Nelson Gardens
This building was built in 1976 by the Greater London Council. It was named after Lord Horatio Nelson (1758 - 1805), who was the British admiral famous for the victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
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E2, Nelson Gardens
See St Peter's Close. As far as we can discover Nelson had no particular association with this area.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Nelson Gardens
A sea battle that took place off Cape Trafalgar on the south west coast of Sp...
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Born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. Naval commander who became a national hero a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Nelson Gardens
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Killed while serving with the 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) in the Korean War, July 1952 to August 1953.
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