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Memorial: M4322 view print friendly versionView print friendly version
Memorial location:   Swarland Hall, Swarland, Northumberland, England
Transcript:   '...Not to Commemorate the Public Virtues and Heroic Achievements of Nelson, which is the duty of England; But to the Memory of Private Friendship'
Memorial Details:  
Type: Obelisk
Date Erected: 1807
Event:   Battle of Trafalgar 1805
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People listed on the memorial:  
 Records 1 - 1 of 1  
Nelson, Horatio
Age: 47  
Date of death: 21/10/1805 Cause of death: War casualty
Rank/Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
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Extra info:   Notes:
Erected 1807 by Alexander Davison on his estate.

Bibliography:
Colin White (editor) 'The Nelson Companion' (Portsmouth,1995) p. 140.
 
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