Victor Ferrar 1897-1915:
THE COURIER MONDAY 2nd August 1915:
Bandsman Victor Ferrar, a well-known Dundee lad, has been killed in action at the Dardanelles. He was the only son of the late Mr. Wm. Ferrar, jeweller, High Street.
Mrs Ferrar, who resides at 61 ½ Perth Road received official intimation during the weekend that her son was killed on 17th July. Bandsman Ferrar, who was only eighteen years of age, had a wide circle of friends in Dundee. He was a member of the Hood Battalion of the Royal Naval Division, and took part in the defence of Antwerp with the Dundee companies of the Clyde R.N.V.R., with the band of which he was connected for several years. Deceased, along with the other members of the Unicorn band, was attached to the ambulance section at the Gallipoli Peninsula. A former pupil of the Harris Academy, he was a member of the Monifieth Golf Club, and was alson connected with Ryehill Brotherhood. |
Victor Ferrar the son of William Ferrar a jeweller's assistant 1865-1911 and Mary Ferrar nee Swanson 1870-1956, was born on the 22nd June 1897 at 5.25 a.m., in 95 Victoria Road, Dundee, Scotland. William Ferrar and Mary Auchterlonie Swanson were married on the 9th September 1896 at Dundee, Forfarshire Scotland.
Victor was Mary's only child. A member of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, he joined on the 25th August 1914 and was 5ft 10 inches, tall with a 34 ½ inch chest, brown hair and hazel eyes. Victor was transferred to the Hood Battalion Royal Naval Division, on the 9th September 1914.
Killed as a direct result of enemy action the 17th July 1915, at Dardanelles, Turkey. Buried in communication Trench named Ferrar Road, Gallipoli. Cross marking Grave.
Notes from his Naval Records: Listed in the Hood Muster Roll for Antwerp, in Len Sellers book "The Hood Battalion."
Mother's address later: The Wattles, 413 Blackness Road, Dundee, Forfarshire. 1914 Star issued to mother on the 27th May 1919.
Victor was Mary's only child. A member of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, he joined on the 25th August 1914 and was 5ft 10 inches, tall with a 34 ½ inch chest, brown hair and hazel eyes. Victor was transferred to the Hood Battalion Royal Naval Division, on the 9th September 1914.
Killed as a direct result of enemy action the 17th July 1915, at Dardanelles, Turkey. Buried in communication Trench named Ferrar Road, Gallipoli. Cross marking Grave.
Notes from his Naval Records: Listed in the Hood Muster Roll for Antwerp, in Len Sellers book "The Hood Battalion."
Mother's address later: The Wattles, 413 Blackness Road, Dundee, Forfarshire. 1914 Star issued to mother on the 27th May 1919.