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Pte. Joseph Douglas
British Army Tyneside Scottish Northumberland Fusiliers
Company Qtr Mstr Sjt. M. Douglas
Army 2/7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte Ogden Samuel Douglas
British Army 9th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment
from:Salford
Pte. Peter Douglas MM.
British Army 13th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Perth
Peter Douglas was a comrade of William Beasley VC who was awarded the Military Medal for the same action at Bucquoy for taking a German position under extraordinary circumstances, he was awarded the Military Medal for his part in this action. Peter was wounded in the leg, something he referred to as a bee sting. He never spoke about the details of the war and died aged 93.
A beautiful father to my Mother, Father in Law to my father, Grandfather to my Brother and I but sadly Alzheimer's robbed him of the joy of his twin Great Granddaughters that he would have loved dearly as the man he was. Sadly I have been unable to find his service records and have only found this incredible history by research. He started active service in May 1915.
Rest his beautiful soul.
Rflmn. R. Douglas
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.1st September 1916)
Rifleman Douglas was the son of John and Agnes Douglas, 13 Eversleigh Street, Belfast. He was 20 years old when he died and is buried in Ration Farm (La Plus Douve) Cemetery Annexe, Grave II.C.27.
Pvt. Richard Jackson Douglas
British Army 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Hull
(d.18th September 1918)
Richard Douglas was my great granddad. He was a lay preacher. He had four daughters but every time a son was born he died so he threw away his cross and his Bible and stopped preaching. A neighbouring family died and left a young boy orphaned so grandad took him in and brought him up as his own son.
War broke out and the boy was called up for war grandad asked his wife what should I do, she said you best go with him and make sure he comes home. Well, they landed in France together as part of Kitchener's 2nd Army in France 1915 and grandad was killed on the 18th of September 1918 and the boy returned home safe.
Pte. Robert Douglas
British Army 2nd Btn. Borders Regiment
from:Annan, Dumfriesshire
(d.26th October 1914)
Robert Douglas was the son of John and Ellen Douglas, brother of Helen (my great grandmother) and Alexander. The family lived in Annan.
He joined the Borders in 1906 in Carlisle. By 1914, he was living in Blaydon near Gateshead. He was unmarried but his sister and brother had also moved from Scotland to the north-east. He died three weeks after arriving in Belgium in the First Battle of Ypres. He was 31. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate in Ypres.
Rflmn. Samuel John Douglas
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.29th May 1917)
Samuel Douglas died on 29th May 1917, aged 24, and is buried in Pond Farm Cemetery, Grave O.16.
He was the son of James Douglas, Ravarnette, Lisburn, Co. Down and the late Agnes Douglas.
Pte. Samuel John Douglas
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Lisburn, N Ireland
(d.29th May 1917)
Sammie Douglas was killed in action aged 34yrs on the 29th of May 1917 just prior to the Battle of Messines. His medals are in the museum of the Somme Society in Belfast. We do not know any more of his story, but would love to know more.
Pte. T. Douglas
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
Stoker 2nd Class. William James Douglas
Royal Navy HMS Amphion
from:Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland
(d.6th Aug 1914)
Gnr William Douglas
British Army 139 Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Riccall, Yorkshire
Pte. William Douglas
British Army 8th Btn. Black Watch
from:Aberdeen, Scotland
(d.21st Mar 1918)
Billy Douglas served with the 8th Black Watch.
Pte. William Douglas
British Army 14th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:South Shields
(d.4th of October 1915)
William Douglas was a member of the 14th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry in WW1. He died 4th of October 1915 aged 19 years and is buried Lillers Communal Cemetery in France. Son of James and Jeannie Douglas of 4 Park Street, South Shields.
Lt-Col. Angus Falcolner Douglas-Hamilton VC.
British Army 6th Btn. Cameron Highlanders
(d.26th Sep 1915)
Whilst commanding 6th Bn. Cameron Highlanders Lt-Col. Angus Douglas-Hamilton was killed in action on the 26th of September 1915 age 52 and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial in France.
An extract from The London Gazette, dated 18th Nov., 1915, recorded the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty when commanding his battalion during operations on 25th and 26th September, 1915, on Hill 70. On the 26th, when the battalions on his right and left had retired, he rallied his own battalion again and again, and led his men forward four times. The last time he led all that remained, consisting of about fifty men, in a most gallant manner and was killed at their head. It was mainly due to his bravery, untiring energy and splendid leadership that the line at this point was enabled to check the enemy's advance."
Mjr. Lesley Reginald Coventry Douglas-Hamilton
British Army Cameron Highlanders
(d.24th Jul 1916)
Lesley Douglas-Hamilton fought in the Battle of Loos, where he was severely wounded. He was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme.
Sgt. James Mowat Doull
British Army 8th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:Wick
Lpcl. James Dourish
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
James Dourish was wounded in July 1916
Pte. John W. Dourish
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
(d.1st July 1916)
John Dourish is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Pte. George Edward John Gough Douthwaite
British Army 2nd Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Norton, Malton, Yorks
(d.16th Aug 1917)
George Edward John Gough Douthwaite was my great uncle (my grandfather's brother). He joined the 2nd Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment in 1916 aged 18 years. He died on 16th August aged 19 years at the Battle of Langemarck, known as the Third Battle of Ypres, part of the Passchendaele battles.
We have just returned from Belgium, visiting the Tyne Cot cemetery and memorial. There are nearly 12,000 war graves from WW1 and nearly 35,000 with no known graves named on the memorial panels. I'm pleased to say we found his name on the memorial wall, bringing home a nostalgic reminder of the sad events of WW1.
Lt. Robert Christopher Morris Douthwaite
British Army 8th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
(d.19th June 1919)
Robert Douthwaite is buried in the Kuzala Cemetery, Rijeka, Croatia.
Sjt. T. Douthwaite DCM.
Army Durham. Royal Garrison Artillery
Sjt Douthwaite was awarded the DCM for his swift action in removing a live cartridge from the Lighthouse gun at Heugh Battery on the 16th of December 1914 during the bombardment of the Hartlepools. The gun had misfired on the fourth shell, one of the leads carrying the electrical charge to fire the cartridge had become detached. The drill was that the cartridge should be left in the barrel for 10 minutes until it cooled. This would mean the gun being out of action. As they were under fire from the German ships. Sjt Douthwaite ordered his men away from the gun emplacement, and at great risk of the cartiridge exploding, withdrew it from teh gun and placed it in a bucket of water. The gun was then switched to percussion firing.
Pte. Henry Dove
British Army 2nd Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.
(d.3rd April 1917)
2nd Lt. Maurice Neville Dove
British Army 8th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment
from:Leicester
In memory of my Great Uncle Maurice Dove who I have only just discovered fought and was wounded in the Battle of the Somme on 14th of July 1916. He then went on to serve in the British Army in India
Pte. Frank Blackburn Dover
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Scots
from:Clapham, London
(d.2nd Feb 1915)
Frank Blackburn Dover, Private 11213, died of wounds. He was the brother of Mr. C. Dover of Clapham, London. Frank is buried in Dickebusch Old Cemetery.
Pte. John Percy Newton Dover
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry
from:Milton Keynes
(d.10th November 1917)
John Dover was born 13th December 1896, son of John and Blanche Isobel Dover, his father was a dairy farmer in Milton Keynes. He lived in Milton Keynes and was a signalman before joining up. He enlisted on 21st of September 1914 in Newport Pagnall with the 1/1st Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (Royal Bucks Hussars), 6th Mounted Brigade and served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Egypt and Palestine from 1st September 1915. He died of wounds on 10th November 1917 age 20 years received during action near Ascalon. He is buried in Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel and is remembered on the War Memorial, All Saints church, Milton Keynes. Buckinghamshire. A pupil of Bedford Modern School 1907-10, he is commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com.
Pte. James Dow
British Army 5th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
(d.19th Dec1915)
James Dow died on the 19th of December 1915 and is buried in the Pink Farm Cemetery, Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Pte. Patrick Dowd
British Army 3rd Btn. Leinster Regiment
from:Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
(d.25th November 1917)
Patrick Dowd was 33 when he died. He is buried in Agharra Graveyard, Co. Longford near South West corner of ruin. He was the husband of Elizabeth Dowd of Harbour Street, Ballynacangy, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
Pte. Henry John Dowden
British Army 6th Battalion Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment
from:Buckland, Dunham, Somerset
(d.10th August 1918)
Henry Dowden served with 6th Battalion, Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment.
Rfmn. Joseph George Dowden
British Army 7th Btn. King Royal Rifle Corps
from:8 Cumberland St, Westminster, London
(d.18th Jul 1916)
Joseph Dowden was born about 1889 in Marylebone London, a grocers assistant when he was 28 years old, he enlisted in the Army in 1914. He was married to Lilian who was 23 and pregnant with his second child, they already had a 4 year old son Edward and were living at 8 Cumberland St, Westminster.
On the 21st of August 1914 George arrived at the Rifle Depot Winchester to begin training and was posted on strength of the 7th KRRC serving in C Coy on 25th Aug 1914. 13 days later tragedy struck. Sadly on 7th Sept 1914 Lily died as a result of giving birth. Her death is attributed to her pregnancy and puerperal septicemia. George was given leave to bury his wife and make arrangements for his children. From available records the children were cared for by the Children's Aid Committee from this period.
George went absent from duty on the 31st Dec 1914 returning to the Battalion 15 days later on the 14th Jan 1915 and was fined 15 days pay. On the 24th Jan 1915 George again went absent without leave and was declared a deserter. He was struck off strength of the Regiment on 16th Feb 1915 following a Court of Inquiry carried out at Hindhead presided over by Capt. HM Gosling and 2nd Lt's. N B Fuller and J H Roe after evidence was heard from 1542 L/Sjt Pickup 7th KRRC. Despite all that had occurred George voluntarily returned to the Battalion on 2nd Mar 1915 and following a disciplinary hearing was awarded 28 days field punishment No. 2a which would possibly have been forced hard labour and secured when not working to prevent further escape.
On the 19th May 1915 he embarked for France with his Battalion. After a period of training in trench warfare 7th Btn KRRC moved into the front-line trenches east of Ypres. He is recorded as being admitted to 16 General Hospital on 27th Jul 1915 with a distal radius fracture of his left arm. After a period of recovery in Rouen and light duties in 14th Division base area he returned to C Coy on 4th Sept 1915.
On the 29th Sept 1915 he was injured again and was admitted to the 13th and then the 25th General Hospital for treatment. After a further period of convalescence and light duties he returned to his Battalion on 25th Feb 1916.
On 1st Jul 1916 he was taken to No.30 Casualty Clearing Station with a serious gunshot wound. He died following treatment on 19th Jul 1916.
There are several documents available showing that his children were still being cared for under the Children's Aid Committee the last known address for his son Edward being 22 East Stratton, Micheldelver, Winchester where on 29th Nov 1917 hiss personnel effects were sent. They consisted of 1 watch, 1 disc, 2 photographs a photograph case and a birth certificate.
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