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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T. R. Endersby

T. R. Endersby

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
Watch-house in Giltspur Street

Watch-house in Giltspur Street

A watch house was an early form of local police station but we've heard it said that this particular watch-house did at one time shelter the guards charged with preventing grave-robbing in the St S...

Building, Armed Forces

1 memorial
W. H. Newey

W. H. Newey

Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.

Person, Armed Forces, South Africa

War dead, Other war
1 memorial
W. MacKay

W. MacKay

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial