In Morchies Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France is the Commonwealth War Grave of 64183 Corporal Edward Thornton Ferguson, M.M., serving with the “Y” 2nd Trench Mortar Battery Royal Garrison Artillery who died 22/09/1918.

The son of George and Mary Ann Ferguson, of 1, Gate House, Bebside Furnace, Bebside, Northumberland.

In Horton (St. Mary) Churchyard is a family headstone which reads:

In loving memory of
George,
beloved husband of
Mary Ann Ferguson
died at Bebside Furnace
31st July 1938, aged 78 years.

The above Mary Ann
died 14th March 1941, aged 77 years.

Their son Edward Thornton,
Who made the supreme sacrifice
22nd September 1918, aged 30 years.

The photos of Cpl. Ferguson and also of the headstone in France have been sent in by Derek Wombwell, who is a great nephew of Edward T. Ferguson.

The Blyth News 22/09/1921 carries the following:
Ferguson – In loving remembrance of our dear son, Corporal Edward T. Ferguson, M.M., who was killed in action Sept. 22nd, 1918. A silent thought, a secret tear, keeps his memory ever dear. Ever remembered by his sorrowing parents, brother, sisters and brothers-in-law, Gate House, Bebside Furnace.

Edward Thornton Ferguson is remembered in Bebside on B14.02 and in Blyth on B42.24