Event    From 4/2/1797  To 4/2/1797

Battle of St Vincent

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: Portugal, Spain

A British fleet, lead by John Jervis, defeated a Spanish fleet almost twice its size, near Cape St Vincent, Portugal. Nelson distinguished himself in this battle where he commanded HMS Captain and was subsequently knighted and promoted to Rear-Admiral.

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Battle of St Vincent

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Battle of St Vincent frieze

See "2018" below for the event that this relief depicts. Camden's Public Art...

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Greenwich Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground

The names on the monument are of men whose claim to immortality is their role...

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Nelson's column

Erected to commemorate the Trafalgar victory over Napoleon of 1805. The heigh...

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G. A. Constable

G. A. Constable

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
J. W. McIntosh

J. W. McIntosh

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Rifleman William Frederick Dines

Rifleman William Frederick Dines

William Frederick Dines was born on 10 September 1878, the youngest of the six children of Esau Dines (1842-1924) and Laura Jemima Dines née Angus (1843-1901). His birth was registered in the 4th q...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards

6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards

The 6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards, was raised in 1941 in Caterham, Surrey. In June 1942 it set sail from Liverpool to Syria where it became part of 201st Guards Brigade. It had to guard the borde...

Group, Armed Forces, Africa, Italy, Syria

1 memorial
Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu

Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu

Montagu and Charles Cholmondely conceived the idea behind Operation Mincemeat and carried it out. Ewen Edward Samuel Montagu was a British judge, Naval intelligence officer and author. Born into a...

Person, Armed Forces

1 memorial