Nelson’s message via flag signal – “England Expects Every Man Will Do His D U T Y” above, from the The Boy’s Own Paper, 1885, employing the flags as shown in the 1804 copy of the Signal-Book, revised in manuscript and by re-pasting flag images, that was on board HMS VICTORY at Trafalgar.
Wills cigarette card adding the third word “that” and employing the strict 1799 Signal-Book for the Ships of War.
Some cunt’s ‘probable’ reproduction of the signal
(1) With the possible exception of the message sent April 14, 1912: “CQD SOS CQD SOS WE’RE FUCKED”
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