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[7] The song was seized upon by the Jacobites, who altered Thomson's words to a pro-Jacobite version. [ 8 ] According to Armitage [ 9 ] "Rule, Britannia" was the most lasting expression of the conception of Britain and the British Empire that emerged in the 1730s, "predicated on a mixture of adulterated mercantilism, nationalistic anxiety and ...
HMHS Britannic (originally to be the RMS Britannic) (/ b r ɪ ˈ t æ n ɪ k /) was the third and final vessel of the White Star Line's Olympic class of steamships and the second White Star ship to bear the name Britannic. She was the youngest sister of the RMS Olympic and the RMS Titanic and was intended to enter service as a transatlantic ...
286–293), ruler of the Roman Britannic Empire, showing Britannia (left) welcoming the emperor with the words veni expectate (lit. ' Come, O expected one ' ) [ 8 ] The first writer to use a form of the name was the Greek explorer and geographer Pytheas in the 4th century BC.
Pages in category "British patriotic songs" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abide with Me; B.
Sheffield Legends plaque in Cocker's home city of Sheffield, England. Cocker was born on 20 May 1944 at 38 Tasker Road, Crookes, Sheffield.He was the youngest son of a civil servant, Harold Norman Cocker (1907–2001), at the time of his son's birth serving as an aircraftman in the Royal Air Force, and Madge (née Lee). [5]
St Margaret's Anfield c.1910. Faulkes was a native of Liverpool, where he spent most of his working life.His early general education was under the aegis of his mother and older sister assisted by William Dawson, another Liverpool organist.
Owned and operated by Belmond, the same company as its Scottish sister train, The Britannic Explorer is the first luxury sleeper train to launch with extended itineraries from London to the iconic ...
"National Anthem of the Ancient Britons", also known as "Woad" or "The Woad Ode", is a humorous song, set to the tune of "Men of Harlech". It first became popular in the 1920s as a song in the British Boy Scouts [1] and appeared in The Hackney Scout Song Book (Stacy & Son Ltd, 1921).