The Trafalgar Way - Canada House

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Reference WMO/262634

Address:

Canada House

Trafalgar Square

London

SW1Y 5BJ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Revolutionary/Napoleonic (1792-1815)
About the memorial: The Trafalgar Way was the route taken to carry news of the Battle of Trafalgar from Falmouth to the Admiralty in London. To commemorate the bicentenary in 2005, this series of plaques were erected along the route. The Canada House plaque was added to the series in November 2012. A rectangular plaque , the longer axis vertical , coated in dark blue enamel with the lettering in white .A border of rope round the outside edge . At top left an outline depiction of a small sailing ship and at top right a four wheeled carriage , the horses not shown . Then the main body of the commemoration below which is an outline map of southern England with the route from Falmouth to London marked with a red line and the names of the way stations shown in capital letters . At the base below the map is the last part of the commemoration. The plaque is outside the High Commission.
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THE/TRAFALGAR WAY /AT CANADA HOUSE/On Monday 21st October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated a combined /French and Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar on the south coast of Spain/The victory permanently removed the threat of invasion of England/by the armies of Napoleon Bonaparte/The first official despatches with the momentous news of the victory, and the /death in action of Vice Admiral Lord Nelson , were carried to England/on board H M Schooner PICKLE by her captain/Lieutenant John Richards Lapenotiere /Lapenotiere landed at Falmouth on Monday 4th November 1805 and set/out by post chaise for London, covering the 271 miles in 37 hours./He drove past this point shortly before one in the morning of/Wednesday 6th and turned down Whitehall to reach the/Admiralty where he delivered the despatches to/the Secretary to the Board with the words,//"Sir, we have won a great victory, but we have lost Lord Nelson."//The route which Lapenotiere followed from Falmouth to London is now/known as The Trafalgar Way: it is marked by bronze plaques at the/21 stages where he is known to have changed horses,/and at a number of intermediate points.//Unveiled by His Excellency Gordon Campbell, OBC, High Commissioner for/Canada, on 6 November 2012 to honour the men from territories that/became constituted in the Dominion of Canada who fought/ for in the British Fleet at Trafalgar/ (the names of the way stations on the map are as follows FALMOUTH TRURO , FRADDON , BODMIN, LAUNCESTON , OKEHAMPTON , EXETER , CROCKERWELL .HONITON , AXMINSTER , BRIDPORT , DORCHESTER , BLANDFORD FORUM , WOODYATES , SALISBURY , ANDOVER , OVERTON , BASINGSTOKE , HARTFORDBRIDGE , BAGSHOT , STAINES , HOUNSLOW , LONDON , ADMIRALTY)

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