. 'Hawke'
Division: ---
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1914-10-15
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 5.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Peter Ferguson (born 26 June 1883) was the son of John and ( - ) Ferguson.
1911 Royal Navy at Sea and ports abroad Census: Peter Ferguson, aged 27 years, born Glasgow, Scotland, Stoker 1st Class. [In both the 1901 and 1911 Census, Peter's uncle, Alexander Ferguson, who was born at Glasgow and his wife, Agnes, were living at 18, Byron Street, Skipton, Yorkshire.]
Peter was married to Julia Tillyard at St. Johns Church, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, 11 April 1914. Julia married Frederick Parkes, a Royal Navy Sailor, at St. Michael and All Angels, Hackney, 10 April 1917.
Royal Navy & Royal Marines War Graves Roll, 1914-1919. Relatives Notified and Address: Widow: Julia, 83, Cypress St, Old Ford, Bethnal Green, London, E.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Naval Pensions to Widows of Men whose Death is Attributable to Warlike Operations: Julia Ferguson. Date of Birth: 9 May 1887. Married: 11 April 1914. Address 1. Old Ford, Bethnal Green. Address 2. The Triangle, Hackney, E. Particulars as to Children: Peter S., born 28 December 1914. Remarks: Posthumous.
The 1921 Census shows that Julia, her son Peter Samuel, her husband Frederick and two of their children were living at 13, Eagle Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. The 1939 Register shows that Julia, her son Peter S., husband Frederick and three of their children were living at 8, Ryecroft Avenue, Wolverhampton.
Peter is commemorated in the Rolls of Honour at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
FERGUSON, Peter, stoker on H.M.S. ‘Hawke’ formerly worked at Belle Vue Mills, [Skipton], sunk by submarine 1915.
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Stoker 1st Class Peter FERGUSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Navy
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30 October 1914
SKIPTON STOKER LOSES HIS LIFE
At the Congregationa1 service at the Town Hall on Sunday morning Rev. L.H. Gaunt made reference to the death of Private Ferguson, a late scholar in the Congregational Sunday School, who, it was feared, had perished in the destruction of the cruiser ‘Hawke’ a short time ago. Ferguson had been a stoker in the Royal Navy, and had been on the Reserve for a year or two. He was called up at the outbreak of the war, and was serving on the ill-fated vessel at the time of the disaster. He had been recently married, and had a home in London. His aunt, Mrs. Ferguson, lives in Byron Street, Skipton. Formerly he worked at the Belle Vue Mills, and is known to many in the town. It is believed that he is the first Skipton man to lose his life in the war.
24 December 1915
CRAVEN’S ROLL OF HONOUR – SKIPTON
Peter Ferguson, stoker on H.M.S. ‘Hawke’ when it was sunk by German submarine. Nephew of Mrs. Ferguson, of Byron Street, Skipton. Formerly worked at Belle Vue Mills. Was married a short time previous to his death, and had a home in London.
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