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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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...
Greenwich Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground
The names on the monument are of men whose claim to immortality is their role...
Nelson's column
Erected to commemorate the Trafalgar victory over Napoleon of 1805. The heigh...
Other Subjects
Samuel Lloyd Howard, DL, JP
1883, Trustee of Lopping Hall, Loughton. Born Tottenham. Died Menton, France. From "Photographic pedigree of the descendants of Isaac and Rachel Wilson" (1912) via Flickr: "Samuel Lloyd Howard, of...
Major Clarence Evelyn Beerbohm
Clarence Evelyn Beerbohm was the younger of the two children of Julius Beerbohm (1854-1906) and Evelyn Beerbohm née Davies, (1849-1931). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1885 in the M...
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Highgate Cemetery - Fire - L09 - Maynard
N6, Swain's Lane, Highgate Cemetery
The plot consists of 36 graves acquired by the London Fire Brigade Widows and Orphans Fund (founded in1882 by Massey Shaw, who, probably ...
Chelsea Bridge
SW8, Chelsea Bridge
MacKenzie King did not come all the way from Canada just to open this bridge; he happened to be in London for the coronation of King Geor...
50th anniversary of VJ Day
The surrender of Japan was announced in Japan (USA, Europe, etc.) on 14 (15) August 1945 and effectively ended WW2. The paperwork was done two weeks later on 2 September. All three dates are someti...
Captain Broderick Hartwell
Naval officer. RN Lieut-Governor of Greenwich Hospital. We think this is Broderick Robert Hartwell - born Ireland, with the dates we've given.
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