Peter Ferguson was from Braco, Perthshire & was born in 1898.
He was the son of the late Mr Robert Ferguson & Mrs Jane Ferguson.
[PRIVATE PETER FERGUSON's FINAL ACTION, 27th SEPT 1918]
In the very early hours of 27th September 1918 he and his comrades of 2nd RSF were entrenched in Beugny near Bapaum. They were in waiting for a pre-planned dawn attack on the German lines which were known as BORLASS STREET, GEORGE STREET & JERMYN STREET.
There had been an enemy barrage brought down upon the assembly trenches prior to ZERO HOUR which was to be 05:30am.
By 06:30am the attacking battalions were coming under considerable enemy machine gun fire which was emanating from the targeted enemy trenches. The GEORGE STREET German trench was not 'mopped up' properly by the first engaging troops with the result that many of the enemy machine guns were still active.
Eventually the secondary battalions managed to capture 7 enemy guns from the North of George Street and three more to the south of it with 25 German prisoners captured. During this difficult attack the unit lost three officers killed in action , two officers wounded and 93 other ranks killed and wounded, one of whom was Pte Peter Ferguson.
The officer in charge commented in the post-attack report that he felt the casualty numbers would have been greatly reduced had the George Street German trench been correctly cleared of the enemy prior to more troops passing in it's vicinity during the ongoing raid.
This dynamic & superlative group comes complete with 22 pages of excellent paperwork many in full colour, which include all the CWG papers, the relevant war diary entries & detailed positioning and combat reports for the period of Pte Ferguson's sad loss.
Peter's body was clearly found on the battlefield and originally buried with those of several identified and unidentified comrades from 2/5. K.OY.L.I. who were initially buried in the same temporary plots. Peter and the same K.O.Y.L.I. lads were later exhumed and reburied in eternal honour at HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY.
Peter's headstone inscription was composed by his mother and reads:
"UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS"
Also included are: The original card plaque cover & interior envelope with the Buckingham Palace Royal letter of condolence.
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