Soldiers Died in the Great War states that he was born in Cherrington, Glouc., and enlisted in Amble.
"By the Green of the Spring" A tribute to the men of Chevington and Broomhill who served in the First World War:; J.H. Hardy; 2004; Amble Social History Group; Page 27.
John William Douglass is remembered in Amble on A13.01, A13.03 and A13.07