111056 Chaplain 4th Class The Reverend Douglas EMSLIE, Royal Army Chaplains' Department: 12/06/1940

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EMSLIE, The Rev. DOUGLAS
Rank: Chaplain 4th Class
Service No: 111056
Awards: M M, Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Death: 12/06/1940
Age: 41
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Chaplains' Department
Cemetery: ST. VALERY-EN-CAUX FRANCO-BRITISH CEMETERY
Grave Reference: C, 33.
Location: France
Additional Information: Son of the Revd. William Emslie and of Jessie Douglas Emslie (nee Cuthbert); husband of Anna Emslie (nee Nikolina) of Crieff, Perthshire.
Personal Inscription: UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY

 

A few articles available from 1940. From the scrambled text I see he was wounded twice during WW1 serving in the Black Watch.

http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search/british-newspapers?date=1940-01-01&date_offsetdate=1940-12-31&firstname=douglas&lastname=emslie

 

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Some information about Rev. Douglas Emslie here: http://www.theygavetheirtoday.com/army-chaplains-ww2.html

"The website: http://www.scotsatwar.org.uk/rohprints/e.htm tells us that he was awarded the Military Medal in WW1 and killed on active service at St. Valery-En-Caux France on 12 June 1940. This was shortly before the 51st Highland Division surrendered after attempts to evacuate them from the beaches failed.

Douglas Emslie has a unique claim in Scottish history as he was the first person to stand in any Scottish election as a Scottish Nationalist. The election took place in the old Montrose Burghs seat and Douglas made his Party H.Q. at Arbroath Railway Station since the porter there was the first person he met as he got off the train from Aberdeen. Thankfully the porter was also a nationalist and offered the use of the British Rail Waiting Room to Douglas.

The city of Inverness in Scotland is twinned with St. Valery-En-Caux given their historical past. There is a memorial plaque to him: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Derek+Balfour+ELLIOTT&rlz=1C1CHVO_enGB525GB525&oq=Derek+Balfour+ELLIOTT&aqs=chrome..69i57.2995j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=rev+Douglas+EMSLIE+ It is now in Crieff Parish Church, but it was originally inside The West Church, Crieff, where he was minister"

There is a photograph of him in the last link: