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
Men of Brentford & Chiswick at the Battle of Trafalgar and the ships in w...
The names on the monument are of men whose claim to immortality is their role...
{Around the London Borough of Merton coat of arms:} Merton Place. Sixty metr...
Nelson Gardens This building was built in 1976 by the Greater London Council....
The Trafalgar Way Destination - The Admiralty On Monday 21st October 1805 t...
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
The allied campaign in WW2 for the liberation of North West Europe including the Normandy D-Day landings.
Arthur Gilbey Shaw was born on 15 February 1895 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, the third of the ten children of the Reverend Edward Domett Shaw (1860-1937) and Agnes Shaw née Gilbey (1867-1944)....
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