1904 - Yes, date unknown
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Name |
John Sholto (17th of Tilquhilly) Douglas |
Birth |
1 Mar 1904 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
Yes, date unknown |
Person ID |
I105007 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
15 Jan 2017 |
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Notes |
- John Sholto Douglas 17th of Tilquhillie "which his father propelled to him in 1925" b 1 Mar 1904 Educ Wadham College Oxford. Lt Royal Scots (1926).
Served in India
Posted to Poland in 1939
Commandant, School of Camouflage; A Professional soldier; running the school The British Middle East Command Camouflage Directorate (known simply as Camouflage) was led by filmmaker Geoffrey Barkas, with a team of camouflage officers or "camoufleurs" who were all, apparently, artists. The team included the artist Steven Sykes, the first Camouflage GSO2 in the British army.
- (Research):Probably the Major J. Sholto Douglas who was Commandant, School of Camouflage, Middle East Command Camouflage Directorate in Cairo in 1942 and who had been visiting officer or attache (as a Captain) in Poland up to the start of the Second World War
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