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Major Charles William Duggan
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Major Charles William Duggan

Birth
City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Death
10 Oct 1918 (aged 51)
At Sea
Monument
Southampton, Southampton Unitary Authority, Hampshire, England Add to Map
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Major Charles William Duggan
The Royal Army Medical Corps.
Mentioned in Despatches.

Son of Maj. William Nelson Duggan, M.D. (Army Medical Service).

Husband of Crystal Duggan, of Rosemount, Dunmow Hill, Fleet, Hants. Served in the Sofa Expedition, 1893-4.
He married Christiana Maunde in Newport, Shropshire, in early 1895. He was survived by her and their three children.

He joined RAMC in 1891, with the rank of Captain.
Gazetted a Major in 1903, he retired in 1909.

He was returning to England after attending a Court-Martial in Cork, and stayed overnight in Ross's Hotel, Parkgate Street, Dublin, before joining the ship on the following morning.
Also staying there was
Lieutenant Robert John Bassett
and
Lieutenant G. Halse
Of the three men, only Halse survived.

He was a military passenger on board R.M.S. Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
His body was not recovered.

His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H
Major Charles William Duggan
The Royal Army Medical Corps.
Mentioned in Despatches.

Son of Maj. William Nelson Duggan, M.D. (Army Medical Service).

Husband of Crystal Duggan, of Rosemount, Dunmow Hill, Fleet, Hants. Served in the Sofa Expedition, 1893-4.
He married Christiana Maunde in Newport, Shropshire, in early 1895. He was survived by her and their three children.

He joined RAMC in 1891, with the rank of Captain.
Gazetted a Major in 1903, he retired in 1909.

He was returning to England after attending a Court-Martial in Cork, and stayed overnight in Ross's Hotel, Parkgate Street, Dublin, before joining the ship on the following morning.
Also staying there was
Lieutenant Robert John Bassett
and
Lieutenant G. Halse
Of the three men, only Halse survived.

He was a military passenger on board R.M.S. Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
His body was not recovered.

His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H

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