Archibald Halliday Douglas

1895 - 1916  (21 years)

• Name	Archibald Halliday Douglas
  Birth	18 Aug 1895
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1916	Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres
  Death	16 Sep 1916
  	KIA
  Person ID	I102984	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Kenneth Mackinnon Douglas, MD,   b. 11 Jan 1863   d. 1956, England (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Florence Amy Leslie,   b. Bef 1890   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	10 Apr 1890
  Family ID	F37583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Educated at Edinburgh Academy; - Archibald Halliday Douglas, Dux of the School, 1st Acad. Club Prize for Classics, 1st Clyde-Millar Greek Prize, Balfour Music Prize, Cadet Off. O.T.C., 1914. a cricketer Gazetted 2nd Lt 4th Oct 1914 2nd Lt Archibald Halliday Douglas ("A" Company,9th Battalion, Royal Scots) was killed/died on 16 September 1916 and now rests in the Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres. Lt A. H. Douglas, along with 2nd Lt F. M. Ross, led a party of 6 NCOs and 27 men on a raid on German trenches on 16th Sept 1916. Lt Douglas was shot dead when the raiding party reached the parapet of the German front line trench. 2nd Lt Ross was wounded but continued to lead the raid which led to the defenders fleeing. (Research):His older brother was an observer in the RFC in 1916