Lives of the First World War

1st July 1916

Second Lieutenant, John Braes Dougal of the Royal Scots, killed in action, on 1st July. He was the younger son of Mr William Dougal, J.P. Rockville, Linlithgow. He enlisted in February, 1915 and was for sometime a motor scout. In the course of last year he obtained his commission, and went to France about two months ago, where he was attached to the Trench Mortar Battery. Lieutenant Dougal was 25 years of age, and was married in February of this year to a daughter of Mrs Arbuckle, Olde Bank House, Bathgate. He received his education at Linlithgow Academy, and at George Watson's College, Edinburgh. On leaving College, he entered the business of Messrs Alexander Dougal and Sons, brick and tile manufacturers, Winchburgh, and he showed a business aptitude of great promise. From his early boyhood he took great interest in the Linlithgow and Stirlingshire Hunt and seldom missed a run with the Hunt. He was well known to the gentlemen of the Hunt, and they had a great liking for him for his keen interest in their sport, and Mr James H. Rutherford, the hon. secretary, presented him with a copy of his "History of the Linlithgow and Stirlingshire Hunt," which Mr Dougal prized very much. He was an enthusiast as an amateur photographer, and his work as such is of a very high order. His other pastimes included tennis and motor cycling. The deceased young officer had many friends throughout the county, and in Linlithgow, where of course, he was best known, there is keen regret at his death, and deep sympathy with his young widow, his father and mother, and brother and sisters, in the heavy loss they have sustained.

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