Hello and thanks for letting me join.

[K.ferguson]

My name is Keith Ferguson, the oldest son of Joseph Ferguson 3525961 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment. He enlisted on 16th January 1933, he was born in 1914 in Manchester. I have his Regular Army Certificate of Service book, which indicates he served in the West Indies, Egypt, Palestine, Singapore, Japanese POW (for the duration of the war), M.W. Europe (Wuppertal where I was born BOAR birth certificate). N.W. Europe (Berlin). He was discharged on the 26th August 1951 having gained the rank of WOII for being granted a Short Service Commission. From there my research goes cold. I know that the Manchester Regiment amalgamated with the Kings and about that time the British Army re-numbered service numbers to 2 and nine numbers.
I know he was attached to the Gurkhas and was stationed in Darjeeling (India) and know that he was a Quarter Master. From there he was posted to Ipoh (Malaya) with the Gurkhas. Which Gurkha Regiment is a mystery.
From there he was attached to the 26 KAR in Nairobi (Kenya) during the Mau Mau uprising, his next posting was with the 26 KAR in Dar es Salam (Tanganika) and then to Mauritius when the British Government closed the base and being the QM he was responsible for returning or disposing all equipment.
On his return to UK the War Office terminated his Sort Service Commission on 15th January 1961.

Looking for any help and photos of the above.

[rafboy]

Welcome Keith

Your father would have joined shortly after mine, his number was 3525679.
I would have been with him in Wuppertal aged about 8 when you were born.
For his POW records contact TBRC at http://www.tbrconline.com/ they will be a great help. His original Record Card and Liberation Questionnaire will be in National Archive at Kew, you may also find them on Ancestry. I have a large number of Record Cards and Liberation Q's but not your fathers.
You could also ask about his POW time in the Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FEPOW.Family

Have a look at this Forum thread, http://themanchesters.org/forum/index.php?topic=10125.msg71091#msg71091 also try putting his Service Number and name in the Forum search box to see other posts with him mentioned.

Have a look at the Photos section of the Forum http://themanchesters.org/forum/index.php?board=10.0 then select Photos from Germany. There are also photos from the Far East which you may like to look at but they are mainly from after your fathers time with the 1st Battalion.

Best of luck with your research, I am sure someone will be along with more information for you.

Cliff

[rafboy]

I have found his Liberation Q here: https://lq-cofepow.org/collections/feakes-h-flavin/products/ferguson-joseph-3 sorry to say its very difficult to read.

I have tried to enhance it but it's not a lot better, can anyone improve it please?

Cliff

[charlie]

Hello Keith and welcome to the forum.
I assume you already know that your father was Mentioned in Dispatches for his services as a PoW
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37720/supplement/4575

He was Gazetted as Captain (QM) on 22 July 1955
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40541/supplement/4223

There are a couple of photos of who I presume to be your father in the Manchester Regiment Image Archive
https://manchester-regiment.org.uk/frontend.php?&keywords=Ferguson&action=search

Charlie

[rafboy]

 Keith, I have added an extract from your fathers LQ to my earlier post of it.
Thanks Mack, I had missed it.
Cliff

[rafboy]

Another little bit of information for you Keith.
Your father is on this page of the Singapore Order of Battle, he was the Orderly Room Sgt.
Cliff

[K.ferguson]

Thank you very much for the information - another part of the jigsaw to be completed.