Battle of Trafalgar
Today is the 200th anniversary of The Battle of Trafalgar. We all remember the parades at RHS on Trafalgar Day. Any comments anyone?
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Yep, I do.It was always bloody cold. and the Rev Holland always wore his cape, full of holes it was, from all the fags he smoked. He had shell shock, you know from the Battle of Matapan, shook like a...
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My Dad also served on the Victory, in the early thirties I think.It must have been one of his first drafts after he left St. Vincent as a Boy Signaller.He acted as a guide for visitors and he told me...
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When the mast was still there we used to run Nelson's signal (England expects etc) up on Trafalgar Day.In fact, I am sure (as far as my decrepit brain cells will allow)that I did it one time with...
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Can't say I remember it Mike, but as you say the grey cells are a little decrepit. I was involved with a lot of things guard and seamanship related so it is very possible.Charlie
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Mike, I used to work with an Ex-Royal at Schweppes in Fareham, Frank Dodd, nothing to do with RHS, but he also did guided tours on Victory, and also related the same story. His version went that at...
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I still have a gold Victory cap tally. Now have no idea when or where I got it.Mike CookeRal 49-53
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I don't remember parading. I do remember the Chapel services and the recitation of the ships that served at Trafalgar, very moving.Best wishes Norm R
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Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, was the venue for what proved to be a pivotal clash in the first Napoleon Bonaparte Trophy series between the English led by Lord-Admiral Horatio Nelson and a French side...
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Sadly, I don't remember a Trafalgar Day parade at RHS 87 - 94, perhaps it had been scrapped by then. Shame, as I would have been very proud to have played in the COD for such a parade.
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Little bit on H&S and Equal Opps just to keep you updated )Nelson: "Order the signal, Hardy."Hardy: "Aye aye, sir."Nelson: "Hold on, that's not what I dictated to the signal officer.What's the...
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