To commemorate the 220th anniversary of the death of Lord Nelson, we will be running a series of articles this year exploring the life and times of the Norfolk-born hero. In the third feature, ...
The British column was led by Captain Thomas ... Jervis was made Earl St Vincent and Nelson was awarded a knighthood. Norfolk’s hero had taken his first step towards immortality.
Tom Foster, a member of the Norwich Caledonian Pipes and Drums, will play at a variety of venues as part of the events marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day. He will play the Celebratum, a pipe tune ...
Born on 29 September 1758 in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, Horatio Nelson was the sixth of the 11 children of a clergyman. He joined the navy aged 12, on a ship commanded by a maternal uncle.
He will play the Celebratum, a pipe tune specially composed by Stuart Liddell for the commemoration, at the top of Nelson's Monument in the South Denes at noon on May 3. The monument is 44m high ...