Menorca

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Port Mahón in Menorca, Spain also has historical ties with Vice-Admiral Collingwood and staged its own commemorative event at the end of March 2010. The following article explains those links... COLLINGWOOD 2010 MENORCA - LORD COLLINGWOOD’S LINKS WITH THE ISLAND…
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Gallery – Newcastle Royal Grammar School Open Day (incorporating the Collingwood Legacy): 3rd July 2010

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Gallery – Menorca 26th – 31st March 2010

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Gallery – Commemorative event, Collingwood Monument, Tynemouth, 7th March 2010

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Gallery – Service of Commemoration, the Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, 7th March 2010

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All images in this gallery (c) Neil Wasp i2i Photography
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Gallery – Naval Parade through Newcastle City Centre, 7th March 2010

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Gallery – The 1805 Club, 5th and 6th March

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All images in this gallery are courtesy of Stephen Howarth, The 1805 Club
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Toast the Admiral!!

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At 1200 midday on 21st October 1805, the opening salvo was fired in the Battle of Trafalgar as Vice-Admiral Collingwood’s Royal Sovereign came within range of the French ship Fougeaux.  At 1200 midday on Trafalgar Day 2010, some 400 hardy souls who had…

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A new Trafalgar memorial….

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Wednesday 15th September 2010:  Sunderland With the possible exception of the “new towns” constructed since the Second World War, it is unusual to find a town or village in the United Kingdom which does not have a memorial to those…

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Newcastle Royal Grammar School Open Day (incorporating the Collingwood legacy): 3rd July 2010

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The Newcastle upon Tyne Royal Grammar School numbers one Cuthbert Collingwood amongst its previous students, albeit at earlier premises within in the City. The Festival was therefore delighted when the Headmaster, Dr. Bernard Trafford announced that the school would be…
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