BORN HULL 1896. SON OF DAVID BATTY DOUGLAS (1853-1941) & ALICE DAWSON (1860-1938) , OF 94 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, HULL AND 53 , LAMBERT STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A GENERAL LABOURER AT THE LOCAL PAINT WORKS. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A CLERK AT THE SAME PAINT WORKS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9.5 INCHES TALL, 147 LBS, 34 INCH CHEST.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 20/01/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 25/06/1916. SERVED WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED IN ACTION, ON 23/07/1916. DIED OF WOUNDS LATER THAT DAY, AGED 20. HE HAD SERVED FOR 227 DAYS AND BEEN AT THE FRONT FOR LESS THAN A MONTH. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE SENT TO HIS MOTHER, ALICE.
HIS OLDER BROTHER, JOSEPH DOUGLAS, SERVED IN THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS AND DIED OF WOUNDS, AT HULL, IN 1919.
HIS NAME WAS LISTED ON KINGS HALL CHURCH ROLL OF HONOUR, SYMONST STREET, HULL
BURIED: La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
