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
Commemorated ati
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
1 memorial
Lieutenant John Richards Lapenotiere
Born in 1770 in Ilfracombe, Devon, to a Huguenot family. As a Lieutenant in command of HM Schooner 'Pickle'Â he brought the news from the Battle of Trafalgar, landing at Falmouth, Cornwall on 4 Nov...
5 memorials
J. J. Ramsay
Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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