- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 11713
- Description
- in the Crypt, Chapel of St. Faith Vestibule, an inscription tablet surmounted by bust.
Carved marble
At the top of the panel is a bust of a man with full beard, his head turned slightly to the right, with bare chest and shoulders (classical herm type). Behind are the masts of four battle standards, two with tasselled rope ties and banners. The bust rests on a base carved in relief with an image of a cannon, beneath which is a tall tapering plinth with the memorial inscription. This stands on a projecting base carved in relief with a bayonet rifle and sword crossed within a wreath.
- Inscription
- ERECTED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ COLONEL SIR DUNCAN MACDOUGALL, K.C.S.F.,/ OF SOROBA, ARGYLLSHIRE/ BY THOSE FRIENDS AND COMRADES TO WHOM HIS PUBLIC SERVICES AND PRIVATE WORTH/ WERE BEST KNOWN/ HE SERVED WITH THE 53RD AND 85TH REGIMENTS AT THE CAPE, IN THE PENINSULA AND IN FRANCE/ AT THE SIEGES OF BADAJOZ, BURGOS AND ST SEBASTIAN,/ AT BAYONNE AND AT THE BATTLE OF SALAMANCA,/ WHERE, THOUGH WOUNDED, HIS GALLANTRY SAVED THE COLOURS OF HIS REGIMENT./ IN AMERICA, HE WAS AT THE BATTLES OF BLADENSBURG, BALTIMORE AND NEW ORLEANS,/ ALSO AT THE CAPTURE OF WASHINGTON/ HE FINALLY COMMANDED THE 79th HIGHLANDERS, UNTIL HE HE RETIRED FROM THE BRITISH ARMY/ TO JOIN THE BRITISH AUXILIARY LEGION IN SPAIN,/ AS QUARTER MASTER GENERAL UNDER HIS FRIEND SIR DE LACY EVANS LACY EVANS/ AND RECEIVED THE ORDER OF ST FERDINAND FROM QUEEN ISABELLA II./ IN HIS LATTER YEARS HE RAISED THE LANCASHIRE ARTILLERY MILITIA/ AND WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO PROMOTE THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT./ HE WAS A CHIVALROUS SOLDIER AND A WARM HEARTED FRIEND./ HE DIED ON THE 10TH DECEMBER 1862/ IN THE 76th YEAR OF HIS AGE.