"Late Captain Wimberley; An Indian Mutiny veteran,"   Inverness Courier, Nov. 8, 1912, p. 5a. "We regret to record the death of Captain Douglas Wimberley, late of the XXth Regiment and of the 79th (Queen's Own) Cameron Highlanders, who passed away yesterday at his residence, 8 Ardross Terrace, after a long illness, which was borne with resignation. The deceased was in his 85th year. The son of a military chaplain in the old H.E.I.C.S., who became chaplain to the Governor-General, Captain Wimberley was educated at Rugby and Cambridge, where he took a good place in Classics. During the Crimean war he applied for a commission, in the meanwhile joining the Forfar militia. He was gazetted to the XXth Regiment, and was sent to the Crimea in October 1855, but before he had reached the scene Sebastopol had fallen. He did five months' service there, however, and that during a severe winter. He was under fire several times with fatigue parties and on picquet, but not having arrived before 8th September, he was refused the Crimean medal. Soon after returning to this country he exchanged into the Cameron Highlanders, and joined the regiment at Dublin. They were sent out to India on the outbreak of the Mutiny.   Captain Wimberley was with his regiment at the relief of Lucknow under Sir Colin Campbell. He had a narrow escape in an engagement. A bullet whizzed past his head and cut away a piece of his feather bonnet just over his forehead. He kept the piece of the bonnet as a memento. The gallant Highlander took an active part in the fighting during the Mutiny, and was present at the reduction of Robileund, where the blazing sun was the worst enemy of the British troops. Captain Wimberley was gazetted adjutant of the Camerons in June 1858, while stationed at Cawnpore. After suffering from an attack of fever, he was invalided home. A stay at Deeside recruited his health, and he returned to India. His health soon broke down again, and he was sent home in charge of time-expired men and invalids. After his return, he married in 1863 and retired from the army. Mrs Wimberley was the daughter of Major Neil Campbell, and the widow of Major Colin Campbell of Kilmartin and Blackhill, Aberdeenshire. For sixteen years Captain Wimberley lived in Old Aberdeen. Since 1879 he resided in Inverness, where his soldierly figure in Highland dress became familiar to the citizens.   During Captain Wimberley's stay of more than thirty years in Inverness, he took an active interest in the life of the community, doing many kindly and charitable deeds in his own unostentatious way. Under his somewhat reserved manner, there beat a truly generous heart. No poor person left his door without a kindly word and a helpful gift. As a member of the old Parochial Board, Captain Wimberley took a warm interest in the poor of the town and parish, and he was a real friend and supporter of the Institute for the Blind. In him all old soldiers had a personal friend, to whom they were accustomed to look for good counsel and practical help, whether they lived in their own humble homes or in the public institutions of the town. The deceased was an elder in the Parish Church of Inverness, and an honorary Sheriff-Substitute of Inverness-shire. An honourable and courteous gentleman of the old school, Captain Wimberley will be missed by all classes of society. He is survived by Mrs Wimberley and two sons and two daughters. The elder son is settled in Queensland, Australia, and the other is Colonel Neil Wimberley, of the Indian Medical Service. The widow and family have the sincere sympathy of the community in their bereavement. The funeral of the late Captain Wimberley will take place on Monday. A service will be held in the High Church at noon, the funeral afterwards proceeding to Tomnahurich Cemetery."     "Military Funeral; the late Captain Wimberley," Inverness Courier, Nov. 12, 1912, p. 4e.   "With military ceremony the remains of the late Captain Douglas Wimberley were yesterday laid to rest in the Tomnahurich Cemetery. At noon a service was held in the High Church, in which the deceased was a respected office-bearer. The congregation included Miss Wimberley and Colonel Wimberley. Many well-known citizens and ladies were present at the service, and there was a large gathering of Cameron Highlanders, in which regiment the deceased had served. The coffin, covered with the deceased officer's tartan plaid and sword, was placed in front of the pulpit. While it was being carried into the church the organist (Mr Speckling) played the Dead March. The short and impressive service was conducted by Rev. Donald Macleod, assisted by Rev. Ivo Clark. In his prayer Dr Macleod made reference to deceased's self-sacrificing character, and the faith and humility with which he carried out his duties in life. At the close of the service the coffin was carried out of the church by non-commissioned officers of the 79th Cameron Highlanders, the organist playing the Dead March. The coffin was placed on a gun carriage, drawn by six horses, under the command of non-commissioned officers of the Inverness-shire Royal Horse Artillery. A party of Cameron Highlanders preceeded the band and pipers from the Cameron Barracks, the pipers playing 'The Flowers of the Forest' as the cortege left the vicinity of the church for Tomnahurich. The chief mourners were Miss Wimberley (daughter), Colonel Wimberley (nephew ), Mr A.F. Steele, Dr Murray, Colonel Angus, and Mr E.C. Cuningham. A party of over fifty Cameron Highlanders, under the command of Major Gunn, followed, the other officers being Captain Horne, adjutant, Captain Horne, and Lieut. Johnstone. Other officers in the procession included Colonel Macfarlane, D.S.O., commanding the Seaforth and Cameron Brigade; Captain Booth, Brigade Major; Captain Crichton, adjutant, 4th Cameron Highlanders; Colonel Alex. Fraser, Major Lockie, Captain James Macpherson, Major Ian Patterson, and Major A.C. Maclean. Amongst the general public who attended the funeral were Bishop Maclean, Rev. Canon Mackintosh, Provost Birnie, Dr AIex. Ross, Mr W.L. Carruthers, Mr J.C. Macewen, Trafford Bank; Mr James Barron, ex-Provost Arthur Ross, Mr Duncan Shaw, W.S.; Mr Kenneth Macdonald, town-clerk; Mr James Souter, banker; Rev. Allen Cameron, Mr A.W. Mackintosh, Hill House; Mr Davidson, C.E; Mr John Sinclair Fraser, solicitor; Mr Leo Innes, Mr Adam Armstrong, Mr Cameron, grocer; Mr Allan, Seafield; Mr Carl Oberback, and many others. As the cortege passed along Central Street places of business were temporarily closed, and the blinds drawn, and there were many signs of the esteem in which the deceased officer was held. After the interment the pipers played a lament. Many beautiful floral wreaths were placed on the grave. There was one from the officers of the 79th Cameron Highlanders, and one from the non-commissioned officers of the Cameron Barracks. Numerous wreaths were sent by relatives and friends. The funeral arrangements were carried out by Messrs Maciver and Co."     "Captain Wimberley as genealogist"   "The late Captain Douglas Wimberley was a genealogist of considerable repute. He was a great-grandson of Sir Alexander Gordon, 7th Bart., of Lesmoir, and in 1893 published a work on the family, 'Memorials of the Family of Gordons of Lesmoir', following it up with smaller accounts of the Gordons of Birkenburn and Terpersie. He collaborated with Mr J.M. Bulloch in the elaborate work on 'The House of Gordon', which the latter is editing for the New Spalding Club, and he furnished the 'Lesmoir' portion of the second volume (published in 1907), and, in conjunction with Mr Bulloch, the portion dealing with 'Cadets of Lesmoir', the Gordon Families of Crichie, Birkenburn, Terpersie, Leichestoun, and Newton. Captain Wimberley had contributed to the 'Aberdeen Free Press' a series of articles on 'The Barclays of Barclay, of Gartly, and of Towie-Barclay', which appeared in the early part of 1903. He was also the author of a valuable volume on Dunbar's Hospital, in Church Street, Inverness."