War of 1812 royal navy antics10/13/2023 ![]() The event was winding down and most people had left. The occasion was the unveiling of another Trafalgar Way plaque marking the route taken by Lieutenant Lapenotiere to the Admiralty with Admiral Collingwood’s Trafalgar Dispatch, 6th November 2005. However, this was not on my mind on 1 September 2009 when a very nice lady came to speak to me at the Express Inn, Kew Bridge. If I had then been asked what I would most like to find I would have almost certainly replied a lieutenant’s uniform pre-1825 pattern, and preferably one which belonged to a Trafalgar veteran, as none were known to exist. ![]() If a few years ago I had been an expert on the Antiques Roadshow and had been asked what important naval item I came across most often, I would probably have said the Naval General Service Medal 1847. Peter Warwick describes the Club’s remarkable discovery of a unique set of artefacts from the early 18th century.
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