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Henry Edward Manning Douglas | |
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| Born | 11 July 1875 Gillingham, Kent |
| Died | 14 February 1939 (aged 63) Droitwich, Worcestershire |
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| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1899-1933 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Unit | Royal Army Medical Corps |
| Battles / wars | Second Boer War Third Somaliland Expedition First Balkan War World War I Russian Civil War |
| Awards | _ribbon.png){kind=small} Victoria CrossOrder of the Bath Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Croix de guerre (France) Order of St. Sava (Serbia) |
Major General Henry Edward Manning Douglas VC CB CMG DSO (11 July 1875 – 14 February 1939) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Biography
Born in Gillingham, Medway,[1] Douglas took the Scottish Triple Qualification (LRCP(Edin), LRCS(Edin), LRCPS(Glas) in 1898. Douglas was 24 years old, and a lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps,[2] British Army during the Second Boer War on 11 December 1899, at Magersfontein, South Africa, when the following deed earned him the Victoria Cross:
On the 11th December, 1899, during the action at Magersfontein, Lieutenant Douglas showed great gallantry and devotion under a very severe fire in advancing in the open and attending to Captain Gordon, Gordon Highlanders, who was wounded, and also attending to Major Robinson and other wounded men under a fearful fire. Many similar acts of devotion and gallantry were performed by Lieutenant Douglas on the same day.[3]
Douglas was himself wounded at Magersfontein, but continued to serve until he returned to the United Kingdom in early 1901. He received the VC from King Edward VII during an investiture at Marlborough House 25 July 1901.[4] The following year he was appointed for light duty in the Home District.[5]
He also served in the First World War and later achieved the rank of Major General.[6] He is buried in Epsom. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Army Medical Services Museum in Aldershot, England.
References
- ^ "The Douglas Archives".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Epsom and Ewell History Explorer".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "No. 27300". The London Gazette. 29 March 1901.
- ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36517. London. 26 July 1901. p. 3. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36713. London. 12 March 1902. p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ J C de Villiers, C V Small (1999). "Medical Recipients of the Victoria Cross during the Anglo-Boer War" (PDF). South African Medical Journal. 89 (12).
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
- Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Boer War (Ian Uys, 2000)
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- 1875 births
- 1939 deaths
- People from Gillingham, Kent
- British Army generals
- Second Boer War recipients of the Victoria Cross
- British recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Royal Army Medical Corps officers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Recipients of the Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- British military personnel of the Third Somaliland Expedition
- British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross
- British Army personnel of the Russian Civil War
- People of the Balkan Wars
- Recipients of the Order of St. Sava
- Explorers of China
- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh