# Fergus Ling

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[Major-General](/source/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)) **Fergus Alan Humphrey Ling**, (1914 – 7 May 1995) was a [British Army](/source/British_Army) officer.

## Military career

Educated at [Stowe School](/source/Stowe_School) and the [Royal Military College, Sandhurst](/source/Royal_Military_College,_Sandhurst), Ling was commissioned into the [Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)](/source/Queen's_Royal_Regiment_(West_Surrey)) in December 1934.[1] He commanded the 2/5th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) at the crossing of the [River Garigliano](/source/Garigliano) and the battles of the [Gothic Line](/source/Gothic_Line) in 1944.[2] After the war, he became commanding officer of the 5th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) in 1954, commander of [148th Infantry Brigade](/source/148th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)) in December 1958 and Deputy Adjutant General of the [British Army of the Rhine](/source/British_Army_of_the_Rhine) in December 1961.[3] He went on to be General Officer Commanding [54th (East Anglian) Division/District](/source/54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division) of the [Territorial Army](/source/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)) in May 1965 and GOC [Eastern District](/source/Eastern_District_(British_Army)) in 1967 before he retired in February 1969.[3]

He was honorary colonel of the [Queen's Regiment](/source/Queen's_Regiment) from 1973 to 1977.[4]

In retirement he managed a successful appeal on behalf of the [National Trust](/source/National_Trust_for_Places_of_Historic_Interest_or_Natural_Beauty) to raise funds to acquire the Island of [Lundy](/source/Lundy) from the [Harman family](/source/Martin_Coles_Harman).[5]

## Family

In 1940, he married Sheelah Sarel; they had two sons and three daughters.[2]

## References

1. No. 34129. 1 February 1935. p. 772.

1. ["Major General Fergus Alan Humphrey Ling CB CBE DSO DL"](http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/colonels_and_co/colonels/queens-regiment/major-general-fergus-ling.shtml). Queen's Royal Surreys. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

1. ["Army Commands"](https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf). Retrieved 7 June 2020.

1. ["The Queen's Regiment"](https://web.archive.org/web/20060210174049/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/002queens.htm). Regiments.org. Archived from [the original](http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/002queens.htm) on 10 February 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

1. Thorpe, Jeremy (1999). [*In My Own Time*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Hz_iBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT173). Politico's Publishing. ISBN 978-1902301211.

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