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Lt Col JSH Douglas, and the Lovat Scouts

In 1944, 500 Lovat Scouts had just arrived in Jasper National Park in Canada to undergo rigorous training in mountain warfare in preparation for an Allied-led invasion of Nazi-occupied Norway.

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Lovat Scouts in Jasper 1944

In December 1943, Lt Col JSH Douglas, assumed command of the Lovat Scouts and after 6 months training in the Rockies they joined the 10th Indian Division with the Eighth Army in Italy in July 1944.

 Colonel Douglas was shot when a dropped machine gun in the back of a lorry discharged itself and he took one in the leg below the knee!

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Comment by William Douglas on September 18, 2022 at 15:55

Additional notes:
•  The Lovat Scouts, under Colonel Douglas were dispatched to Italy in 1944 'leaving behind men injured in Canada'.

•  He reassumed command having previously been with 18 L.I.B.  I am not sure if this was in 1943, or another time.

•  There is a pipe tune:  Lt. Col. J.S. H. Douglas, O.B.E.

•  Lt Col JSH Douglas commanded 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders during the Malayan Emergency, c1952.

•  He has a son, Robin

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