
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Nithsdale
- Town
- Dumfries
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 44290
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Current location
Troqueer Church
Troqueer Road
Dumfries
Nithsdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG2 7DF
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NX 97433 75080
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Plain rectangular brass plaque on marble backboard with incised inscription in black lettering. Family crest depicted on left side of plaque
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF/ PATRICK WELLWOOD DUDGEON,/ LIEUTENANT KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS./ ELDEST SON OF ROBERT FRANCIS DUDGEON OF CARGEN, WHO DIED AT KRUGERDORP,/ SOUTH AFRICA, WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE, DECR 30 1901, AGED 23./ "SOON SOON TO FAITHFUL WARRIORS COMETH REST:/ SWEET IS THE CALM OF PARADISE THE BLEST."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Dudgeon, Patrick Wellwood
See details - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, manner of death, age, relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Backboard
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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