The 1805 Dispatches #24.06 December 2024 5 of 9 THE TRAFALGAR DINNER USA 2024 1805 Club Members Attend Trafalgar Night Dinner Sponsored by British Officers Club of Washington DC The British Officers Club of Washington DC held their annual Trafalgar Night Dinner at the Country Club of Fairfax in Virginia the evening of 20 October 2024. As always, BOC President and 1805 Club member Peter Pennington arranged for an excellent evening of good food, conversation, music and dancing. Other 1805 Club members attending included John Prevar, David Mattingly, John Schneider, Pete Stark, and Jeremy Utt. The 1805 Club’s display table held a diorama with Chairman John Rodgaard’s small ships arranged to show the position of the British and Combined French and Spanish fleets as they engaged in battle at approximately noon, 21 October 1805. The table also displayed the latest issue of The Trafalgar Chronicle research journal and issues of The Kedge Anchor magazine. [Note: This is not an event of The 1805 Club, though some of our members enjoyed the participation.] A CANADIAN PICKLE NIGHT 2024 We were sent this by Mr. Gurth M. Pretty, Master of the Cheese at Lakeview Cheese Galore, Mississauga, Ontario: “With HMS Psyche Canadian Maritime Heritage Society's longboat in winter storage at the Port Credit Yacht Club, her first mate, Gurth Pretty, arranged for the club to be converted to a stone frigate for the Society's seventh annual HMS Pickle Dinner on 9 November. There were 47 attendees, many of whom were active or retired Royal Canadian Navy and army officers, War of 1812 naval and army re-enactors, attired in their period uniforms and dress. Naval enthusiasts also attended the commemorative dinner. The customary procedures were observed: the saying of grace, a naval benediction and toasts. Many toasts: The King, all seven daily navy toasts, and of course the Immortal Memory. It was a very pleasurable, fun-filled evening with lively conversation and good food (beef short ribs and spotted dick steamed pudding), not to mention drink including Grog and Nelson's Blood. We owe a debt of gratitude to Gurth and the commodore of P.C.Y.C. for making a most enjoyable evening possible.” [Note: This also is not an event of The 1805 Club, though three of our members enjoyed it, and it is included purely as a courtesy to them.]
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