From 1906, Douglas worked for the
Commercial Bank of Scotland and was appointed an
accountant at the company's
Biggar branch in March 1915. He served as a
lance corporal in the
King's Own Scottish Borderers and
Army Ordnance Corps during the
First World War and died of
cholera in an
isolation ward in
Baghdad,
Ottoman Iraq on 12 November 1917. Douglas was buried in
Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery. == Career statistics ==