Basic Details
Surname
James
Forenames
T W Douglas
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
James
Alternative forename
Thomas William Douglas
Served or died
Died
Honours
MA
Notes
James and Elmslie were two of ten people who died at Church House (the headquarters of the Presbyterian Church of England, in Tavistock Square, London), when the building was destroyed by a V2 rocket on 9th February 1945.
Thomas William Douglas James was the Foreign Missions Secretary of the Presbyterian Church of England. He studied at Westminster College from 1907 to 1910, and then went to Swatow, China, to serve in the mission field. He was appointed Foreign Missions Secretary in 1935. Lived 56 Southborough Road, Bickley, Kent.
Primary Service
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Death and Burial details
Country of death
England
Town of death
London
Country of burial
England
Town of burial
London
Cemetery
St Pancras Metropolitan Cemetery
Year of death
1945
Month of death
February
Day of death
9
Age at death
58