Kemmel 19.6.1915: Battalion addressed by Lieut.-General Charles Fergusson Commanding II Corps, who praised the way the men had worked.

War Diary [WO/95/2694]

JUNE 19th. We have been inspected by Leut.-Gen Sir Charles Fergusson.

[1415 Cpl. Alfred Afford]

General Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet GCB, GCMG, DSO, MVO
(17 January 1865 – 20 February 1951) 

He commanded II Corps from January 1915 and then, from May 1916, XVII Corps corps which he led until the end of the War.