Westcott George — British Captain

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Overview

Captain George Westcott of HMS Majestic — 74-gun Third Rate is already on the Battle of the Nile 1798 — Overview. He was killed on 1 August 1798. The battle note lists him among the British casualties: 218 killed, 677 wounded, no ships lost.¹

Career and Key Roles

This note covers that death only. Birth, earlier service, and a monument stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

HMS Majestic — 74-gun Third Rate was one of Nelson’s thirteen 74s in Aboukir Bay — Egypt.²

Sources

• @knight2005pursuit — pp. 281–320
• @white2005nelson
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• Battle of the Nile 1798 — Overview

Related

Navigation

• MOC_Persons
• Military_Commanders_Index
• British_Age_of_Sail_Commanders_Index

Same Battle

• HMS Majestic — 74-gun Third Rate
• Battle of the Nile 1798 — Overview
• HMS Vanguard — Nelson’s Nile Flagship
• Berry Edward — British Captain
• Aboukir Bay — Egypt
• L’Orient — French 120-gun Flagship

Cross-Domain

• Age of Sail — Era Overview

Footnotes

1. Killed; British 218 killed, 677 wounded, no ships lost: Battle of the Nile 1798 — Overview. ↩

2. One of thirteen 74s: same battle note. Do not add life dates or a monument until a page is licensed. ↩