Capt. Keith Castellain Douglas

1920 - 1944  (24 years)

• Name	Keith Castellain Douglas
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	24 Jan 1920	Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Jun 1944	Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy,
  	Captain Leslie Skinner (regimental chaplain) buried him by a hedge, close to where he had died on "forward slopes point 102".[8][9] Shortly after the war his remains were reburied at Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery (14 km south of Bayeux) in plot 1, row E, grave number 2
  Burial	Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery
  Person ID	I78381	First tree
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2015

  
  

  Father	Capt. Keith Sholto Douglas, MC
  Mother	Marie Josephine Castellain,   b. Jun 1887, Guildford, Surrey, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Mar 1915	Medway, Kent, England   [1]
  Family ID	F8652	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Keith Castellain Douglas (24 January 1920 '96 9 June 1944) was an English poet noted for his war poetry during the Second World War and his wry memoir of the Western Desert campaign, Alamein to Zem Zem] He was killed in action during the invasion of Normandy.

  
  

• Sources

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