Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Colin Douglas (28 Julaị 1912 <unk> 21 Disemba 1991) bụ onye omee bekee. Amụrụ na Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, Douglas gụrụ akwụkwọ na Farm School na Cumberland. N'ịgbaso nwanne ya nwoke nke okenye Jock, ọ kwagara New Zealand mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na isii, na-arụ ọrụ n'ịzụ atụrụ na ịkwa osisi, mana ọ nọrọ naanị afọ ise tupu ọ nwalee ịmụ na RADA, mgbe ọ rịọsịrị nna ya ka ọ hapụ ya ka ọ laghachi iji gbalịa ịghọ onye omee. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ oge ụfọdụ n'ihe nkiri, mana Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ kwụsịrị ọrụ ya. Na ndị agha ọ gara Catterick na Royal Military College, Sandhurst, ghọrọ Captain na Adjutant na Border Regiment, wee jee ozi na 1st Airborne Division. N'oge
Ndị Allied wakporo Sicily ụgbọ elu ya, dị ka ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ, ka a tọhapụrụ n'oge na-adịghị anya, ndị ọrụ ahụ nọkwa n'oké osimiri ruo ụbọchị abụọ (ọtụtụ ndị ọrụ ndị ọzọ nwụrụ). E jikwa ụgbọelu na-efe efe tụda ya n'Arnhem, n'oge ọdachi nke Operation Market Garden mana na afọ ndị na-esote ọ na-ala azụ ikwu maka ya. Ọ na-apụta n'elu ikpo okwu n'egwuregwu Alan Plater "Mechie Ọnụ Ụzọ Coalhouse" mgbe ọ nụrụ na a họrọla ya maka ọrụ bụ isi na "A Family at War". Usoro ihe nkiri a a ma ama na-agba ọsọ maka usoro 52 site na 1970.