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 Sir George Augustus Westphal - Halifax, Nova Scotia Posted by:  Weathervane
N 44° 39.562 W 063° 35.551
20T E 453024 N 4945282
Westphal led a group of boats into Ocracoke Inlet during the campaign against Portsmouth and Ocracoke, North Carolina. Westphal dirigea un groupe de bateaux dans l'anse d'Ocracoke pendant la campagne contre Portsmouth et Ocracoke en Caroline du Nord.
Waymark Code: WMJG55
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date Posted: 11/14/2013
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Sir George Augustus Westphal - 1785-1875
George Westphal was born near Halifax and entered the Royal Navy in 1798. As a midshipman in HMS VICTORY he was seriously wounded at Trafalgar, but survived to serve with conspicuous gallantry throughout the Napoleonic Wars, rising to the rank of commander by 1813. Promoted to flag-captain on the North-American station in 1832, he was invalidated home in 1834. For the remaining forty years of his life he saw no further service afloat, but advanced, by regular gradation, to the rank of admiral. He died at Brighton, the last of the officers who had fought in the VICTORY at Trafalgar.
Sir George Augustus Westphal - 1785-1875
Né en Nouvelle-Ecosse, près d’Halifax, Westphal entra dans la marine royale en 1798. Aspirant de marine a bord du HMS VICTORY, il fut grièvement blessé à Trafalgar, mais il survécut et se distingua par sa bravoure durant les guerres de Napoléon accédant au rang de commandant en 1813. Promu capitaine de pavillon à la station nord-américaine en 1832, il fut reformé en 1834. Pendant les quarante dernières années de sa vie, il ne servit plus en mer mais atteignit, de promotion en promotion, le rang d’amiral. Lors de son décès à Brighton, il était le dernier des officiers ayant combattu à bord du VICTORY à Trafalgar.
Reference for information contained in Quick Description"Sir George Augustus Westphal
Date Erected/Dedicated: 1949
Who put it there? Private/Government?: Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada - Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada
Location/Address:
2725 Gottingen Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
County/Province: Nova Scotia
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