Welcome to this website which is dedicated to the life of the great British admiral, Lord Nelson. Jan 2009. Nelson's name lives on because of 4 stunning victories for which he was responsible.

The Battle of Cape St Vincent - 14 February 1797
The Battle of the Nile - 1 August 1798
The Battle of Copenhagen - 1 April 1801
The Battle of Trafalgar (at which he lost his life) - 21 October 1805

The site is designed to give maximum enjoyment and benefit to both the first time visitor and serious student alike. I hope you find, as I have done, that the era of Nelson and his stunning naval victories is the most fascinating in our country's history.

We hope that in future visitors to the site will provide information about Nelsonian locations, including places Nelson visited, memorials to him, or the graves of men who served with him.

You could not have picked a better time to become interested in Nelson. It is now less than four years since the bi-centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar and Nelson's death. During that time media interest increased and our country rediscovered at least a small part of its patriotic pride.

Nelson had huge courage and was amazingly brave man as he endured intense pain when his arm was amputated, without an anaesthetic. The surgeon wrote in his diary "Nelson bore the pain without complaint, but was given opium afterwards". After the operation Nelson suggested that the surgeon heated his knives first as the cold knives were more painful!

Remember though, that the theme of this site is "duty" - the desire, and ability to give more than you can realistically expect in return.

The first question in a subject so vast as this is where to begin, and paradoxically the beginning will be at the end. Nelson died at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21st October 1805 and was interred in St Paul's Cathedral on 8th January 1806.

The plate on his coffin read as follows:

Depositum
Lord Horatio Nelson
Viscount and Baron Nelson of the Nile, and of Burnham Thorpe in the County of Norfolk
Baron Nelson of the Nile, and of Hilborough in the said County
Knight of the most honourable Order of the Bath
Vice Admiral of the White Squadron of the Fleet
Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Mediterranean
Duke of Bronte in Sicily
Knight Grand Cross of the Sicilian Order of St Ferdinand and of Merit
Member of the Ottoman Order of the Crescent
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of St Joachim
Born 29th September 1758
After a series of transcendant and heroic services, this gallant admiral fell, gloriously, in the moment of brilliant and decisive Victory over the Combined Fleets of France and Spain, off
Cape Trafalgar, on
21st October 1805.