Milligan, Donald Samuel Eccles
Lieutenant Donald Samuel Eccles Milligan, R.A.M.C., was killed in action on October 11th, aged 25. He was the second son of Dr. Milligan of Lytham, near Blackpool, and was educated at St. Thomas's Hospital, taking the diplomas of M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P.Lond. in 1915. After acting as casualty officer at St. Thomas's he took a temporary commission in the R.A.M.C., and went to France last February. He was attached to the Worcestershire Regiment, and had just dressed a wounded man on a stretcher in a trench when he stood up, and was instantaneously killed by a shell. British Medical Journal 27 Oct. 1917
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Milligan |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | Donald Samuel Eccles |
| Family details | Son of Dr W and Mrs Milligan, of Cliftonville, Lytham, Lancs. |
| Previous education | Epsom College |
| College | St Thomas' Hospital |
| Dates at college | 1909-1915 |
| Dept / course | Conjoint Diploma |
| Qualifications | M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P.Lond. in 1915 |
| Military unit | R.A.M.C., 1st/3rd Field Amb. |
| War / conflict | World War One (1914-1918) |
| Date of death | 12 October 1917 |
| Age at death | 27 |
| Cause of death | Killed in action |
| Burial place | Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery, Belgium |
| Commemoration(s) | Epsom College Roll of Honour; St. Thomas's Roll of Honour |
| Sources | St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Records, King's College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; British Medical Journal |
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