Later Life
Douglas married Evelyn Ruby Case, the widowed sister of two of his close wartime friends, on 25 December 1916. He had no children but one stepson. He drowned when the Oberon, on which he and his father were travelling, was wrecked seven miles south of the Laeso Trindel Lightship, Denmark. It had collided with a sister-vessel in foggy weather when the two captains who were brothers were attempting to exchange Christmas greetings. According to a witness at the post mortem enquiry, Douglas may well have been trying to save his father. They had been purchasing timber in Finland. He was aged 48.
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