Pte
Andrew Douglas
Military Details
Service Number: 14414
Regiment & Unit / Ship
8th Battalion Border Regiment
Enlisted
Sept 1914
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
Sept 1914
Place of Enlistment
Whitehaven
Residence at Enlistment
Whitehaven
Rank at Enlistment
Pte
Battalion at Enlistment
8th
Service Number at Enlistment
14414
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1884
Place of Birth
Aucpen Cairn Galloway Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshir
Residence (Census)
12. College Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, England
Married
Susan Douglas
Children
Isabella Douglas
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Coal Miner
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
3rd July 1916
Age at Death
31
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Somme
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of the Somme
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
8th Battalion
Rank at Death
Pte
Buried or Commemorated at
Thiepval Memorial
France
Grave Position: Pier and Face 6 A and 7 C.
Private Memorial: Primitive Methodists Roll of Honour/Methodist Church Cleator Moor
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