Neil Ferguson

Neil Ferguson
Rank: Private
Service No: A/7324
Place of Birth: Mossend, Lanarkshire
Date of Death: 30/07/1916
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers (2nd Bn.)
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial

Rutherglen Lore information: Son of James Ferguson 151 New Farme Place, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Father James Ferguson.
1901 census information:
Address: Main Street, Cadder.
Father: James (39) kiln burner, born about 1862 in Bothwell.
Mother: Annie (34) born about 1867 in Kirkintilloch.
Sister: Sarah (15) born about 1886 in Cadder.
Brother: David (11) born about 1890 in Cadder.
Brother: James (7) born about 1894 in Cadder.
Self: Neil (5) born about 1896 in Bothwell.
Sister: Margaret (3) born about 1898 in Bothwell.

Evening Times 9/5/1917

Newspaper transcript – Pte. N. Ferguson, Glasgow. Mr James Ferguson, 151 New Farme Place, Rutherglen, has received official intimation that his son, Private Neil Ferguson, R.S.F., was killed in action. Previous to enlisting he was a railway porter at Burnside Station.