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VC441 Henry Edward Manning Douglas
BORN 11 July 1875
DIED 14 February 1939 AGE 63
VC Won 11 December 1899 AGE 24
Place VC Won Battle of Magersfontein
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name Henry Edward Manning Douglas No.
VC Issue No. 441 Awards VC CB CMG DSO
Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Major - General
Place Of Birth Gillingham, Kent, England
Place Of Death St Andrew's House, Droitwich, Worcestershire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Epsom Cemetery, Ashley Road, Epsom, Surrey
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 17 February 1939
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section H, Grave 132
Gazetted 29 March 1901
VC Presented 25 July 1901 by King Edward VII at St James' Palace, Pall Mall, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Epsom Cemetery, Ashley Road, Epsom, Surrey
P Memorial plaque, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffs
By The Way…
Between wars, he took part in a sixteen month scientific expedition, in northern China
VC Held By
Royal Army Medical Corps Museum, Keogh Barracks, Mytchett Place Road, Ash Vale, Aldershot, Hampshire, England
