As the great naval hero lay dying on HMS Victory, he instructed Vice-Admiral Thomas Hardy to remove chunks of his hair and ...

Sievers wrote from Gibraltar on October 27, 1805: 'Lord Nelson in the Victory engaged the French Admiral most closely, during the heat of the action his Lordship was wounded with a grapeshot in ...

LORD Nelson did not say “Kiss me, Hardy” as he died, says a newly found account of the Battle of Trafalgar. Instead he said the less dramatic: “Thanks be to God but I have lived this day and ...

To commemorate the 220th anniversary of the death of Lord Nelson, over the next year, we will be running a series of articles exploring the life and times of this Norfolk born hero. We will ...

To commemorate the 220th anniversary of the death of Lord Nelson, over the next year, we will be running a series of articles exploring the life and times of this Norfolk born hero. We will explore ...

Lord Nelson’s last words were not “kiss me, Hardy” or “thank God I have done my duty”, as is commonly believed, according to a newly discovered account of the Battle of Trafalgar.

The claim is made by George Sievers, a master-at-arms on HMS Belleisle near Nelson’s HMS Victory. His account is part of a ­letter written six days after Nelson was killed by a French musket ...

Part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the naval dockyard was once the home of the British fleet during the Napoleonic Wars, and served as the headquarters of Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson from 1784 ...

A handwritten script from the much loved sitcom Dad's Army has sold at auction for £6,500. The script recently featured on ...

The letter, dated 27 October 1805, also claims that Lord Nelson was shot not once as originally thought, but twice. “Lord Nelson in the Victory engaged the French Admiral most closely ...

Admiral Lord Nelson’s famous last words may not have been “kiss me, Hardy,” according to a newly unearthed letter. Instead, the British naval hero is claimed to have declared, “Thanks be ...