John Ferguson
Rank: Private
Service No: PLY/17859
Date of Death: 31/05/1916
Theatre of Death: RMLI HMS ‘Queen Mary’
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Royal Marine Light Infantry (HMS ‘Queen Mary’)
Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
Additional information: Son of John and S.C. Ferguson of 157 Farme Loan Road, Rutherglen.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of John Ferguson, 157 Farme Loan Road, Rutherglen.
British Army and Navy BMD Records information: Date and place of birth 16/01/1897 in Rutherglen; mother Sarah Clifford Ferguson, 157 Farmloan Road, Rutherglen.
1901 census information:
Address: Lloyd Street, Rutherglen.
Father: John (47) check wright at coal pit, born about 1854 in Govan.
Mother: Sarah (45) born about 1856 in Rutherglen.
Brother: William (23) coal miner, born about 1878 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Sarah (21) steam loom weaver, born about 1880 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Susan (17) steam loom weaver, born about 1884 in Rutherglen.
Brother: George (15) colliery labourer, born about 1886 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Jane (11) born about 1890 in Rutherglen.
Self: John (4) born about 1897 in Rutherglen.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises John 56, Sarah 55, George 24, Jane 22 and John 14.
Newspaper transcript – Mr John Ferguson, 157 Farmeloan Road, Rutherglen, has receive official ? that his youngest son, Private John Ferguson, Royal Marines, went down with the Queen Mary. Before enlisting he was employed at Allan Whyte and Co’s Ropeworks, Rutherglen. he was 19 years of age.