The company that laid the first part of the cable took the name of Falmouth, Gibraltar and Malta Telegraph Company and had been founded in 1869.

This company later operated as the Eastern Telegraph Company from Mount Pleasant in Gibraltar and eventually became Cable & Wireless.

International circuits were provided by Cable & Wireless, present in Gibraltar since 1870 as the Falmouth, Malta, Gibraltar Telegraph Company.

Together, the three sites are illustrative of the evolution of the fur trade in Western Canada, from exploration and expansion westward ( Fort Rouge, established in 1738 by the French ), to the dominance of the North West Company ( Fort Gibraltar, established in 1807 ) and finally the ascendancy of the Hudson ’ s Bay Company ( Fort Garry ).

In 1782, a Soldier Artificer Company was established for service in Gibraltar, and this was the first instance of non-commissioned military engineers.

In 1869, Pender founded the Falmouth, Malta, Gibraltar Telegraph Company and the British Indian Submarine Telegraph Company, which connected the Anglo-Mediterranean cable ( linking Malta to Alexandria using a cable manufactured by one of Pender's companies ) to Britain and India, respectively.

* The North West Company builds Fort Gibraltar.

Between 1861 and 1864 Durnford commanded No. 27 Field Company, Royal Engineers, at Gibraltar.

Finally making it to Gibraltar, Jack and Stephen take passage aboard a British East India Company ship.

In 1960, a Central Intelligence Agency cover called Gibraltar Steamship Company ( which didn't own any steamships and whose president was Cabot ) owned and established Radio Swan on Swan Island, a covert black operation to win supporters for U. S. policies and discredit Fidel Castro.

The single track railway between Ronda and Algeciras was built between 1890 and 1892 by the Gibraltar Railway Company.

In 1960, a Central Intelligence Agency cover called Gibraltar Steamship Company ( which didn't own any steamships and whose president was Thomas Dudley Cabot ) owned and established Radio Swan on Swan Island, a covert black operation to win supporters for U. S. policies and discredit Fidel Castro.

The statue of the soldier outside the Cathedral is a gift from the Corps of the Royal Engineers to Commemorate the formation in Gibraltar of the Company of Soldier Artificers in 1772, which later became the Royal Engineers in 1856.

Born in 1798 in Cape Town, South Africa, he was raised in Devon and the Scottish Borders, served in the Royal Artillery from 1814, in Ireland, Canada ( where he met his wife Louisa and was married at Kingston ) in Gibraltar, including being part of a diplomatic visit to Marrakech in 1829-30, and at the Royal Artillery Academy at Woolwich where he taught as Master of Line Drawing, before being approached to assist the Wakefield's New Zealand Company in 1839.

Lilt is a brand of soft drink manufactured by The Coca Cola Company and sold in the Seychelles, United Kingdom, Gibraltar and Republic of Ireland only.

It was in the immediate vicinity ( down river ) of the North West Company establishment, Fort Gibraltar.

Regulars and inhabitants of Sotogrande include Peter Caruana, former Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Tony Blair, Emilio Botín, Ana Rosa Quintana, Royal Shakespeare Company actor Mike Gwilym, as well as HRH Prince Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou, the legitimist pretender to the throne of France.

Thompson is responsible for some enduring brand images in popular culture, like the Rock of Gibraltar used for the Prudential Insurance Company.

The opposing coast, which is roughly parallel to the east coast, runs from Gibraltar Point to the mouth of the River Welland, all within Lincolnshire.

The Azores-Gibraltar Transform Fault which marks the boundary between the African ( Nubian ) and the Eurasian continental plates runs westward from Gibraltar into the Atlantic.

Each team consisted of one pilot for Atlantic runs ( or two pilots for voyages to Russia, Gibraltar or the Mediterranean Sea ) with one fitter, one rigger, one radio-telephone operator, one FDO and a seaman torpedoman who worked on the catapult as an electrician.

Between Glen Innes and Grafton, the Gwydir Highway runs between the Gibraltar Range and Washpool National Parks.

M-85 runs north from this interchange to Gibraltar Road as a full freeway ; north of that intersection the highway becomes a boulevard.

The highway runs northeasterly through Gibraltar to Trenton, where it turns due north.

Anurag now lives in Gibraltar where he runs The Kusuma Trust ( Gibraltar ), a charitable trust which was founded by Anurag and his wife.

Three decades earlier, in 1920, the Gibraltar Dam was built and blocked access to spawning in the upper watershed, so early twentieth century steelhead runs were likely much higher still.

Papua New Guinea obliterated Gibraltar by the little matter of 369 runs, amassing a Trophy record 455 / 9 ( B Harry 127, Charles Amini 97, Api Leka 69, Renagi Ila 60 not out ).

There are five bus routes in Gibraltar ( numbered one to five ) and buses run to most areas of the territory apart from the Upper Rock, which is a nature reserve.

Nevertheless, there are many instances where refinery operations are close to populated areas and pose health risks such as in the Campo de Gibraltar, a CEPSA refinery near the towns of Gibraltar, Algeciras, La Linea, San Roque and Los Barrios with a combined population of over 300, 000 residents within a radius and the CEPSA refinery in Santa Cruz on the island of Tenerife, Spain which is sited in a densely populated city center and next to the only two major evacuation routes in and out of the city.

A German military presence or naval base in Morocco could threaten the nearby British naval base at Gibraltar, or important trade routes through the Mediterranean.

Here, the Italian Fleet posed a threat to the vitally important French sea routes from metropolitan France to North Africa and to the British sea routes between Gibraltar and the Suez Canal.

The Battle of Salado in 1340 resulted in the opening of maritime trade between southern and northern Europe through the Strait of Gibraltar and a growing presence of Italian and Flemish merchants in Seville, who were key to the inclusion of the southern routes of the Crown of Castile in that commerce.

During the period January 1, 1980, to December 31, 1996, spending a total time of three months or more in the Channel Islands, England, the Falkland Islands, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales precludes individuals from donating.

Gibraltar then had about 1, 500 inhabitants.

A brigade of Dutch Royal Marines and Royal Marines, 1, 800 strong, under the command of Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, chief commander of the Alliance Army in Spain, began to besiege Gibraltar, in the name of the Archduke Charles.

* 1721 1 June – George I sent a letter to Philip V promising " to make use of the first favourable Opportunity to regulate this Article ( the Demand touching the Restitution of Gibraltar ), with the Consent of my Parliament ".

* 1940 4 July – French bombers, based in French Morocco, carried out a retaliatory air raid over Gibraltar as a reprisal for the destruction of the French fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria, by the Force H ( about 1, 300 French sailors were killed and about 350 were wounded in the action against the French fleet ).

By the end of 1968 there were at least 1, 300 Moroccan workers resident in Gibraltar and this more than doubled following the final closure of the frontier with Spain in June 1969.

On 1 January 1988, British Telecom ( BT ) and the Government of Gibraltar formed a joint venture company called Gibraltar Telecommunications International Ltd ( known by its commercial brand Gibtel ) to operate Gibraltar's international telecommunications services.

The name Gibtelecom begun to be used in July 2002, and as of 1 October 2003 this name was formally adopted by the company ( which up until then was still Gibraltar Nynex Communications ).

The company ’ s GBP £ 1. 5 million deal with Ericsson was heralded as “ opening up a new era for mobile telephony in Gibraltar ”.

Under the command of Commodore Richard Dale the squadron sailed into the Mediterranean on July 1 where it stopped at Gibraltar for supplies and information.

* March 1 – The HMS Sussex treasure fleet of thirteen ships is wrecked in the Mediterranean off Gibraltar with the loss of approximately 1, 200 lives.

After much negotiation, and following a change in the French Presidency, Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom ( with Gibraltar ) eventually joined the European Communities on 1 January 1973.

Don José de Córdoba and the Spanish fleet left Cartagena on 1 February and might have reached Cádiz safely but for a fierce Levanter, the easterly wind, blowing between Gibraltar and Cádiz, which pushed the Spanish fleet further out into the Atlantic than intended.

The county's highest point is Gibraltar Rock at 1, 247 feet above sea level.

Moore took command of the British forces in the Iberian peninsula following the recall of Harry Burrard of Lymington ( 1 June 1755 – 17 October 1813 ), Hew Dalrymple ( 1750 – 1830 ), Governor of Gibraltar from November 1806 to August 1808, and Arthur Wellesley ( 1769 – 1852 ), later Duke of Wellington, who all faced an inquiry over the Convention of Cintra on the French troops ' evacuation from Portugal.

On his return voyage he suffered from an attack of illness at Malta, and died at sea off Gibraltar on the morning of 1 June 1841.

A weekly Dakota service from Northolt to Madrid and Gibraltar was launched on 1 March 1946.

Under his leadership, the Gibraltar Social Democrats were beaten in the general election of December 2011 by their rival party, the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party, who won said election by 1. 2 %.

Just three successfully escaped, 1 to Gibraltar, and 2 to Sweden.

Options for Change in 1990 reduced the RNR by 1, 200 and closed many training centres, including HMS Calpe ( Gibraltar ), ( Southampton ) and HMS Graham ( Glasgow ).

To reach Gibraltar, it was necessary to take off from Istres, in Southern France, and then fly for a total of 2, 700 km ( 1, 680 mi ).