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John Thomas Kellington Ferguson

In memory of:

Lance Corporal John Thomas Kellington Ferguson

June 6, 1944
In the field

Military Service


Service Number:

K/73076

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Engineers

Division:

6 Field Coy.

Citation(s):

1939-45 Star, France-Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp.

Additional Information


Born:

August 16, 1912
Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment:

August 9, 1940
Penticton, British Columbia

Son of Robert Arthur and Mary Anna Ferguson. Husband of Elizabeth Mary (nee Mayo) Ferguson.

Father of Douglas of Vernon, British Columbia.

Brother of Robert Stapleton, Margaret Currie Otis, Flossy European Gordon and Elizabeth Ann Townsend.

Commemorated on Page 303 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

Panel 21, Column 1.

Location:

The Bayeux Memorial is located on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware, in the south-western outskirts of the town of Bayeux, in Normandy, about 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. The memorial was erected in honour of the 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and who have no known grave.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo– This photo was found in John's military service file. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo– This photo was found in John's military service file. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo– This photo was found in John's military service file. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo– This photo was found in John's military service file. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo– This photo was found in John's military service file. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.February 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Bayeux Memorial - August 2012
  • Inscription– Inscription on the Bayeux Memorial - August 2012
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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