Gunner John Johnston Royal Artillery
Memorial at
Fort St. Elmo in Valletta:
JOHN JOHNSTON
GUNNER OF HIS
MAJESTY'S REGIMENT OF
ARTILLERY, WHO ON THE 4TH APRIL 1807, FELL IN
BRAVELEY DEFENDING HIS POST THE POWDER MAGAZINE
OF FORT RICASOLI AGAINST A BAND OF
FURIOUS MUTINEERS ALREADY IN POSSESSION OF
EVERY OTHER PART OF THE FORTRESS
THE COMMANDER
OF THAT DETACHMENT TO WHICH
HE BELONGED ERECTED THIS MONUMENT AT ONCE TO
COMMEMMORATE HIS GALLANTRY AND STIMULATE
OTHERS TO IMITATE SO BRIGHT AN EXAMPLE
SOLDIERS ATTEND
AND IN EACH MARTIAL BREAST
THE SACRED TRUTH BE CAREFULLY CONFESSED
THE BRAVE AND GOOD OF MEN DESERVE GOD'S LOVE
FAME HERE BELOW AND ENDLESS BLISS ABOVE
RESTORED BY THE OFFICERS
N.C.OFFICERS AND MEN
ARTILLERY BRIGADE 1899.
