Major-General John Primrose Douglas CB OBE (22 February 1908 – 4 September 1975), was Honorary Surgeon to the Queen.
in April 1933, his first posting overseas was to Gibraltar, 1934–39, during the time of the Spanish Civil War.
In May/June 1937 he assisted in treating two batches of naval casualties which were evacuated to the Military Hospital - one batch was from the German armoured ship Deutschland that had been attacked by Spanish Republican aircraft, and which had made for Gibraltar as the nearest specialist treatment centre.
[1][2] His administrative work during World War 2 with the allies brought him a clutch of awards from the US, Czechoslovakia, Netherlands and Belgium, including Knight Commander of the Oranje Order Nassau with Swords (15 October 1945), and in addition he was awarded the O.B.E.
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