Son of Andrew and Emily Elizabeth (née Harker) Dougall
Extra information
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Educated at Tonbridge School and Pembroke College, Cambridge
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Prior to his war service, Dougall was an Assistant Engineer at the Bombay Port Trust. There is an officers' residence building named after him (called Dougall House) there.
Military data
Rank
Major
Regiment / Unit
'A' Battery, 88 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Date of death
Age
32
Cemetery / Memorial
Westoutre British Cemetery (Belgium), Sp. Mem. 1
Other information
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V.C., M.C.
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"Bombay Lamp lit in memory Dec. 27"
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'The Eric Dougall Lamp' - Bombay, India Branch. Endowed on 02.11.1927. First lit on 03.12.1927 at The Royal Albert Hall, London, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. (1928 - not yet dedicated; relinquished and in the care of the Central Guard of the Lamp in 1936)
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Commemorated on War Memeorials at Pembroke College (Cambridge), Tonbridge School, Dougall Close (Tunbridge Wells), St Thomas's Cathedral (Bombay)
Media
Sources
Source
BRT36
Source 2
Roll of the Lamps of Maintenance of Toc H, 1922-1936
