Percy Ward FURMIDGE b. 26 Jun 1889 Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa d. 1957 South Africa: Our Family History

1889 - 1957 (67 years)

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Name	Percy Ward FURMIDGE
Birth	26 Jun 1889	Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa [1, 2]
Baptism	15 Aug 1889	Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa [2]
Gender	Male
Reference Number	P1889-ZA014
Death	1957	South Africa [3]
Person ID	I928	Furmedge
Last Modified	25 Jun 2025

Father	Samuel FURMIDGE, b. Abt 1848 d. 3 May 1915, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa (Age 67 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Emma WARD, b. Abt 1849 d. 15 Jun 1923, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa (Age 74 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	2 Sep 1875	Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa [4]
Family ID	F447	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Sylvia Salwey BRIGHT, b. 6 Jun 1897, London, England d. 11 Jun 1956, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (Age 59 years)
Marriage	28 Apr 1919	St George Hanover Square Mayfair, London, England [5, 6]
Family ID	F410	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	25 Jun 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 26 Jun 1889 - Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa
	Baptism - 15 Aug 1889 - Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa
	Marriage - 28 Apr 1919 - St George Hanover Square Mayfair, London, England
	Death - 1957 - South Africa

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Notes

Percy Ward Furmidge was a member of B Company 1st South African Infantry during World War One. He was admitted to Queen Alexandra’s Military Hospital at Millbank, on 25 Jul 1916 with a gunshot wound and discharged on 16 Sep 1916 (The National Archives: War Office: First World War representative Medical Records of Servicemen: MH 106/1773). He was captured 24 Mar 1918 at Bouchavesnes, France.

[S397] Prisoners of the First World War Index & Registers, Percy Furmidge, 1st Bn South African Infantry, Captured: Bouchavesnes 1918; digital image of register accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk.
[S406] Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, Percy Ward Furmidge, 1889, Parish of Kimberley Baptism Entry: 2727, Page: 140; digital image accessed on www.familysearch.org; original data: William Cullen Library, University of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa).
[S398] Transvaal Province, South Africa, Death Notice Index, Percy Ward Furmidge, 1957, Reference: 4201/57; transcript accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: Master of the Supreme Court, Pretoria. National Archives & Record Service of South Africa.
[S399] All Saints (Dutoit's Pan, Kimberley, South Africa), Parish Register, Samuel Furmidge, 1875, Marriage Register Entry 136, Page: 67; digital image accessed on www.familysearch.org; original data: William Cullen Library, University of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa).
[S9] St George (Hanover Square, London), Parish Register, Percy Ward Furmidge, Marriage Register Entry, 1919, STG/PR/7/84, Page: 182; Digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: City of Westminster Archives, London, England.
[S3] England & Wales, GRO Marriage Index, (Name: General Register Office;), Percy W Furmidge: Registered: Apr-Jun 1919, District: St George Hanover Square, London, Vol: 1A, Page: 1210.