Wilfred Joseph MacDougald

Quarterly 1st per bend Argent and Azure a lion rampant counterchanged, 2nd Or a dexter hand couped fesswise grasping a cross crosslet fitché Gules, 3rd Or a lymphad sails furled Sable with a beacon at the mast head proper, 4th per bend Argent and Or a sprig of oak Vert fructed Or, overall on a pale Gules three barrulets Or surmounted by a sword proper hilt and pommel Or;

The Canadian Heraldic Authority does not have confirmed symbolism for this emblem. The following comments are hypotheses only. These arms are based on Lieutenant-Colonel MacDougald’s 1954 matriculation, with a change of colour in the first quarter and of the charges in the third quarter, due to the genealogical discovery of a more direct line to Clan Dougall. This design with a lion, a hand holding a cross and a ship in the first three quarters is based on the Scottish arms of Macdonald, of which MacDougald is a sept. The sword in the added central stripe indicates Lieutenant-Colonel MacDougald’s service in the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.