Person    | Male  Born 18/2/1896  Died 31/7/1917

Thomas Colyer-Fergusson, VC

War dead, WW1 i

Commemorated on a memorial as having died in WW1.

Soldier. Born Thomas Riversdale Colyer-Fergusson a the site of the W1 plaque. He was an acting captain in the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment. During the Battle of Pilckem Ridge at Bellewaarde, Belgium, with only a sergeant and five other men, he succeeded in capturing an enemy trench and a machine gun, which he managed to turn on the gunners. Later, assisted only by his sergeant, he captured a second machine gun. He was killed soon after by a sniper's bullet. For his actions, he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

In 1924 his father, also Thomas, inherited the baronetcy of Spitalhaugh (now extinct). His brother Max died in WW2.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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