#TrafalgarDay. I’ve always had mixed feelings abt #Nelson, outstanding combat commander, wld have been a terrible 1st Lord. Perhaps the lesson we should take today is man v myth. The RN made of him a cult, pickled in aspic, his lessons forgotten & effect on the RN’s culture up to WW1 was grim. Traditions are useful, until they become fetishes. A short dog walk away is the pond Clerk worked out his tactics on using port bottle cork models.

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The Nelson Memorial, Exchange Square, Liverpool. #TrafalgarDay 1/3

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'Here Nelson Fell 21st October 1805', a floor plaque on the deck of HMS Victory, now permanently berthed at Portsmouth. In the words of the immortal Spike Milligan, 'I'm not surprised, I nearly tripped over it myself'. #TrafalgarDay

'He serv'd in the glorious Battle of Traffalgar' The 1837 headstone of Lieutenant Hugh Montgomery RN at Nacton, Suffolk. Today is Trafalgar Day, the anniversary of the battle. #TrafalgarDay

21. Okt: Heute erinnert der Trafalgar-Day an den Sieg der britischen #Flotte in der #Schlacht von #Trafalgar. https://www.kleiner-kalender.de/106583 #TrafalgarDay

Wishing a happy Trafalgar Day to those who celebrate it #TrafalgarDay

219. #TrafalgarDay https://richterrecht.com/horsepurchase.html

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