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WO1. Douglas Macpherson Ford
British Army 141st Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Woolwich
Douglas Ford was born in Madras India in 1884 and he enlisted in Belgaum, India, on the 11th of August 1902. He married Esther Jane Scott in Southampton on the 4th of August 1913 and during the Great War he served with 141st Battery Royal Field Artillery.
Douglas was severely wounded on the 12th of November 1914 but recovered and continued his service until 1922. He reached the rank of BSM WO1 in the Royal Field Artillery at Woolwich. Unfortunately he died in 1938 after a fall from a bicycle only reaching the age of 55. He had 5 children.