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HMS Victory

Categories: Armed Forces

HMS Victory

HMS Victory was built in the Old Single Dock in Chatham's Royal Dockyard. From "she would gain renown leading fleets in the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War. In 1805 she achieved lasting fame as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Nelson in Britain's greatest naval victory, the defeat of the French and Spanish at the Battle of Trafalgar. ... In 1922 she was saved for the nation and placed permanently into dry dock where she remains today." In Portsmouth.

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HMS Victory

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Hurlingham Yacht Club

1922 is the year that the Club took on its current name, though we don't know...

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Sir William Beatty

Sacred to the memory of Sir William Beatty, MD, LCP, FRS, surgeon, Royal Navy...

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R. S. Portsmouth

R. S. Portsmouth

Man from Wood Green who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
J. W. Watson

J. W. Watson

Dorset Rgt.. Fought but did not die in WW1

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Pte. A. R. Carpenter

Pte. A. R. Carpenter

Died in WW1 serving in the 22nd Battalion, The London Regiment.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
William Gosling, VC

William Gosling, VC

Battery sergeant in the Royal Field Artillery. Awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 5th April 1917 at the Battle of Arras. Awarded the VC for his heroism on 5 April 1917, age 24, while se...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War served, WW1
1 memorial
W. T. Cutts

W. T. Cutts

Man from Wood Green who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial