Joy Ferguson

Jonathan Ferguson (30 October 1915 – 31 May 1974) was an Irish electrical technician who worked as a scientific civil servant in the Ministries of Aircraft Production and Supply. During the Second World War, he flew aircraft with the Air Transport Auxiliary. In 1958, he had sex reassignment surgery.

Early life Ferguson was born in Lurgan on 30 October 1915 to Edward and Jessie Robertson Ferguson (née Fyfe), and was first educated at Lurgan High School and College. He studied electrical engineering at technical colleges while working as a demonstrator for electricity boards in Northern Ireland and England. He then joined British Thomson-Houston to work on switchgear and, from there, became a technical assistant at the Ministry of Aircraft Production. Ferguson joined the Women's Engineering Society (WES) in 1940, Ferguson represented WES on the Scholarship panel for the Amy Johnson Memorial Scholarship which was set up to support young women to further their flying careers.

Jonathan Ferguson died in 1974 after falling from a domestic ladder.