Service Details
Name:
 FERGUSON
Given Name:
 HENRY WILLIAM CHARLES
Initials:
 H W C
Rank:
 Second Mate
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Regiment:
 Mercantile Marine
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Unit:
 S.S. "Polandia" (Liverpool)
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Date of Death:
 1917-03-10
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Drowned, On March 10th, 1917, the British steel cargo ship POLANDIA, left Birkenhead for Cherbourg with a cargo of government material, and went missing. She was not heard of ever since. 25 people lost their lives
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. Ferguson, of 43, Holland St., Holderness Rd., Hull. Born Durban.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 London
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Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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