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George Ferguson WWI
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Day-by-day account of WWI from the diaries of George Ferguson, Liverpool Scottish. Fuller accounts at https://georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/
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"You cannot teach a man a fine or full sight the only sight that can be taught is a full sight.
It has been found the best for teaching the best for rapid shooting best for collecting firing."
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10 February 1916
From the Battalion Diary :Training was continued at PROUVILLE until the 10th of the month when the whole Division moved up the line in order to take over from the French who up to this time had hel…
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"Corporal Frank Mottershead, a former member of the choir of Sion Baptist Chapel, Burnley, signalised his return home on leave by appearing in the choir in uniform on Sunday night, and singing in an impressive manner ‘Nearer, my God, to Thee.’"
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9 February 1916
Frank Mottershead of the Second Battalion was one of the lucky ones who had been able to take leave from the Liverpool Scottish in order to travel home to meet family and friends. From the Burnley …
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February 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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RIMMER – June 16, killed in action, aged 21 years, Private George Frederic (Eric) Rimmer (of the 10th Liverpool Scottish), the dearly loved second son of Mr and Mrs H. Rimmer of 52 Garmoyle Road. (Deeply mourned.)

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8 February 1916
With no news once again of the Liverpool Scottish today, and no entries from George Ferguson’s diary available, another look back to the charge at Hooge. Too many Liverpool Scottish soldiers died o…
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February 8, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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“He was a keen soldier, always eager, conscientious, and I am sure he ennobled himself by his efforts to make a name for his battalion in the famous charge.”
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7 February 1916
With no news of the Liverpool Scottish today, and no entries from George Ferguson’s diary available, another look back to the charge at Hooge. Too many Liverpool Scottish soldiers died on 16 June 1…
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February 7, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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Iron harvest figures for January 2026

“The month of January was a good start to the year. We had a total of 191 requests and approximately 18 tons of ammunition were found.

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February 6, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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'...on Friday night and early on Saturday morning. Some of the peaceful citizens of the district awoke in great alarm, but were reassured when later the gallant Scotties marched back to their billets with the band gaily playing.'
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6 February 1916
The Liverpool Scottish were now based in Prouville, a village in the French department of the Somme. Back in the UK, there was little to report. The Liverpool Scottish had played football. Their ba…
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February 6, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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"HOOSON – February 3 at Victoria Central Hospital Liscard, aged 27 years, James Reginald (Reggie) late of the Liverpool Scottish, the dearly beloved second son of Mr and Mrs J. E. Hooson"
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5 February 1916
The Liverpool Scottish were on the move, waking in Longpre, and marching on to Pernois. Back in England, the death of a former Liverpool Scottish soldier was announced. HOOSON – February 3 at Victo…
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February 5, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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The Battn remained at HEUCOURT until the 4th Feby on which date a move was commenced to PROUVILLE, this journey taking three days, a night being spent at LONGPRE and one at PERNOIS en route.

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4 February 1916
After a month behind the lines, the Liverpool Scottish were on the move again. The Battalion Diary records thatThe Battn remained at HEUCOURT until the 4th Feby on which date a move was commenced t…
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February 4, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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"being in the trenches for some time had many hairbreadth scapes. He was invalided home with frostbite, but returned in March. On June 16 he fell in action and was buried on the battlefield by his companions. He was only twenty-one years of age."
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3 February 1916
Although George’s diary for this period has not survived, he used the end of his 1915 diary for note taking. Today, he used it to record 6 Platoon, in which he and his best friend, Dick, were…
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February 3, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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'Following the charge at Hooge in June, he was declared missing in action. While missing, he was appointed as a second lieutenant. However, the appointment was cancelled in the London Gazette the following July'
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2 February 1916
With no news of the Liverpool Scottish today, and no entries from George Ferguson’s diary available, another look back to the charge at Hooge. Too many Liverpool Scottish soldiers died on 16 June 1…
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February 2, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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"he was mourned as dead. On Saturday morning last his parents were overjoyed to receive a postcard from him stating that he was a prisoner of war in Germany."
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1 February 1916
The charge at Hooge in June 1915 had left hundreds of the Liverpool Scottish dead and wounded, but many were also still officially missing, leaving relatives in a state of limbo. A story in the St …
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February 1, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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'Appearance: Face becomes confused at 300yds, head like duck at 600yds if steady at 700 to 800 yds like tree stump (on a clear day) these points alter very little on a misty day.'
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31 January 1916
It had been a month of training for the Liverpool Scottish, and the end of George Ferguson’s 1915 diary is full of notes. Although these notes are lengthy and detailed, it is clear he took th…
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January 31, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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'We are in France near Abbeville. HQ is a chateau and I have a beautiful room in a tower. Our host is an old French Count. In the village all the people weave sacking. The girls do all the work.'
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30 January 1916
Since 9 January, the Liverpool Scottish had been in training behind the front lines, but a move to the trenches was approaching. The battalion’s doctor, Captain Noel Chavasse, described the a…
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January 30, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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'Inter Company shooting matches were held, sports + recreation for the men were not neglected, a sports committee being chosen + football matches + paper chases arranged. A Regimental wet canteen was opened.'
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29 January 1916
The Battalion Diary recorded that, following the arrival of a draft of 83 other ranks from England on 10 January, the Battalion had been carrying out training at Heucourt. The programme of training…
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January 29, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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'Kitchener’s campaign had encouraged more than one million men to enlist at this point but even a million men were not enough and the government decided it was necessary to introduce compulsory active service – conscription.'
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28 January 1916
It had been obvious for some time that it would not be possible for Britain to continue fighting by relying on voluntary recruits. Kitchener’s campaign had encouraged more than one million me…
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January 28, 2026 at 10:54 AM
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'the Liverpool Scottish... were running a seven-mile cross country race.... The Doctor and Adjutant finished first and second... the doctor was Noel Chavasse, who had represented GB in the 400 metres at the 1908 Olympics'
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27 January 1916
Since 3 January, the units of the former West Lancashire Division had been assembling near the French town of Hallencourt, as they were transformed into the 55th (West Lancashire) Division. On 27 J…
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January 27, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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'Move him into the sun—
Gently its touch awoke him once,
At home, whispering of fields half-sown.
Always it woke him, even in France,
Until this morning and this snow.
If anything might rouse him now
The kind old sun will know.'
Wilfred Owen
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26 January 1916
The Birkenhead News spun very few facts about a member of the Liverpool Scottish into a couple of paragraphs.We are pleased to state that Sergt. Norman Bell, 10th Liverpool Scottish, is once more i…
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January 26, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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"A courageous action was performed by Private Andrew Freeman of the Liverpool Scottish. He pluckily attempted to stop a pair of runaway horses on Maidstone Bridge, and was knocked down and rendered unconscious."
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25 January 1916
Once again, news of the Liverpool Scottish came from England rather than France. At this point, members of the Liverpool Scottish still in England were based in and around Blackpool, Maidstone and …
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January 25, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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'the Downham Market Gazette reported that members of the Liverpool Scottish had been charged with breaching wartime licensing laws by being in a pub at 10pm on Christmas Eve.'
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24 January 1916
In Norwich, the Downham Market Gazette reported that members of the Liverpool Scottish had been charged with breaching wartime licensing laws by being in a pub at 10pm on Christmas Eve. At Norwich …
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January 24, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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"Lieut L.G. Wall, who has been awarded a military decoration for bravery and unfailing attention to duty, will be recognised as the burly fair-headed laddie of the Park football team of 1913-14."
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23 January 1916
On 17 January, Athletic News had reported that 250 members of the Birkenhead Park Rugby Football Club had been or were currently serving in the armed forces. The Birkenhead News picked up on a simi…
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January 23, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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'On entering the town we were met by our own pipe band, and we marched through those streets as briskly as if we were on parade. Here we were at last, we thought [...] We marched right through the town, and out into the open again.'
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22 January 1916
The Blackburn Weekly Telegraph printed a letter from H. L. Kay, a member of the newspaper’s staff, who was at that time serving with the Liverpool Scottish. He appears to have been part of a …
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January 22, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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'PRESTON – June 16, 1915, killed in action. Corporal John Sidney Preston, Liverpool Scottish, the beloved friend of Mrs and Miss Maynard, 22 Seymour Street, Liverpool.' More on the #WW1 #LiverpoolScottish at
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21 January 1916
With no news of the Liverpool Scottish today, and no entries from George Ferguson’s diary available, another look back to the charge at Hooge. Too many Liverpool Scottish soldiers died on 16 June 1…
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January 21, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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'Nine Blackpool players served in WWI. These included Peter Quinn; James Farrington who would later be killed in action with the Liverpool Scottish; and Benny Green, of the King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), who would also be killed'.
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20 January 1916
Little news of the Liverpool Scottish on this day. The Lancashire Evening Post had news of a football match between Preston North End and Blackpool to be held on Saturday 22nd. The Blackpool eleven…
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January 20, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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'He has been instructing classes on bomb-throwing at the new bomb-throwing school at Blackpool, of which he is in charge. [...] while at practice, a bomb burst prematurely, with the result that Smith has been severely wounded.'
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19 January 1916
Former pier diver Syd Smith (3452), who won a D.C.M. for this bravery during the charge at Hooge, has apppeared in this blog many times – his activities were well reported. This time, though, the n…
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January 19, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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'Ellaline Terriss was a popular British actress [...] In 1915, she had starred as a vampire in Flames of Desire, a silent film shot on location in Jamaica and turned down by at least one censorship board due to its sensational content.'
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18 January 1916
The newspapers had little to report on this day about the Liverpool Scottish on the Western Front. Charles E. Coddington (3156) had been invalided out on 7 January with pneumonia and arrived on thi…
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