3 Issue 42 – Spring 2015 THE KEDGE ANCHOR AMA DataSet Limited are pleased to be associated with both The Kedge Anchor and The 1805 Club. AMA DataSet Limited, 5 School Lane, Bamber Bridge, Preston PR5 6QD Telephone 01772 627534 www.ama.uk.com Please note the next edition is due in the summer. The deadline for copy will therefore be 21 June 2015. We will be pleased to receive your ideas and contributions at an early date. From the Editor The success of any newsletter is its ability to create a visual narrative, if the reader thinks this looks interesting; then it is. Picture research and quality adds personality to the authors’ efforts and draws the article together while also expanding it. North American member Randy Mafit former editor in chief continues to engage in articles of a technical nature. In the issue we have several finely constructed pieces and news items contributed by Randy that shows his ability to combine them with exceptional picture quality It is in no small measure that team work contributes equally to success. Like it, hate it, or simply indifferent Peter Turner the illustrator and creator of AB&OS is able to comfortably fashion the narrative. His efforts in a series of cartoons created for The Kedge Anchor bring an amusing observation of life on the lower deck of Nelson’s navy. In this issue and the Summer issue we have two specially commissioned drawings; his unique draftsmanship is particularly attractive in the forthcoming Bumboat Woman’s Story (summer) edition. I would like to thank John Wakefield for his efforts in the last of a series of the Naval signalling stations and methods. In particular for his explanation of an obscure memo written by the Boy’s Own Hero Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith. The series is certain to become a reference point for the different types of Napoleonic signalling stations and their operation. In a new and exciting major development with the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich and King’s College London it is proposed that naval students will be able to offer research articles for publication to expand their ideas within The Trafalgar Chronicle and here in The Kedge Anchor. If successful it will bring a variety of ideas and worthy articles to both publications. Technical development is assisted by AMA DataSet Limited who continue to offer their wealth of experience and expertise in its construction and printing, to which the Club is grateful. They remain a strong part of the team. Percy took oars, given that Percy had rowed as a schoolboy at Eton. They made landfall at Broadstairs, rather than Ramsgate, at about 3pm on 21st June and both of them travelled with the news and two captured Imperial Eagles in a post chaise to London. The defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo was the most momentous news to reach Britain in the whole of the nineteenth century, probably more so than the news of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson delivered by Lt. John Richards Laponotiere RN. This is largely because it brought to an end 23 years of conflict and presaged a peace that lasted for nearly 100 years, during which time Britain built an Empire and became the world’s hyper power. The story of the news of Waterloo, like the story of the news of Trafalgar, is the basis for an exciting ceremonial interpretation dubbed The New Waterloo Dispatch. It involves bicentenary ceremonies in Ostend, Broadstairs and London and at other places along the route taken by Percy and White where the post chaise changed horses, notably at Canterbury, Faversham, Sittingborne and Rochester. The 1805 Club is hoping to arrange a ‘Waterloo Way Coach Trip’ for members who wish to be at Broadstairs and Canterbury on Saturday, 20th June. They will view the arrival of the Dispatch on the beach at Broadstairs, the New Waterloo Dispatch ceremony and the departure of the replica post chaise to Canterbury. They will be there to see its arrival and will have places at the Service in Canterbury Cathedral in the presence of a member of the Royal Family. At the time of writing the details are not finalized and a notice will be sent out shortly. Members of the Club will also have the very special privilege of being able to apply for places at The Waterloo Banquet, which with the gracious permission of Her Majesty The Queen is being held at St James’s Palace on 9th June 2015. Members will be advised discretely about this in the near future, but meanwhile if any wish to register an interest please email: peterwarwick@compuserve.com In my last Dispatch I referred to the forthcoming AGM in May and the election of officers. While most Council members are happy to serve in 2015 we believe the Club will only progress and prosper if we have others coming forward and I would urge you to give this serious consideration to see whether you might be prepared to take a more active role in future. Please feel free to contact me. We need you! Fortunately, Peter Hore has agreed to edit the Trafalgar Chronicle for the next three years and so in the wake of the superb editorship of Huw Lewis Jones, this premier publication of the Club is in excellent and safe hands. Ken Flemming continues his excellent editorship of this fine newsletter – more of a magazine with its news, features and unique auction reports. Nevertheless, maintaining a regular supply of items and stories to create a ‘washing line’ of material is a considerable challenge for Ken and he would welcome contributions from members. Additionally, we are calling for general articles from students of naval history known to the National Maritime Museum and King’s College London, which for many will be a chance to publish their work for the first time. With kind regards and best wishes to you all, Peter Warwick, Chairman
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