Subjects

History

in The Copy Book

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Winston Churchill’s Final Journey

The heroic and charismatic statesman’s last journey was replete with echoes of his extraordinary life.

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Captain Moorsom’s ‘Revenge’

The Whitby man held his nerve to keep five enemy ships busy at Trafalgar, and subsequently led Nelson’s funeral procession.

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King Henry II

The great-grandson of William the Conqueror, whose knights assassinated Thomas Becket and whose family harried him to an early grave.

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The Love of the Lindseys

Young Montague Bertie, Lord Willougby, tended his dying father behind enemy lines.

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The Martyrdom of St Stephen

Stephen was the first person to lose his life because he was a follower of Jesus Christ.

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The Geordie Lamp

The engineer put his own life on the line for the safety of his fellow-workers in the coal industry.