Publications

The life size wax model of Nelson by Catherine Andras in 1806 now on display in Westminster Abbey.

THE NELSON DISPATCH

JOURNAL OF THE NELSON SOCIETY

The Nelson Dispatch is the quarterly journal of The Nelson Society and is distributed free to members. The production of this journal is the responsibility of the Editor and is the principal vehicle of communication between members. Reports on all aspects of Society activities and forthcoming events are included. Articles from many sources are published and there is always new material surfacing from a worldwide membership. The Nelson Dispatch includes query and correspondence columns which provide both stimulus and, generally, answers. A colour centrefold of a Nelson related scene is included in each issue and unfolded copies are available to collectors. The Sales List of items marketed by the Society is continually updated.

Dr James Beresford, Editor,The Nelson Dispatch

Publication dates: 1st. January: 1st April: 1st. July: 1st. October Articles, letters etc. should arrive one month before publication.

Tombs, Memorials and Graves: We are always anxious to hear about the last resting places of officers, sailors and marines who fought under Nelson's command. There are many thousands of such clues hidden away in churches and graveyards all over Britain and Europe. If you stumble across one - please let us know.

Annual membership of The Nelson Society includes a free copy of The Nelson Dispatch, published quarterly, and currently distributed to 22 countries world-wide.

THE NELSON SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS

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Current Publications

HMS Vanguard at The Nile

By Eric Tushingham, John Morewood & Derek Hayes
Price £7.50
A Nelson Society Publication

To mark the bi-centenary of the Battle of the Nile, 1st. August 1798, which took place at Aboukir Bay off Egypt the Nelson Society has produced a detailed account of the action. The book includes a commentary on the events leading up to the battle, the battle itself and the aftermath and it's significance to the Napoleonic War.
In this book we include a full Muster List of the crew of HMS Vanguard, Nelson's flagship, together with personal histories of some of those men. On the 1st. August 1998 The Nelson Society launched the book at the Royal Naval Museum in Portsmouth Dockyard in the shadow of Nelson's last and most famous flagship, HMS Victory.