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Andrew Douglas |
CWGC:
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Black Watch (Royal Highanders), 3rd Battalion attached 2nd Battalion
Date of Death: 19th February 1916
Age: 21
Buried: Amara War Cemetery
Additional Information: Son of Annie France Douglas, 152 Craigpark, Dennistoun and the late Andrew Douglas. Student (Arts and Science), University of Glasgow.
SNWM:
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 3rd Battalion, attached 2nd Battalion)
Date of Death: 19th February 1916
Cause of Death: Died of Wounds
SDGW:
Rank: Temporary Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 3rd Battalion, attached 2nd Battalion
Date of Death: 19th February 1916
Cause of Death: Died of Wounds
MIC:
Andrew Douglas, Second Lieutenant/Acting Captain, Royal Highlanders (Black Watch). Died of Wounds 19th February 1916.
Medal Entitlement: 1915 Star, British War & Victory Medals
Mother, Mrs Douglas, 121 Garthland Drive, Dennistoun, Glasgow
Soldiers’ Effects:
Second Lieutenant A. Douglas, Royal Highlanders (Black Watch).
Died of Wounds 19th February 1916.
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Second Lieutenant Andrew Douglas, Black Watch, 121 Garthland Drive, Dennistoun.
Listed on Glasgow University Memorial: Andrew Douglas
Listed on Glasgow University Roll of Honour (Biography):
Andrew Douglas was born in 1895, son of Andrew Douglas and Annie France Douglas.
At Glasgow, he studied Mathematics and Natural Philosophy (Physics) for three years, however the war interrupted his studies. As an Officer Cadet in the OTC, Andrew had already been appointed probationary 2nd Lieutenant in the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) on the 24th March 1915, so that he could join his regiment as soon as term ended. He was sent to France in September 1915, but it was only when they were sent to Mesopotamia, as part of a relief column for the outpost at Kut in Iraq, that his 2nd Lieutenant rank was confirmed. The Evening Times noted his being wounded in January 1916. He was wounded again, more severely, in the defence of Kut on the 13th February 1916 and died six days later. He is buried at the Amara War Cemetery in Iraq. In 1917 the Registrar posthumously approved Douglas's three years of study as worthy of an Honours degree.
Glasgow Herald, 24th February 1916. ‘Deaths on Service’
Douglas. Died at Amara, Mesopotamia, on 21st inst., of wounds received 13th January, Andrew Douglas, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Black Watch, only and dearly beloved son of the late Andrew Douglas and Mrs Douglas, 121 Garthland Drive, Dennistoun.
1891 Census, Living at 100 Ardgowan Street, Glasgow
Father Andrew Douglas, age 29, Railway Station Master, born Ireland
Mother Annie F. Douglas, age 41, born West Calder, West Lothian
Children: Alice Douglas, age 4, born Glasgow
Annie F. L. Douglas, age 10 months, born Glasgow
Mary A. Douglas, age 10 months, born Glasgow
1901 Census, Living at 77 Springburn Road, Glasgow
Mother Annie France Douglas, age 41, born Mid Calder, West Lothian
Children: Alice Douglas, age 14, Scholar, born Glasgow
Annie F. L. Douglas, age 10, Scholar, born Glasgow
Mary A. Douglas, age 10, Scholar, born Glasgow
Andrew Douglas, age 6, Scholar, born Glasgow
