Henry Edward Manning Douglas
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Major General Henry Edward Manning Douglas VC, CB, CMG, DSO (July 11, 1875–February 14, 1939) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Born in Gillingham, Medway, Douglas was 24 years old, and a lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army during the South African War (Boer War). On December 11, 1899, at Magersfontein, South Africa, Lieutenant Douglas went out in the open and attended to wounded officers and men under intense enemy fire. He performed many similar acts of gallantry on the same day. For his actions, he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
He also served in the First World War and later achieved the rank of Major General. He is buried in Epsom.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Army Medical Services Museum in Aldershot, England.
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- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
- Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Boer War (Ian Uys, 2000)
