EPILOGUE

Here ends the last known diary of Ralph Dorchell Doughty. It seems unlikely that he gave up keeping a dairy at this point, having done so almost continuously since 5 April 1915.

Perhaps there was another diary-one which was with him when he was wounded, and when he died. If it exists, neither of the families who had these diaries know where it went. It would cover the remainder of March, all of April, May, June, and most of July.

On 8 May 1917, Ralph Doughty was awarded the Military Cross.

On 23 July 1917 he was wounded in action.

On 25 July 1917, Lieutenant RD. Doughty MC died of wounds.

History of the Military Cross