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The guest speaker, introduced by Jenny Spivey, a
nationally elected member of the NCW Management Committee, was Commander
John Lennon, who had thirty-nine years experience with the Royal Navy
including a period as NATO Head of Communications.
Commander Lennon gave an interesting insight into the life of Admiral Nelson.
At only nineteen years of age he became a Lieutenant and at twenty
was promoted to Captain. Apart
from the injuries he suffered – losing an arm and the sight of an eye –
he also suffered from several diseases such as malaria and yellow fever but,
nevertheless, won a string of medals.
Nelson was much loved by his sailors – he inspired them, always
leading from the front. Commander
Lennon commented that Nelson had traits to which he knew NCW members aspired
– integrity and a determination to see things through to the end.
In warmly thanking Commander Lennon for the tantalizing
picture he had painted, Daphne Glick referred to the recently published new
biography of Nelson, which adds to the thousand or so books already
published about him.
The Master of Ceremonies at the dinner was Barbara Davison.
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