Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Argyll And Bute
Town
Ardfern
County
Strathclyde
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
82309

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Current location

On the left after the Galley of Lorne Inn
Craignish Parish Church
B8002
Ardfern
Argyll And Bute
Strathclyde
PA31 8QN
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NM 80414 04165
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Memorial inside church commemorating Lieutenant Colonel MacDougall of Lunga and Captain Iain MacDougall the younger of Lunga. Brass plaque mounted on wall. Note that Iain MacDougall is an example of a very early death and repatriation- he is buried in Kilmhoiri (Kilvoree) Old Churchyard, Craignish. He is also commemorated at Craobh Haven-our reference 70777
Inscription
(Coat of Arms) TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF / LIEUT: COL: MACDOUGALL OF LUNGA. / 10TH GORDON HIGHLANDERS, / KILLED IN ACTION NEAR VERMELLES, / JULY 21ST 1915. AND HIS SON, / IAIN MACDOUGALL, YR OF LUNGA, / CAPTAIN AND ADJUDANT / 2ND BATTALION GRENADIER GUARDS, / WHO FELL IN ACTION / AT VILLARS COTTERET, FRANCE. / ON THE 1ST SEPTEMBER 1914, AGED 27. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE PARISH OF CRAIGNISH TO COMMEMORATE / THOSE BRAVE HIGHLANDERS AND VERY GALLANT OFFICERS WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR. "They loved duty more than they feared death." "B'FHAOIN LEO'M BAS, BE'N DLEASNAS AN DURACHD."
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Macdougall Of Lunga
Macdougall, Younger Of Lunga, Iain
See details for all 2 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank, forename, surname, regiment, date of death, place of death, manner of death
    Order of information: rank
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Iain MacDougall (Glasgow Herald 14th of November 1914) "Killed in action at Villers-Cotterets, in France, on 1st September, 1914, aged 27, Iain MacDougall yr. of Lunga, lieutenant and adjutant, 2nd Grenadier Guards, only son of Lieutenant-Colonel MacDougall of Lunga (Royal Body Guard), commanding 19th Battalion Gordon Highlanders."

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