HERMANNUS NEVSPITZER
GYMNASIORVM PRIMO GORCOM"
XIV POST DORDRACENI ANNOS
IX RECTOR VIGILANTISSIMVS
NATVS CIOIOCXXXVIII • DENA
TUS CIOIOCLXXXIX IV KAL.
NOVEM
SYM
SPES MEA CHRISTVS
De beide wapens rusten op een staand anker.
1365. Gedenkteeken — John Western. 1793. Marmeren ge-
denktafel in den Noorder Kooromgang, ter eere van
den aldaar begraveh Engelschen luitenant-ter zee John
Western, met de navolg. inscriptie:
To the lamented memory
of
JOHN WESTERN, e sq .
Lieutenant of h is b r i t t a n n ic m a j e s t y ’s Frigate s y r e n
and
As a Testimony of the g a l l a n t S e r v i c e s performed by H im ,
THIS MONUMENT is e r e c t e d
BY ORDER OF
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK.
L IE U T E N A N T W EST ERN ,
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 been unfortunately killed by the Enemy,
Off the Moordyr.h.
On the Twenty-first Day o f March, A . D. 1793
in t h e t w e n t y - s e c o n d y e a r of h is Age,
IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY
AND IN DEFENCE OF HOLLAND.
HIS REMAINS
Were deposited near this place,
ATTENTED BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK
B Y THE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN OF THE ROYAL NAVY
The Companions of his
M E R IT O R IO U S E X E R T IO N S ,
AND BY
t h e B r i g a d e o f H is B r i t a n n i c M a j e s t y ’s F o o t G u a r d s
In Garrison at D o r d r e c h t .
Photo, d. H. J. Tollens C.Hzn. 1905. Hg. 30, br. 20.5. c.
1 3 6 6 . Hetz. monument. Potl. teek. d. J . R(ullen)
1868. Hg, 32.5, br. 20 c.