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2nd Lt. Robert Douglas French
British Army 1/6th Btn. London Regiment
from:North Finchley
(d.15th September 1916)
Douglas French went to Epsom College and then to the London Hospital as a medical student. He was killed by machine gun fire leading his men at the battle for High Wood on the Somme on 15th September 1916. He was only eighteen.
His CO wrote to his parents to tell of his selfless courage, carrying on when first wounded because all his fellow officers had already been killed. His name is inscribed on the Thiepval Monument.