William Cator

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Reference WMO/297068

Address:

Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Church Road

Shapwick

TA7 9NE

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Revolutionary/Napoleonic (1792-1815)
About the memorial: Ornate tablet surmounted by an urn. Killed in the same engagement as Thomas Graham, see WMO 297069 in this church.
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SACRED TO THE MEMORY/ OF WILLIAM CATOR, ESQ. OF THE HON. EAST INDIA COMAPNY'S/ SERVICE AT BENGAL: WHEN ON HIS RETURN TO CALCUTTA IN THE KENT/ EAST INDIAMAN, WAS SLAIN BY A MUSKET BALL FROM A FRENCH/ PRIVATEER OF 36 GUNS ON THE 7TH OF OCTOBER, 1800 IN THE/ BAY OF BENGAL, WHILE GALLANTLY DEFENDING THE SHIP AGAINST/ BOARDING OF THE ENEMY./ BY HIS DEATH HIS FAMILY HAVE SUFFERED THE SEVEREST LOSS AND/ THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AN USEFUL MEMBER OF SOCIETY./HIS INTEGRITY AND HONOURABLE CONDUCT IN HIS PUBLIC CHARACTER WAS/ EQUALLED BY FEW AND EXCEEDED BY NONE./ TO HIS PRIVATE BENEVOLENCE FEW APPEALED WHO DID NOT/ LIBERALLY PARTAKE OF HIS BOUNTY. AS A JUST TRIBUTE TO 27/ YEARS OF UNINTERRUPTED FRIENDSHIP THIS MONUMENT IS/ ERECTED BY HIS FRIEND WHEN LIVING,/GEORGE TEMPLER, ESQ. OF THIS PARISH

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