3 1805 CLUB UNIQUE CRYSTAL OFFER To mark the Trafalgar Bicentenary, arrangements have been made with Majestic Crystal for several pieces of specially engraved commemorative glassware to be exclusively available to 1805 Club members. Each piece will be engraved with the words The 1805 Club Trafalgar Bicentenary 2005 surmounted by the 1805 Club crest. (Note: space is limited on both the Decanter and the Goblet, so there is room only for the Club’s crest) The engraved items of glassware are: • the ‘Nelson’ Ship’s Decanter with silver-plated tray at £59.95 • the ‘Stockholm’ goblet 8inch/20cm high at £21.45 • the one pint jug tankard at £15.75 • the Loving Cup 10inch/25cm: £30.00 • Other recommended items include the ‘Edward’ whisky tumbler, Hi-ball glass, and Champagne Flute - £9.95 each. Presentation boxes are also available at £5 (£10 for the Nelson decanter and tray). All prices include VAT. Postage and packing to the UK mainland is £12.15. Overseas postage by arrangement. Members wishing to order any of the above should contact: Majestic Crystal, The Old Chapel, Martin, Lincolnshire LN4 3QY; Tel: 01526 378676, fax 01526 378633 or email sales@majesticcrystal.co.uk. Please quote your 1805 Club membership number when ordering. [Illustrations of the glassware, without the Trafalgar Bicentenary engraving, can be seen on Majestic Crystal’s website: www.majesticcrystal.co.uk. ] Additionally, we have made an exclusive arrangement with Majestic Crystal for Club members only to buy from them a selection of crystal items, such as a ship’s decanter and whisky tumblers, engraved with the Club’s crest and bicentenary motto. Please contact Majestic Crystal on 01526 378676 or visit their website at www.majesticcrystal.co.uk and please give them your membership number when you place your order. Majestic have kindly agreed to make a donation to the Club if they receive enough orders. Enjoy The Trafalgar Festival and do keep a record, video and photographs, of all the events you attend. Peter Warwick Nelson may have been the main hero at the Battle of Trafalgar, but a major research project carried out by the Club has rediscovered the battle’s forgotten heroes- the men who commanded the ships of the British fleet. The Club has rescued these 38 men from virtual obscurity through The Trafalgar Captains’ Project, its main contribution to Trafalgar 200. The project, started two years ago, identified the locations of the memorials and monuments to all the ships’ captains and their lieutenants, some of whom took over command of their ships during the battle. A team of voluntary researchers, mostly Club members, then recorded all the monuments and their varying conditions of disrepair. The majority are located at parish churches in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland; others are as far a field as Fremantle’s memorials in Naples, Italy and Valletta, Malta and Codrington’s in Pylos, Greece. The research and recording of all the memorials are now featured in “The Trafalgar Captains” written by Colin White and the Club, published by Chatham Publishing. With Matthew Prince’s stunning photography of the memorials, the book tells the remarkable story of this band of brave men from all walks of life, each of whom played a pivotal role in the battle; and some of whom went on to even greater things after their hour of triumph. Three admirals, 29 captains and six lieutenants are honoured and remembered in the project. They range from Admiral Thomas Masterman Hardy, flag captain of HMS Victory to Lt John Lapenotière, captain of the fast schooner HMS Pickle who brought home the news of Nelson’s death at Trafalgar. The roll of honour also includes one peer and two Americans. Seven of the graves are in need of urgent restoration and the Club is now seeking sponsorship from people and organisations willing to assist at this stage of the Project. Club Chairman, Peter Warwick, said: “In this bicentenary year, everyone thinks of Nelson but his victory was only as good as his fellow captains and those who served him. “They were a remarkable group of men whose names have long since been forgotten….until now. The Club has identified the location of all their monuments and memorials, seven of which require conservation, which it will undertake.” The Trafalgar Captains, Their Lives and Memorials by Colin White and The 1805 Club, published by Chatham Publishing, due July* 2005, £12.99. *We regret to report that delivery has been delayed due to floods in China. The club crest as it would appear on the hiball glass, tumbler or tankard Graves being restored by the 1805 Club Henry Willian Bayntun – Weston Church, Bath; Edward Berry – Walcot Church, Bath; Charles Bullen – South Stoneham, Southampton; Sir Thomas Capel – Kensal Green Cemetery; Thomas Dundas – Hurst, near Reading; Richard Grindall – Wickham, Hampshire; John Lapenotière – Menheniot, Cornwall. 1805 CLUB’S STUNNING NEW BOOK UNEARTHS TRAFALGAR CAPTAINS’ MEMORIALS
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