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Emotional tribute to sailors who helped Nelson rout the FrenchBy Inigo Gilmore in Alexandria (Filed: 19/04/2005) The remains of sailors who died in Nelson's daring Nile campaign were reburied yesterday, just a few miles from where they died two centuries earlier. As the sound of Last Post drifted across the Commonwealth war cemetery in Alexandria, five simple wooden coffins, draped in Union flags, were carried to their final resting place by Royal Navy sailors in crisp, white uniforms. The coffins were lowered into the graves and three volleys of gunfire provided a final salute. The ceremony closed an extraordinary story...