The Speech to the Troops at Tilbury was delivered on 9 August Old Style 1588 by Queen Elizabeth I of England to the land forces earlier assembled at Tilbury in Essex in preparation for repelling the e
Illustration of Elizabeth delivering the speech
The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth made to commemorate the Spanish Armada's defeat
West Tilbury
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West Tilbury is a village in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. It stands on a 30-metre high ridge of land overlooking the River Thames. It lies 1.5 miles north-east of Tilbury, its post town.
Speech to the Troops at Tilbury
…Troops at Tilbury was delivered on 9 August Old Style (19 August New Style) 1588 by Queen Elizabeth I of England to the land forces earlier assembled at Tilbury in Essex in preparation for repelling the expected invasion by the Spanish Armada. Before the speech the Armada had been driven from the Strait of Dover…
Former parish church of St James, now a house