LT Doughty's grave in Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Ken. S. Kingsmill, a gunner who had been standing beside Ralph when he received his fatal injury.
"23 July 1917
I went over to the control pit to see if any news had been received as to what was going on and, as I came round one side, Lieutenant Doughty came round the other and we met at the entrance to the pit. He put his hand behind me and said ‘‘‘Go on, hop in ‘Kingie’’’, which I did. He fell in behind me. A premature from one of the 12th Brigade guns just behind us had sent a splinter in his back and out his stomach. We got a stretcher, cut down the gas curtain, and sent him off to the dressing station. He was a fine man and a very well-liked Officer."
Source: http://passchendaelesociety.org/2013/05/
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Below: The Military Cross
