Trafalgar Day — Celebrating the Royal Navy’s Greatest Victory
Today, 21 October, is Trafalgar Day, the official celebration of the victory won by the Royal Navy, commanded by Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson over the combined French and Spanish fleets in 1805.
In the days before anti-patriotism was made the norm by successive Tory and Labour Party regimes, Trafalgar Day used to be celebrated with parades, dinners and other events. Nowadays, its significance is deliberately downplayed and our history and heritage are disregarded and dismissed in favour of multiculturalism and white guilt.
During the Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson raised the now immortal signal to his fleet: “England expects that every man will do his duty.” And do their duty they did. Through Nelson’s bold battle tactics and the courage of his men, the French and Spanish fleet was destroyed. Not one of Nelson’s fleet was lost; and the enemy lost 22 ships.
The stunning victory would see Napoleon’s dream of invading England scuppered forever and Britain’s world naval authority assured. But it came at a terrible cost. At about 1.15pm, whilst walking on the deck of Victory, Nelson was hit by a sniper bullet which went through his left shoulder, cut an artery in his lung and lodged in his spine. He was taken below decks, pausing to give advice to a midshipman.
The wound was clearly fatal and Nelson’s shipmates tried to make their leader’s last hours as comfortable as possible. At 3.30pm, Captain John Hardy came below to tell Nelson that they had secured a monumental victory. Hardy knelt to kiss Nelson on his cheek at his admiral’s request whilst Nelson continuously muttered his motto, “Thank God I have done my duty.” At around 4.30pm, Nelson finally passed away.
To call Nelson a British hero is to engage in understatement on a massive scale. Nelson was made of the same stock as us. If we use Nelson as our template, and do our duty as Nelson did his, then perhaps we modern Britons will have enough courage collectively to face our own Napoleons which threaten Britain’s existence today.
* Although the Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) court case has resulted in a temporary freeze in membership applications, BNP supporters can still join the exclusive Trafalgar Club to express their support for the party.
The Trafalgar Club is a fundraising body and membership does not mean joining the BNP. Members of the TC receive exclusive gifts for their contributions and are invited to attend fundraising dinners hosted by Nick Griffin and his wife.
Any person interested in finding out more about the TC can fill in the form below.
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