Major-General Sir William Douglas KCMG, CB, DSO (13 August 1858 – 1920) was a British Army officer.
Douglas was commissioned into the Royal Scots on 30 January 1878.[1] He saw action in the Bechuanaland Expedition in 1884, and after attending Staff College in 1896,[2] saw action again in the Second Boer War for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.[3] He became a staff officer with Irish Command in March 1906.[1]
He became commander of the 14th Infantry Brigade in November 1909 and General Officer Commanding East Lancashire Division in May 1913.[4] He deployed with his division to Egypt in September 1914 and commanded it during the Gallipoli campaign for which he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.[5] He went on to command the division in the Middle Eastern theatre before returning to England in March 1917.[1] He then commanded the Western Reserve Centre before retiring in 1918.[1]
Douglas married, in December 1885, Ellen Lytcott (a Lady of Grace of St John of Jerusalem), daughter of Samuel Taylor, Crown Solicitor, Barbados.[6]
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