Memorial: M478

Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating Robert McDougall, HEIC, d.1849

Location

Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the memory of / ROBERT MCDOUGALL / Seaman / of the / H. C. Steam Frigate / ‘SEMIRAMIS’ / who departed this life / on the 8th June 1849 / Aged 26 years / This stone is erected / by his shipmates as a / mark of their esteem / and regard'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: South east corner wall SL2 C41
Vessel: HEIC Semiramis

People

McDougall, Robert
Age: 26
Date of Death: 8/6/1849
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney, 1988) p. 218.

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