James Burns Douglas

Service Number: SS/116179

Rank: Stoker 1st Class

Force: Royal Navy

Date of Death: 10/10/1918

Age: 26

Date of Birth: 13/8/1892

Birthplace:

Whifflet, Coatbridge

Birth Country: Scotland

Residence Country: Scotland

Residence:

96 Whifflet St, Coatbridge.

Cemetery: Old Monkland Cemetery, Lanarkshire

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Memorial Statistics

Age at Death

Memorial avg: 26.3 years (-0.3)

Rank

Stoker 1st Class

3 on memorial (0.5%)

Occupation

Miner

77 on memorial (13.9%)

Enlistment Details

Date of Enlistment

23/10/1914

Enlistment Location

Country: Scotland

Family Information

Eldest son of James and Ellen B Douglas of 64 Rosehall Avenue, Coatbridge. From the 1901 Census - Address - 96 Whifflet St, Coatbridge - James Douglas aged 38, Ellen Douglas aged 27, James Douglas aged 8, John Douglas aged 3, Ellen Douglas aged 1, father's sister-in-laws Mary McCann aged 18, Jane McCann aged 15. James' Pension was awarded to his mother Ellen of 96 Whifflet St, Coatbridge.

Details of Death

Died on the 10/10/1918 of pneumonia aboard H.M.H.S. "Soudan

Date of Death: 10/10/1918

Cause of Death: Pneumonia

Employment

Coal Miner.

Occupation: Miner

Additional Information

James served on H.M.S. "Victory II" and then on H.M.S. "Penn" after she came into service in May 1916. James died of pneumonia aboard H.M.H.S. "Soudan" (Hospital Ship). See photos for James' CWGC Grave Registration x 2, his Headstone Report x 2, his name on the Naval Casualties List, his name on the Royal Navy Register of Seamans Services, his Naval Medal and Award Rolls, James' Pension Records x 2, Old Monkland Cemetery, the Royal Navy Stoker insignia and H.M.H.S. "Soudan". James' grave inscription reads "ALSO HIS FATHER WHO DIED 20TH APRIL 1924 SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS".

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Quick Stats

Age: 26

Memorial avg: 26.3 (-0.3)

Rank: Stoker 1st Class

3 of 553 soldiers (0.5%)

Occupation: Miner

77 of 530 soldiers (14.5%)

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Cemetery

Old Monkland Cemetery, Lanarkshire

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