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Thursday 10th July 2025:  7.30 pm at the Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House Speaker:  Philip K. Allan The Peninsular War (1808 – 1814) was the most protracted campaign of the whole Napoleonic period, and played a decisive role in the…

Thursday 22nd May 2025:  7.30 pm:  The Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House A now regular speaker from the Society’s ranks, George Cansino this time tackles the 1798 ‘Battle of the Nile’, one of the major naval conflicts prior to Trafalgar. …

Thursday 10th April 2025:  7.30pm:  The Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House Society member Pauline Piddington gives her first talk to the Society, choosing as her subject a selection of Napoleon’s Admirals, several of which faced Collingwood during the epic sea…

in association with, and with grateful thanks to the Newcastle upon Tyne Royal Grammar School. COLLINGWOOD’S NEWCASTLE:  The Miller Theatre, Royal Grammar School: 7.30pm Thursday 6th March 2025. The Collingwood Society has enjoyed an association with, and the generous support…

Tuesday 18th February 2025:   2.00pm at The Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House Professor George Bruce.  ’74’s were found in all the major navies of the Georgian Era.  The ubiquitous, long-lived and much-copied class of warship is examined in this talk, the first…

Thursday 23rd January 2025:   2.00pm at the Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House A highlight of any visit to Gibraltar, the Trafalgar Cemetery is not what it seems, or is commonly assumed to be the case.  Society Chairman, Capt. Stephen Healy,  opens…

Thursday 9th November 2023:  6.45 pm:  The Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House: The Society’s 2023 Annual General Meeting will take place before the evening’s regular talk.  All welcome, but only paid-up members may vote.  There will be a short break…

Thursday 9th November 2023:  7.30 pm     The Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House: Nick Johnson BA (Hons) MArborA will tonight give us an unusual take on history, but the topic is nevertheless critically aligned to the Georgian Navy and their…

Please note the following late adjustments to the Trafalgar Day events, as previously advertised. MORPETH:  Previously listed as the short annual service on Saturday 21st October  11.45 at the Town Hall, Morpeth.    This has now been moved to 11.40…