A 'yellow bounder' is born It was around 2003 when Steve and I were asked to provide the horses for Trafalgar 200 by carriage-driving expert Richard James. We had always been known for doing “different” types of events with our horses—including leading the New Year's Parade in Hong Kong in 2002 (the year o...
Whilst well respected by his men, feared by his enemies, and known to this day as a fierce and genius tactician, Horatio Nelson was also something of a troublemaker and an eccentric. Here are 5 interesting stories about the great man himself! 1. A lover of wildlife? Whilst still a Midshipman, Nelson served ...
The great tacticians and warriors of history are well celebrated in history books and wider culture, but those who delivered the messages that could make or break history are often forgotten.1. Marathon Man.Possibly the most famous messenger in history, the legend goes that this unnamed soldier fought in the Battle of Marathon i...
There are a multitude of famous names known throughout the naval world, but this is the story of a dog, an important dog, a naval dog. Cuthbert Collingwood’s dog… Collingwood was Horatio Nelson's good friend and fellow naval officer, arguably most well known for having been his second in comma...
Euryalus, off Cape Trafalgar, 22nd October 1805. Sir, The ever to be lamented death of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, who, in the late conflict with the enemy, fell in the hour of victory, leaves to me the duty of informing my Lords Commissioner of the Admiralty, that ...
It's not the easiest of names to say. Nor was it the easiest to write, according to documents and records sourced by author Peter Hore in his research for his books about Nelson, Trafalgar and the events that followed. The name is French, and Lapenotiere's family were of Huguenot extraction, arriving in Britain after the access...
For our Autumn 2018 Short Story Competition, we asked writer and campaign consultant Adam Preston, himself a Nelson descendent, to compose a short story entitled 'An Urgent Message'. The idea was to tell the story of The Trafalgar Way in an interesting and engaging way, while providing the children who might take part in the com...
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