Pvt.
Arthur
Williams Bennett
Ferguson
Born in Cape Province, South Africa
Ancestors 
Brother of
James Thomas Ferguson, John Hendry Ferguson, Alice Sophia (Ferguson) Ward, Harry Bennett Ferguson, Jessie Anne (Ferguson) Croucamp, Edmund Alexander Ferguson, Charles David Chalmers Ferguson, William Ferguson, Isabella Henderson (Ferguson) Smith and Alexander Bennett Ferguson
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 27
in Pozières, Somme, France
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Nov 2014
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Biography
Arthur was killed in the battle for Poiziers in France, at the attack on the ridge at Pozieres, he was serving in the 4th Regiment South African Infantry. His body is interred in the cemetery at Pozieres, France. The certificate commemorating his sacrifice is attached. There is also a newspaper cutting where his death is published. NOTE: His name has become corrupted by the Commission, Where they record his sacrifice as Arthur Williams Ferguson Bennett and Not. Arthur Williams Bennett Ferguson. Refer to the news paper cutting for confirmation of the error and it is also verified by Jesse Anne Fergusons diary entry of his birth and death.
Sources
- Jesse Anne Ferguson's diary with Births, Deaths and marriages, detailed as well as, the documentation of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- Arthur William Ferguson CWGC file (erroneously listed under Bennett)
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