Dr. Frederick Douglas - St Margaret - Hemingford Abbots, Huntingdonshire
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Stained glass window in St Margaret's church, Hemingford Abbots, to Dr Frederick Douglas, bearing the Douglas coat of arms.
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Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/18/2019
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Stained glass window in St Margaret's church, Hemingford Abbots, to Dr Frederick Douglas (d.1873), bearing the Douglas coat of arms.
He was Surgeon Major of the 87th R. I. Fusiliers, son of Maj.Gen. Sir William Douglas K.C.H. of Timpendean, Roxboroughshire (
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"WE regret to announce the death of Surgeon-Major Frederick Douglas,M.D., of the 87th loyal Irish Fusiliers, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on January 5th, from " valvular disease of the heart. " His age was nearly 50. He was born in February, 1823. He entered the army medical service in MIarch, 1849, when he was appointed assistant-surgeon to the 26th Foot. He was promoted to the rank of surgeon in October, 1857, and served on the staff till January, 1858, when he was appointed surgeon to the 10th Foot. He became surgeon-major in March, I869,and served again on the staff till July of that year, when he was appointed to the 87th Foot. He was a general favourite, and is much regretted."
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