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
2 memorials
Duke of Wellington
Born Arthur Wesley (later Wellesley) in Dublin to Irish parents. After the Battle of Waterloo in which 60,000 died Wellington wrote to a friend "Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a batt...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Ireland
10 memorials
I. A. Dolding
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
A. F. Samuels
Employed at the Holloway bus/tram garage - Pemberton Gardens. Served and was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Sir Herbert Jessel
Colonel Herbert Merton Jessel, 1st Baron Jessel, British soldier and Liberal Unionist, later Conservative politician. A member of the Westminster City Council, he served as the third Mayor of Westm...
1 memorial
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