Memorial: M2043

Wall tablet in Dordrecht Cathedral, Netherlands commemorating Lieutenant John Western RN 1793

Location

Cathedral, Dordrecht, Netherlands, Rest of the World

Transcript

'To the Lamented memory / of / JOHN WESTERN Esq / Lieutenant of his Britannic Majesty's frigate SYREN / and / as a testimony of the Gallant... / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED / By order of / HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK. / LIEUTENANT WESTERN / after distinguishing himself by his conduct and intrepidity / with which he assisted / the GARRISON OF WILLIAMSTADT / at that time besieged by the French / FELL EARLY IN THE CAREER OF GLORY / having unfortunately been killed by the enemy / off the Moordych / On the twenty first day of March AD 1793 / In the TWENTY SECOND year of his age / IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY / AND THE DEFENCE OF HOLLAND / HIS REMAINS / were deposited near this Place / ATTENDED BY THE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN OF THE ROYAL NAVY / THE COMPANIONS OF HIS / MERITORIOUS EXERTIONS / AND BY / THE BRIGADE OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S FOOT GUARD / IN GARRISON AT DORDRECHT’

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Syren

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Westerne, John
Age: 22
Date of Death: 21/3/1793
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Adrian Reed 'An impressive naval memorial', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 82, pp.463-66 (Greenwich, 1996).

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