Année de naissance: 1889

Lieu de naissance: Welling, Kent, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Pays: Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Force armée: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Pioneer

Numéro de service: 159353

Incorporation nom de lieu: London (City), Middlesex, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Unités:  —  Royal Engineers, Special Coy.  (Dernière unité connue)

Date de décès: 04/07/1917

Lieu de décès: Essex Farm, Boezinge, Belgique

Cause du décès: Died of wounds (D.O.W.)

Âge: 28

British War Medal Médaille

Victory Medal Médaille

Malcolm McDougall was a was a twenty-five-year-old former chemistry student from Welling, Kent. He enlisted in Londen and became part of the “P” Special Company, Royal Engineers. These Special Companies of the Royal Engineers were in charge of poison gas and flame projectors.

At the end of June 1917 preparations were made for a demonstration gas attack for the 51st division. At the start of July gas projectors and baseplates were installed at Willows, Turco Farm and Hill Top Farm, all about two kilometers north of Saint Jean. These areas were shelled during the installation process. On the 3 July a direct hit killed three men and wounded four. On the 5th one man was killed by a shell.

Pioneer Malcolm McDougall was one of these men. He died on 4 July 1917 and is buried at Essex Farm Cemetery, plot 1, row N, grave 5. This cemetery was used by a nearby dressing station from April 1915 to August 1917, making it likely that Pioneer McDougall was wounded in action and succumbed to his wounds at the dressing station.

Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/ Sources utilisées

CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/159609/malcolm-mcdougall/ Sources utilisées

The Long Long Trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ Sources utilisées

War Diary "P" Special Company R.E., The National Archives https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Sources utilisées