John Richards Lapenotière
Captain John Richards Lapenotière was a British Royal Navy officer who, as a lieutenant commanding the tiny topsail schooner HMS Pickle, observed the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, participated in the rescue operations which followed it and then carried the dispatches of the victory and the death of Admiral Nelson to Britain.
A Miniature believed to depict John Richards Lapenotière
Pickle replica, at Portsmouth 2005.
The Trafalgar Way - How Lapenotiere carried the news from Falmouth to London
Liskeard is an ancient stannary and market town in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Plymouth, 14 miles (23 km) west of the Devon border, and 12 miles (20 km) east of Bodmin. The Bodmin Moor lies to the north-west of the town. The total population of the town at the 2011 census was 11,366
Liskeard Guildhall (2001)
Castle Park, where Liskeard Castle once stood
The Fountain Hotel
Liskeard and District in the 1920s