Who used the term "band of brothers" originally from Shakespeare's play about the King of England, in reference to his captains at the Battle of the Nile?
Nelson's band of brothers "Band of brothers" was a phrase used by Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson to refer to the captains under his command just before and at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. The phrase, taken from Shakespeare's St Crispin's Day Speech of "Henry V", later came to be more generally applied to his relationship with the captains and men under his command, such as at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Sirrah Sirrah is an archaic term used to address inferiors, sometimes as an expression of contempt (but not as familiar). The term appears in several Shakespeare plays, such as" Julius Caesar" and "Antony and Cleopatra". It is related to "Sir", even though the social connotation of its use are opposed.