Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Robert Ferguson
In memory of:
Private Robert Ferguson
March 31, 1918
Military Service
129795
23
Army
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
16th Bn.
Additional Information
April 10, 1894
Son of William Robert Ferguson, of Merritt, Nicola Valley, British Columbia.
Commemorated on Page 406 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
VI. F. 15.
Duisans and Etrun are villages in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 9 kilometres west of Arras. The DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY lies in Etrun but takes its name from the nearer village of Duisans. It is one kilometre north of Duisans on the D339 road off the Route nationale N39 (Arras-St Pol), in the angle of the Arras Habarcq road and a track leading to Haute-Avesnes.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
War Memorial – War Memorial, Merritt and Nicola Valley District, British Columbia. The Cenotaph was unveiled on November 6th, 1921. There are 44 names on three sides of the memorial representing those men who died during World War One. A panel was added at a later date to include 18 names of local men who died in World War Two. Inscribed: IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF MERRITT AND THE NICOLA VALLEY DISTRICT / OUR WELL BELOVED DEAD WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
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