In the weeks running up to the battle of Trafalgar, Nelson references those who served under him at the battle of the Nile as a band of brothers. How commonplace was such a chill relationship between those in charge and those who served in British life in the very early 1800s?
I've written about Nelson at Trafalgar before:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3ebdk5/how_did_nelsons_tactics_work_at_trafalgar/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3jh7og/why_was_horatio_nelson_able_to_succeed_so/
Let me know if that satisfies your question, or if you have follow ups!