Memorial: M2621

Column at Hereford commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson d. 1805

Location

Castle Green, Hereford, Herefordshire, England

Transcript

'HORATIO LORD VISCOUNT NELSON K.B. / VICE ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE IN THE BRITISH NAVY / AND DUKE OF BRONTE IN SICILY / WAS BORN XXIV SEPTEMBER MDCCLVIII / AND TERMINATED A CAREER OF UNEXAMPLED GLORY / OFF CAPE TRAFALGAR XXI OCTOBER MDCCCV / IN A BATTLE / WHICH NEARLY ANNIHILATED THE MARINE OF / FRANCE AND SPAIN / AND CONFIRMED IN THE EYES OF EUROPE AND THE WORLD / THE MARINE SUPERIORITY OF GREAT BRITAIN / THIS GALLANT HERO / CAPTURED OR DESTROYED / FORTY SEVEN SHIPS / IN VARIOUS ENGAGEMENTS / WITH THE ENEMIES OF HIS COUNTRY / HIS FELLOW CITIZENS OF HEREFORD / IN GRATEFUL RECOLLECTION OF SUCH PRE EMINENT SERVICES /CONSECRATE THIS COLUMN / TO HIS HONOUR AND IMMORTAL MEMORY / MDCCC[VI]'

Details

Description: A Tuscan column on a stepped base with buttresses decorated with inverted torches. The capital is surmounted with a urn clasped by dolphins, anchors and rope swags below. The inscription is on the south side with a profile portrait flanked by trophies above.
Type: Column
Materials: Ashlar
Date Erected: 1806
Artists: Thomas Hardwick

Event

Battle of Trafalgar 1805

Event Date

1805

Event Category

Napoleonic Wars

People

Nelson, Horatio
Age: 47
Date of Death: 21/10/1805
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Built by Wood of Hereford.
Bibliography: Colin White (editor) 'The Nelson Companion' (Portsmouth,1995) p.143.
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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