Event    From 21/10/1805  To 21/10/1805

Battle of Trafalgar

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: France, Spain

A sea battle that took place off Cape Trafalgar on the south west coast of Spain. Nelson led the British fleet to a decisive victory which permanently removed the threat of invasion of England by the armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. Nelson was fatally wounded at the battle, and his body brought back to England for a state funeral.

Trafalgar Day is recognised by those involved in sea-faring, see Lighthouse Automation.

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Battle of Trafalgar

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Battle of Trafalgar - Brentford war memorial

Men of Brentford & Chiswick at the Battle of Trafalgar and the ships in w...

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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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Merton Place

{Around the London Borough of Merton coat of arms:} Merton Place. Sixty metr...

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Nelson Gardens

Nelson Gardens This building was built in 1976 by the Greater London Council....

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The Trafalgar Way - Admiralty

The Trafalgar Way Destination - The Admiralty On Monday 21st October 1805 t...

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Rear-Admiral, Sir Henry Hart, KCH

Rear-Admiral, Sir Henry Hart, KCH

Naval officer.  Born Sussex. Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital.  See Indefatigable for more information, but one paragraph there is particularly relevant to Greenwich Hospital: "Following his reti...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
P. Herring

P. Herring

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

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Lieutenant Edmund William Baldwyn Childe-Pemberton

Lieutenant Edmund William Baldwyn Childe-Pemberton

Edmund William Baldwyn Childe-Pemberton was born on 21 July 1895 in London, the elder son of William Shakespeare Childe Pemberton (1857-1924) and Lady Constance Lucy Violet Childe-Pemberton née Bli...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
W. H. Perrett, Jnr.

W. H. Perrett, Jnr.

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
F. C. Thomas

F. C. Thomas

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial

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Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission

Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission

From their website: "The Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission will ensure that the bereaved families, survivors and North Kensington residents lead decision-making on the long-term future of the Gren...

Group, History, Tragedy

1 memorial
Alfred J. Baines

Alfred J. Baines

Second Lieutenant Alfred Jack Baines was born in 1914 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, the son of Alfred and Hestor Baines. He was married to Doris Mabel Baines and they lived at 181 Ilford Lane, Ilford...

Person

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Bonner Street WW1 memorial

Bonner Street WW1 memorial

E2, Hartley Street, Bonner Steet Primary School

Mace Street and Tagg Street were two Victorian streets on the east side of Bonner Street, now lost to the Cranbrook Estate. This 1893 map...

War dead | WW1
27 subjects commemorated
Greater London Council

Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone.  On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...

Group, Politics & Administration

241 memorials