Douglas Ford (GC)

Douglas Ford (GC)

Captain Douglas Ford (1918-1943) was a Royal Scots officer and British prisoner of war in World War II, who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for conspicuous gallantry. His citation was published in the London Gazette on 18 March, 1946.

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