Colin McMillan has provided the following:
William Douglas was the son of William and Barbara Douglas of Scotland. He too was born in Scotland although at the time of the 1911 census he lived with his wife Margaret (27) and their 6 month old daughter Mary at 2 Horsley’s Buildings. He worked as a linotype operator at a printing works.
He died of pneumonia on 19th December 1918 aged 38.
William Douglas is remembered in Morpeth on M17.01, M17.09, M17.21 and M17.29
