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Grave in Norfolk of 119 sailors may be exhumed due to coastal erosion threat https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/06/norfolk-mass-grave-119-sailors-exhumed-coastal-erosion #Norfolk #Coastlines #RoyalNavy #Military #Heritage #Culture #Environment #UkNews #HoratioNelson
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Archaeologists discover wreck of Danish warship sunk by Nelson 225 years ago https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/02/archaeologists-discover-wreck-danish-warship-sunk-admiral-nelson #Archaeology #HoratioNelson #Denmark #Europe #Science #WorldNews #RoyalNavy #UkNews #Military
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Nelson's First Home, Burnham Thorpe Old Rectory, Norfolk, c.1905 - Postcard
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📚 Vice-Admiral #HoratioNelson (29 September 1758 - 21 October 1805) was an English sea captain and one of #Britain's greatest naval heroes. Nelson commanded the British fleet during the Napoleonic Wars, fighting against the French and Spanish and securing a series of decisive naval victories
Nelson was shot by a French sniper during the Battle of #Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. He was struck while pacing the quarterdeck of his ship #HMSVictory with Captain Thomas Hardy, at about 1.15pm ⏩
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On this date in 1843 Nelson's Column was completed. Nelson's Column is a monument in Trafalgar Square in central London built to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson, who died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
10 things you didn't know about Nelson's Column:
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2016/11/4th-november-nelsons-column.html
#NelsonsColumn #TrafalgarSquare #London #England #Nelson #HoratioNelson #Facts
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On one expedition, Nelson reached within ten degrees of the North Pole while surveying a possible route to India via the Arctic. It's said that during this expedition, Nelson chased a Polar Bear to get the skin for his father - but was ordered to let the animal go and return to the ship.
10 things you might not know about Horatio Nelson:
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2015/09/29th-september-birthdate-of-horatio.html