Sgt Robert Climie Douglas
14558748 Aged 92 In September 44 he went to Arnhem an Op Market Garden with 9 Fd Coy RE. Will be sadly missed by his daughter Ann, family and friends.
Added by: Lt Col N A Jordan on 30 December 2008.
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Robert (Bob) was my father, born on 19 April 1916 in New Luce Scotland and brought up in Ayr. He was a surveyor working for the Ordanance Survey for 40 years.During his National Service he became a sergeant in the RE attached to the airborne forces, firstly glider borne, deploying at Arnhem, then following his parachute training at Ringway, Manchester a paratrooper.He always joked that he was the only sergeant in the british army who had a general under his command as he was stick commander and ... [read more from Anne Salkeld]
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