Homage to all Heroes: Battle of Copenhagen 1801

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Reference WMO/183350

Address:

South side of car park

Adjacent to Nelson Museum

South Quay (A1245)

Great Yarmouth

NR30 2RG

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Revolutionary/Napoleonic (1792-1815)
About the memorial: Modern memorial, possibly including the adjacent garden. Wall mounted rectangular metal plaque attached to a rectangular wooden backboard. Plaque has single slim black line around all sides. Title is in bold black lettering at top centre and is followed by memorial dedication in lighter black lettering beneath which occupies upper half of plaque. The bottom half is occupied by title in bold lettering and identical dedication to upper half but in the Danish language.
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Homage to all Heroes: Copenhagen 1801/ This memorial commemorates all those who fought at the first Battle of Copenhagen on 2 April 1801./ It especially honours the magnanimity of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, who addressed his message of/ truce 'To the Brothers of Englishmen, the Danes', and the gallantry of the Danes, epitomized by the/ courage of 17-year-old Lieutenant Peter Willemoes./ This plaque was unveiled on 31 March 2007 and was the first in the United Kingdom to commemorate/ and honour the participants in the Battle of Copenhagen of 1801. The British fleet sailed to the Baltic/ from Great Yarmouth and returned here after the battle./ Hyldest til alle Helte: Kobenhaven 1801/ Dette mindesmaerke er til minde om alle, der kaempede i Slaget pa Reden den 2 april 1801./ Den haedrer isaer admiral Lorf Horatio Nelson aedelmodighed, der rettede sin meddelelse om/ vabenhvile 'Til Englaendernes Brode, Danskerne', samt danskernes tapperhed, symboliseret ved den/ 17-arige lojtnant Peter Willemoes heltemod./ Denne mindepade blev afsloret den 31. marts 2007 og er den forste i Storbritannien der mindes og/ haedrer de tapre sjaele ved Slaget pa Reden i 1801. Den britiske flade sejlede til Osteroen/ fra Great Yarmouth og vendte tilbage hertil efter slaget.

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