Military service
Burial/memorial information
Enlisted in the 1st Canadian Machine Guns (2nd Armoured Car Regiment), A Squadron - NPAM - regimental number 3131, from 1930 to September 5th, 1939, then in the 1st Battalion, B Company, 10th Platoon of the Winnipeg Grenadiers to serve in Jamaica with Y Force, in Hong Kong with C Force. He had 833 days of service, including 54 overseas.
To commemorate his sacrifice, the Manitoba government named the Ferguson Peninsula, located on North Knife Lake, in his honor in 1995.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Charles Edwin Ferguson
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Sergeant CHARLES EDWIN FERGUSON is one of 20 members of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who are commemorated on this panel of the Sai Wan Memorial. He was one of 290 Canadian soldiers killed during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. -
Newspaper Clipping
Sergeant CHARLES EDWIN FERGUSON was reported to be Missing in Action in the Canadian Army's 244th overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 9, 1943. -
Dedicatory Inscription of the Sai Wan Memorial
Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL. This memorial bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canadian Casuatlies in the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Grave Marker
The Sai Wan Memorial is located at the entrance of Sai Wan Cemetery. 1,505 Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War are buried or commemorated at this cemetery, of which 444 of the burials are the remains of unidentified soldiers, including those of 107 Canadian soldiers, most of whom were killed or died of wounds during the defense of Hong Kong, which took place from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. This is one such grave marker. There is a possibility that the remains of Sergeant CHARLES EDWIN FERGUSON lie beneath this grave marker, or one of the other 106 grave markers in Sai Wan Cemetery that simply read, A SOLDIER OF THE 1939-1945 WAR. A CANADIAN REGIMENT. KNOWN UNTO GOD. The unidentified soldiers are commemorated at the Sai Wan Memorial. -
Photo of Charles Ferguson
In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me. -
Honour Roll
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Sergeant Charles Edwin Ferguson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Edwin Ferguson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Edwin Ferguson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Edwin Ferguson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Edwin Ferguson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Edwin Ferguson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Edwin Ferguson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Edwin Ferguson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Edwin Ferguson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 29 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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