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Michael John Fitzmaurice [SEP] conflict | Michael John Fitzmaurice
Michael John Fitzmaurice (born March 9, 1950) is a former United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.
Biography.
Fitzmaurice joined the Army from his birth city of Jamestown, North Dakota, a... | Michael D. Ward
Michael Don Ward (born August 24, 1948) is an American political scientist and academic. He is professor emeritus of political science at Duke University, an affiliate of the Duke Network Analysis Center, and the principal investigator at Ward Lab, a website that creates conflict predictions using Bayes... | 8,500 | zeroshot-train |
Michel Ney [SEP] conflict | Michel Ney
Marshal of the Empire Michel Ney (), 1st Duke of Elchingen, 1st Prince of the Moskva (10 January 1769 – 7 December 1815), popularly known as Marshal Ney, was a French soldier and military commander of German origin who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the origina... | of Independence, the war that led to the French invasion in May 1808. Early on, the residents of Siero participated in the conflict brought on by the Spanish War of Independence. In December 1808, the Siero Regiment was established, including 27 officers and 585 soldiers. In the days beginning on March 19, 1809, Marsha... | 8,501 | zeroshot-train |
Miguel Ezquerra [SEP] conflict | Miguel Ezquerra
Miguel Ezquerra Sanchez (January 10, 1913 – October 29, 1984) was a Spanish Falangist, soldier and volunteer member of the Waffen-SS. He fought in the Spanish Civil War and in the Second World War, in a battalion of the Spanish Blue Division or 250. Infanterie-Division as it was known in the German Army... | Spanish Fascists, who were among the last defenders of the bunker of Adolf Hitler. The so-called "Ezquerra Unit" was tiny, made up of 37 Spaniards. He was briefly captured by Soviet troops but was released and after various misadventures across Western Europe, where he passed himself off as an Argentine citizen, Ezquer... | 8,502 | zeroshot-train |
Moisis Michail Bourlas [SEP] conflict | Moisis Michail Bourlas
Moisis Michail Bourlas (; May 9, 1918 – March 17, 2011) was a Greek Jewish member of the World War II resistance.
Biography.
He was born Moisis Bourlas on May 9, 1918 in Cairo. His parents were both Greek Jews; his father from the city of Volos and his mother from the island of Khios. Moisis was ... | financial aid, where he started a new struggle to survive and regain his Greek citizenship that he had lost when he emigrated to Israel. Bourlas eventually succeeded to regain his citizenship in 1999. In 2000, he published his autobiography ""Greek, Jew and Left"" (Greek: Έλληνας, Εβραίος και Αριστερός) under the name ... | 8,503 | zeroshot-train |
Neboulos [SEP] conflict | Neboulos
Neboulos () was a South Slavic or Bulgar military commander in the service of the Byzantine emperor Justinian II (r. 685–695 and 705–711), who defected with many of his men to the Arabs during the crucial Battle of Sebastopolis.
In 688/9, Justinian II forcibly transplanted Slavic populations from the Balkans a... | Neboulos, who already held the rank of "skribon" and possibly served in the imperial guard, was placed as their commander ("archon"). Neboulos's own origin is disputed between scholars, with some suggesting a Bulgar origin and others a South Slavic one. According to the account of Patriarch Nikephoros, he was chosen fr... | 8,504 | zeroshot-train |
Norman von Heldreich Farquhar [SEP] conflict | Norman von Heldreich Farquhar
Rear Admiral Norman von Heldreich Farquhar (11 April 1840 – 3 July 1907) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He is best known for commanding a naval squadron which was wrecked with three German warships at Apia, Samoa in 1889.
Biography.
After graduating... | USS Farquhar (DE-139)
USS "Farquhar" (DE-139) was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.
She was named in honor of Rear Admiral Norman von Heldreich Far... | 8,505 | zeroshot-train |
Otto Fruhner [SEP] conflict | Otto Fruhner
Generalmajor Otto Fruhner (6 September 1893 – 19 June 1965) MMC, IC, was a German World War I flying ace credited with 27 victories. He was one of the first aviators to parachute from a stricken aircraft.
Beginning as an enlisted mechanic in late 1914, Fruhner rose into the officer's ranks. He was eligible... | , Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross, scored over half of his 44 victories while commanding Jasta 26.
- The squadron's other winner of the "Blue Max" was Walter Blume, who also rated an Iron Cross.
- Otto Fruhner, leading ace of the Jasta with 27 wins, won the enlisted man's equivalent of the Blue Max, the M... | 8,506 | zeroshot-train |
Otto Steinbrinck [SEP] conflict | Otto Steinbrinck
Otto Steinbrinck (19 December 1888, Lippstadt – 16 August 1949, Landsberg am Lech) was a highly decorated World War I Naval Officer and German industrialist, who was later indicted and found guilty in the Nuremberg Flick Trial.
Having had a very successful career as a U-Boat Commander in World War I, d... | . Otto Schimek
782. Otto Schmirgal
783. Otto Schulz (admiral)
784. Otto Skorzeny
785. Otto Steinbrinck
786. Otto Strasser
787. Otto Telschow
788. Otto Tief
789. Otto Ville Kuusinen
790. Otto von Bülow
791. Otto von Knobelsdorff
792. Otto von Lossow
793. Otto von Porat
794. Otto von Stülpnagel
795. Otto Wöhler
796. Otto... | 8,507 | zeroshot-train |
Paul G. Baker [SEP] conflict | the aircraft carrier , he was appointed Lieutenant, junior grade, for temporary service.
During the Battle of the Coral Sea, Baker downed three Japanese planes and badly damaged a fourth in the engagements on 7 May 1942, but failed to return from his last mission.
Awards.
Bakers heroism and devotion to duty at Coral Se... | de Petrocellis L, Pryce G, Baker D, Guglielmotti V, Di Marzo V. (2006) Immunohistochemical localization of cannabinoid type 1 and vanilloid transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 receptors in the mouse brain. Neuroscience. Apr 5; In Press.
- Hajos N, Freund TF. (2002) Pharmacological separation of cannabinoid se... | 8,508 | zeroshot-train |
Paul Jones Semmes [SEP] conflict | Paul Jones Semmes
Paul Jones Semmes (June 4, 1815 – July 10, 1863) was a banker, businessman, and a Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War, mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Early life.
Semmes was born at Montford's Plantation in Wilkes County, Georgia. He was a cousin of future Confederate... | Army. His appointment, or arrangement to act, as a temporary brigadier general from April 5 to April 26, 1865, was never submitted to or officially confirmed by the Confederate Senate.
Early life and education.
Semmes was born in Charles County, Maryland on Tayloe's Neck, a cousin of future Confederate general Paul Jon... | 8,509 | zeroshot-train |
Peter Worthington [SEP] conflict | .
In 1996 Worthington was inducted into the Canadian News Hall of Fame.
Early life.
Born in Winnipeg, Worthington was son of Major General F. F. Worthington, Peter Worthington was a veteran of both the Second World War and the Korean War. He joined the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR) in 1944, at the age o... | between evacuees who were long-term residents of Lebanon and those who were not and on how many of the long-term residents had returned to Lebanon immediately after acquiring their Canadian citizenship.
Coining of the term.
Although the term was used by others (such as Peter Worthington of the "Toronto Sun") earlier du... | 8,510 | zeroshot-train |
Philippe de Culant [SEP] conflict | Philippe de Culant
Philippe de Culant (1413 – December 1454) was a French nobleman and soldier of the Hundred Years' War.
He was a nephew of Louis de Culant, Admiral of France, and the brother of Charles de Culant, and related to Jean de Brosse by marriage. The "de Culant" family took their name from the village of Cul... | Louis de Culant
Admiral Louis de Culant (or Culan) (1360–1444) was a French nobleman and Admiral of France. He held the titles of Baron of Châteauneuf-sur-Cher, Lord of Culant and Ainay-le-Vieil. As Lord of Culant, the Château de Culan, a medieval fortress built in the 12th-15th centuries, which overlooks the valley of... | 8,511 | zeroshot-train |
Pierre Pendaries [SEP] conflict | Pierre Pendaries
Sous Lieutenant Pierre Pendaries (born 21 June 1894, date of death unknown) was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.
List of aerial victories.
See also Aerial victory standards of World War I
Confirmed victories are numbered and listed chronologically. Unconfirmed victories ar... | - Alexandre Marty
- Xavier Moissinac
- Pierre Pendaries
- Paul Petit
- Jean C. Romatet
- Paul Santelli
- Victor Sayaret
- Gabriel Thomas
- Marie Vitalis
- Joseph Vuillemin
- Eugène Weismann
6 victories.
- Albert Chabrier
- Louis Coudouret
- Jules Covin
- François de Boigne
- Joseph De Bonnefoy
- Lionel de Marmier
- And... | 8,512 | zeroshot-train |
Pierre Pouyade [SEP] conflict | Pierre Pouyade
Pierre Pouyade (25 June 1911 – 5 September 1979) was a French Air Force general, World War II flying ace, and a commander of the Normandie-Niemen squadron. By the end of the War he had scored eight solo victories and two group victories, all but one on the Eastern Front.
Biography.
Biography Early life.
... | post for Var. Pouyade chaired the Franco-Soviet Friendship Association and was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize by the Soviet government during 1976. He died from cancer in 1979 and his ashes were scattered off the coast of Toulon.
External links.
- Pierre Pouyade on Pobeda.by. | 8,513 | zeroshot-train |
Pietro Maletti [SEP] conflict | Pietro Maletti
Pietro Maletti (24 May 1880 – 9 December 1940) was an Italian General who participated in World War I, the subjugation of Italian North Africa, the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, and World War II. He was killed in action during the early stages of the North Africa Campaign.
Early life.
Pietro Maletti was b... | Maletti
Maletti is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Fernando Carlos Maletti (born 1949), Argentine Roman Catholic bishop
- Pietro Maletti (1880–1940), Italian General | 8,514 | zeroshot-train |
Raup Miller [SEP] conflict | Raup Miller
Raup Miller served as California State Assemblyman for the 28th District and during World War II he served in the United States Coast Guard. | Hugh M. Raup
Hugh Miller Raup (February 4, 1901 – August 10, 1995) was an American botanist, ecologist and geographer working on natural history and natural resource management in diverse regions—from tropical and temperate to arctic.
Biography.
He was born in Springfield, Ohio to Gustavas Philip and Fanny Mitchell Rau... | 8,515 | zeroshot-train |
Richard D. Dunphy [SEP] conflict | Richard D. Dunphy
Richard D. Dunphy (December 12, 1841 – November 23, 1904) alias Richard D. Dumphy was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay.
Military service.
Born on December 12, 1841, i... | buried in Saint Vincent's Cemetery, Vallejo, California.
Dunphy's obituary in the November 24, 1904 San Francisco Call newspaper read:
Old Naval Hero Dies. - Richard D. Dunphy, one of the naval heroes of the Civil War, passed away at his home in this city yesterday morning. Dunphy served in Admiral Farragut's fleet dur... | 8,516 | zeroshot-train |
Richard Franchot [SEP] conflict | Richard Franchot
Richard Franchot (June 2, 1816 – November 23, 1875) was a U.S. Representative from New York and then an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was also an executive of two railroad companies, one before the war and another afterwards.
Biography.
Born in the town of Morris in Otsego... | former professional football player, son of Douglas Fowler and nephew of H. M. Fowler
- H. M. Fowler (1918–2014), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives 1972–86, known as "Mutt" Fowler, brother of Douglas Fowler and uncle of Jerry Fowler
The Franchots.
- Richard Franchot (1816–1875), U.S. Representative from ... | 8,517 | zeroshot-train |
Robert Heriot Barclay [SEP] conflict | Robert Heriot Barclay
Robert Heriot Barclay (18 September 1786 – 8 May 1837) was a British naval officer who was engaged in the Napoleonic Wars, and its North American counterpart, the War of 1812.
He was born at Cupar, Fife, Scotland, the son of the Rev. Peter Barclay DD & Margaret Dudingston. He entered the Royal Nav... | Robert Barclay (disambiguation)
Robert Barclay (1648–1690) was a Scottish Quaker writer and theologian.
Robert Barclay may also refer to:
- Sir Robert Barclay, 8th Baronet (1755–1839), MP for Newtown, Isle of Wight 1802–1807
- Robert Barclay (lieutenant-colonel) (1774–1811), officer in the British Army
- Robert Heriot ... | 8,518 | zeroshot-train |
Robert Latimer McCook [SEP] conflict | Robert Latimer McCook
Robert Latimer McCook (December 28, 1827 – August 6, 1862) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was killed by Confederate partisans in Alabama.
Birth and early years.
McCook was born in New Lisbon, Ohio, one of the famed Fighting McCooks. He studied law in the Steubenv... | McCook (surname)
McCook is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- John McCook (1945-present), actor
- Tommy McCook, Jamaican saxophonist
- "The Fighting McCooks"
- Daniel McCook (1798-1863), killed in action during US Civil War
- Robert Latimer McCook (1827-1862), US general, killed during US Civil War, ... | 8,519 | zeroshot-train |
Robert McDouall [SEP] conflict | Robert McDouall
Major-General Robert McDouall, CB (March, 1774 – 15 November 1848) was a Scottish-born officer in the British Army, who saw much action during the Napoleonic Wars and the Anglo-American War of 1812. He is best known for serving as the commandant of Fort Mackinac from 1814 until the end of the War of 181... | the Holland River. From here, the route entered Lake Simcoe and led to the head of Kempenfeldt Bay (Barrie) where Nine Mile Portage led to Willow Creek, the Nottawasaga River and Lake Huron. Lieutenant Colonel Robert McDouall reached Fort Mackinac via this route on 19 May 1814, to take charge of the post and the surrou... | 8,520 | zeroshot-train |
Robert Meier [SEP] conflict | of the infantry, having seen combat in France on the western front. Meier may also have been the last person to have met Kaiser Wilhelm II in person (i.e., as the Kaiser: he abdicated in 1918). He was also a Second World War veteran, spending some time as a prisoner of war in the Caucasus.
In October 2006, Robert Meier... | Robert Meier
Robert Meier (March 10, 1897 – January 29, 2007) was, at the age of 109, Germany's oldest living man, a combat-wounded veteran of the First World War and one of Germany's last surviving veterans of that war. Meier became Germany's oldest living man on March 2, 2005, when he was age 107, following the death... | 8,521 | zeroshot-train |
Roderick Sinclair, 19th Earl of Caithness [SEP] conflict | Roderick Sinclair, 19th Earl of Caithness
Brigadier James Roderick Sinclair, 19th Earl of Caithness, CBE, DSO (29 September 1906 – 1965) was a British Army officer during World War II and was also chief of Clan Sinclair.
He joined the Gordon Highlanders and rose to the rank of Brigadier and as such led his regiment (pa... | Sutherland Sinclair, 17th Earl of Caithness (1857–1914)
- Norman Macleod (Sinclair) Buchan, 18th Earl of Caithness (1862–1947)
- James Roderick Sinclair, 19th Earl of Caithness (1906–1965)
- Malcolm Ian Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness (born 1948) (elected to remain in the House of Lords in 1999)
The heir apparent is t... | 8,522 | zeroshot-train |
Roy Leitch [SEP] conflict | Roy Leitch
Roy Leitch (1882–1957) was a Canadian Rhodes scholar, professor, activist and soldier of the Serbian Campaign (World War I). He later fought in the Spanish Civil War, serving in the Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion. He self-published the newspaper "Storm" (1939–1957). He used his newspaper to expose corruption b... | in 1784.
David Leitch of Kilmardinny (near Glasgow) in Scotland Sep 11 A.D. 1753. At an early age he migrated to America with an older brother (Andrew) and settled at Richmond, Virginia. A brave and patriotic republican. While quite young he took part in the struggle for American independence as an aide de-camp to Gene... | 8,523 | zeroshot-train |
SCR-108 [SEP] conflict | SCR-108
The SCR-108 Radio Truck was a mobile Signal Corps Radio used by the United States Army during and after World War I for short range air-to-ground communications,
Use.
This truck was assigned to squadron headquarters in order to communicate with the SCR-68 airplane radio as well as the others in its class. event... | ground)
- SCR-54
- SCR-108
- SCR-188
- SCR-197
- SCR-237
Aircraft
- SCR-62 observation balloon
- SCR-64
- SCR-68
- SCR-80
- SCR-90
- SCR-91
- SCR-100
- SCR-133
- SCR-134
- SCR-135
- SCR-183
- SCR-187
- SCR-274
- SCR-283
- SCR-287
- SCR-522
- SCR-542
Radar.
- SCR-268 searchlight and gun control
- SCR-270 mobile long ran... | 8,524 | zeroshot-train |
SS Pedernales [SEP] conflict | SS Pedernales
SS "Pedernales" was a lake tanker of the World War II and post war eras. She was built in 1938 in Monfalcone, Italy, and sailed under the British flag. "Pedernales" was severely damaged in a torpedo attack on 16 February 1942 while anchored at Aruba.
The damaged ship was cut into three sections. The fore ... | SS "Invercorrie"
- SS "Inverampton"
- SS "Francunion"
- SS "Oranjestad"
- SS "Ambrosio"
- SS "Bachaquero"
- SS "Invercaibo"
- SS "Hooiberg"
- SS "Invergoil"
- SS "Punta Gorda"
- SS "San Carlos"
- SS "Tia Juana"
- SS "Yamanota"
- SS "Pedernales"
- SS "Andino"
- SS "Quiriquire"
- SS | 8,525 | zeroshot-train |
Sabine Ulibarrí [SEP] conflict | Sabine Ulibarrí
Sabine Reyes Ulibarrí (September 21, 1919 – January 4, 2003) was an American poet. He was also a teacher, a writer, a critic, and a statesman. Ulibarrí was born in Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico.
Sabine Ulibarrí served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was decorated for his valor during the ... | Sabine Schmitz (born 1969), race car and 'ring taxi' driver
- Sabine Singh (born 1974), American actress
- Sabine Sinjen (1942–1995), German film actress
- Sabine Skvara (born 1966), Austrian high jumper
- Sabine Spitz (born 1971), German cross country cyclist
- Sabine Tröger (born 1967), Austrian former sprinter
- Sab... | 8,526 | zeroshot-train |
Saif Ali Janjua [SEP] conflict | Saif Ali Janjua
Naik Saif Ali Janjua Pakistan Army Azad Kashmir Regiment (Haider Dil Battalion) was a platoon commander during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. He received the Hilal-e-Kashmir from the government of Azad Kashmir, which is equal to Nishan-e-Haider, the highest military award given by Pakistan, and now dec... | Amir Gulistan Janjua
Brigadier (R) Amir Gulistan Janjua, SI, was a former governor of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan. He born in a village name Gorha Rajgan, Choa Saiden Shah tehsil of Chakwal district in Punjab. His father name was Captain Raja Feroz Khan Janjua and his uncle's names were Captain (R) Saif Ali Khan... | 8,527 | zeroshot-train |
Samuel Garland, Jr. [SEP] conflict | Samuel Garland Jr.
Samuel Garland Jr. (December 16, 1830 – September 14, 1862) was an American attorney from Virginia and Confederate general during the American Civil War. He was killed in action during the Maryland Campaign while defending Fox's Gap at the Battle of South Mountain.
Early life.
The great-grandnephew o... | - Col (later Brig Gen) Paul W. Turner, CAP, Sep 1962 - Oct 1965
- Brig Gen Lyle W. Castle, CAP, Oct 1965 - Oct 1968
- Brig Gen F. Ward Reilly, CAP, Oct 1968 - Oct 1970
- Brig Gen Samuel H. DuPont, Jr., CAP, Oct 1970 - Oct 1973
- Brig Gen William M. Patterson, CAP, Oct 1973 - Aug 1975
CAP National Commanders.
- Brig Gen... | 8,528 | zeroshot-train |
Samuel McClellan [SEP] conflict | Samuel McClellan
Samuel McClellan (4 January 1730 – 17 October 1807) was a Brigadier General in the American Revolutionary War. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, married Jemina Chandler(1734-1764) on 16 November 1757 in Killingly, Connecticut, and Rachel Abbe (a descendant of Plymouth, Massachusetts Governor, Wi... | - June 4, 1990: Rikkert Faneyte was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 16th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed March 19, 1991.
Regular season Major League debuts.
- Batters:
- Steve Decker (Sep 18)
- Mark Leonard (Jul 21)
- Rick Parker (May 4)
- Andres Santana (Sep 16)
- Pitchers:
- Mark Dewey (Aug ... | 8,529 | zeroshot-train |
Samuel Miles [SEP] conflict | Samuel Miles
Samuel Miles (March 11, 1740 – December 29, 1805) was an American military officer and politician, as well as an influential businessman and politician, active in Pennsylvania before, during, and after the American Revolutionary War.
Military career.
Born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Miles was the s... | Battle of Rosillo Creek
The Battle of Rosillo Creek (also known as the Battle of Rosalis) was a conflict of the Mexican War of Independence occurring March 29, 1813 in Coahuila y Tejas, approximately nine miles southeast of San Antonio de Bexar near the confluence of Rosillo Creek and Salado Creek.
The combatants.
The ... | 8,530 | zeroshot-train |
Saurabh Kalia [SEP] conflict | Saurabh Kalia
Captain Saurabh Kalia (1976–1999) was an officer of the Indian Army who was killed during the Kargil War while being held as a prisoner of war by the Pakistan Army. He along with five other soldiers of his patrolling team were captured alive and kept in captivity where they were brutally tortured, and the... | ammunition. They were finally encircled by a platoon of Pakistani rangers and captured alive before Indian reinforcements could reach them. No trace of the patrol was left, meanwhile Radio Skardu of Pakistan announced that Captain Saurabh Kalia had been captured by Pakistani troops. It was after this that India discove... | 8,531 | zeroshot-train |
Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper [SEP] conflict | Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper
The "Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper" (Heavy Military Tractor), or sWS, was a German World War II half-track vehicle used in various roles between 1943 and 1945. The unarmored models were used as supply vehicles and as tractors to haul artillery. Armored versions mounted anti-aircraft guns or a ... | tractor and observation post)
- Schützenpanzerwagen auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) (armored infantry vehicle version of the [[Panzer 38(t)]])
- Schwerer Ladungsträger (title for the [[Borgward B IV]])
- Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (designation for the [[Sd.Kfz. 231]])
- Schwerer Wagen (developmental program name f... | 8,532 | zeroshot-train |
Sidney Burbank [SEP] conflict | Sidney Burbank
Sidney Burbank (October 1807 – December 7, 1882) served as an officer in the regular army before and during the American Civil War. For a time he led a brigade in the Army of the Potomac.
Pre-war service.
Burbank was born in Lexington, Massachusetts in October 1807, the son of Lt. Col. Sullivan Burbank, ... | that is now the James A. Ramage Civil War Museum.
- Carlisle Battery - Named for local attorney and politician John G. Carlisle.
- Burbank Battery - Named for Lieutenant Colonel Sidney Burbank, who was military commander of Cincinnati. (Burbank was promoted to colonel, September 16, 1862.)
- Hatch Battery - Alternately... | 8,533 | zeroshot-train |
Spyromilios [SEP] conflict | his court as a military adviser.
Greek War of Independence.
In August 1824, after Ali’s death, together with his brothers Nikolaos and Zachos Milios, Spyromilios, he travelled south and joined the ongoing Greek War of Independence. In August 1825 he was fighting in the Third Siege of Missolonghi, at the head of a group... | Pyrros Spyromilios
Pyrros Spyromilios (; 1913 – 31 March 1962) was a Greek officer of the Greek Navy in World War II and later director of the Greek Radio Orchestra.
Spyromilios was born in Himara, southern Albania (a region that Greeks refer to as Northern Epirus). He became an officer in the Hellenic Navy and partic... | 8,534 | zeroshot-train |
St. Clair Augustine Mulholland [SEP] conflict | St. Clair Augustine Mulholland
St. Clair Augustine Mulholland (April 1, 1839 – February 17, 1910) was a colonel in the Union Army in the American Civil War who later received the brevets of brigadier general of volunteers and major general of volunteers and the Medal of Honor for gallantry in action at the Battle of Ch... | (CSA)
- Fred Griffith as Brigadier General Robert Rodes (CSA)
- Tim O'Hare as Colonel St. Clair Augustine Mulholland (USA)
- John Castle as Brigadier General William N. Pendleton (CSA)
- Matt Lindquist as Prussian Lieutenant Colonel Heros von Borcke (CSA)
- Ted Turner as Lieutenant Colonel Waller T. Patton (CSA)
- Lest... | 8,535 | zeroshot-train |
Standish O'Grady Roche [SEP] conflict | Standish O'Grady Roche
Sir Standish O'Grady Roche, 4th Baronet, DSO (or Standish O'Grady-Roche) (13 March 1911 – 2 April 1977) of Ireland, was commanding officer of the destroyer HMS "Beaufort" in the World War II Second Battle of Sirte on 22 March 1942. He earned the Distinguished Service Order and Croix de Guerre whi... | 1833–1908)
- Sir Standish Roche, 3rd Baronet (1845–1914)
- Sir Standish O'Grady Roche, DSO, 4th Baronet (1911–1977)
- Sir David O'Grady Roche, 5th Baronet (born 21 September 1947). He is Deputy Chairman of the Standing Council of the Baronetage. In 2008, Roche lived at Bridge House, Starbotton, Skipton, Yorkshire, Engl... | 8,536 | zeroshot-train |
Stanley Cockerell [SEP] conflict | Stanley Cockerell
Captain Stanley Cockerell AFC (9 February 1895 – 29 November 1940) was a British World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. He later became a test pilot for Vickers and attempted the first flight from Cairo to Cape Town.
Early life.
Cockerell was born in Wood Green, London. After lea... | 2.
- Cockerell, W. P. "Collecting Bees in Southern Texas". "Journal of the New York Entomological Society" Vol. 25, No. 3 (Sep., 1917), pp. 187–193
Selected species named in honor of Wilmatte Porter Cockerell.
- "Anthidium porterae" Cockerell, T. D. A. 1900. "Annals and Magazine of Natural History". Ser. 7 5: 411.
- "F... | 8,537 | zeroshot-train |
Sten [SEP] conflict | Sten
The STEN (or Sten gun) was a family of British submachine guns chambered in 9×19mm and used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and the Korean War. They had a simple design and very low production cost, so they were also effective insurgency weapons for resistance groups.
STEN is... | :
- Alvar Aalto
- Jacob Bakema
- Paul Baumgarten
- Luciano Baldessari
- Le Corbusier
- Werner Düttmann
- Wils Ebert
- Egon Eiermann
- Walter Gropius
- Arne Jacobsen
- Fritz Jaenicke and Sten Samuelson
- Gustav Hassenpflug
- Günter Hönow
- Ludwig Lemmer
- Wassili Luckhardt
- Oscar Niemeyer
- Godber Nissen
- Sep Ruf
- Ot... | 8,538 | zeroshot-train |
Strong Vincent [SEP] conflict | Strong Vincent
Strong Vincent (June 17, 1837 – July 7, 1863) was a lawyer who became famous as a U.S. Army officer during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded while leading his brigade during the fighting at Little Round Top on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, and died less than a week later.
Earl... | and politically have less access to fluidity than individuals further removed from the top echelon of government(McDonald, Sep 2003 – Aug 2004).
In 1986 John McDonald and Diane Bendahmane (1987) produced "Conflict Resolution: Track Two Diplomacy", a book that compiled the thoughts of several Track One and Track Two pro... | 8,539 | zeroshot-train |
Theodore Bogdanovitch [SEP] conflict | Theodore Bogdanovitch
Theodore Bogdanovitch GC (1899 – 20 April 1956) was a recipient of the Empire Gallantry Medal later converted into the George Cross for his actions during World War II.
Born in Strumica (nowadays located in Macedonia), he served with the Serbian Army in World War I where he was wounded. He joined ... | - Theodore Bogdanovitch (1899–1956), volunteer
- Petar Bojović (1858–1945), general
- Boško Virjanac ( 1903–15), Chetnik
- Vukajlo Božović (d. 1926), Chetnik commander
- Koporan Čauš ( 1904–14), volunteer
- Cene Marković (1864–1922), Chetnik
- Dušan Dimitrijević (1882–1964), Chetnik
- Jovan Dovezenski
- Dragutin Jovano... | 8,540 | zeroshot-train |
Theodore Hyatt [SEP] conflict | Theodore Hyatt
George Theodore Hyatt (1830–1900) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Siege of Vicksburg on May 22, 1863.
Hyatt joined the 127th Illinois Infantry in August 1862, and was discharged in March 1865 for a wound received during the A... | Park South at Avenue of the Americas, 1921.
- "El Cid", by Anna Hyatt Huntington, Hispanic Society of America, 1927.
- "King Jagiello Monument", by Stanislaw Kazimierz Ostowski, Central Park, pre-1939.
- "Theodore Roosevelt", by James Earle Fraser, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, 1940.
- "Don Qui... | 8,541 | zeroshot-train |
Thomas Blomefield [SEP] conflict | Thomas Blomefield
General Sir Thomas Blomefield, 1st Baronet (16 June 1744 – 24 August 1822) of Attleborough, Norfolk, was colonel-commandant royal artillery, to whose untiring labours as Inspector of Artillery and Superintendent of the Royal Foundries that the progress of the British artillery during the Napoleonic Wa... | Sir Charles Blomefield, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded in 1984. Sir Charles was a fine art specialist at Christie's.
Blomefield baronets, of Attleborough (1807).
- Sir Thomas Blomefield, 1st Baronet (1744–1822)
- Sir Thomas William Blomefield, 2nd Baronet (1791–1858)
- Sir Thomas Eardley Wilmot Blomefield, 3rd Barone... | 8,542 | zeroshot-train |
Thomas Pye [SEP] conflict | Thomas Pye
Sir Thomas Pye (c.1708/9 – 26 December 1785) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War, and the American War of Independence. He was briefly Member of Parliament for Rochester, and served as commander of several of the navy's principal station... | 1, US No. 14)
- Jan 1975 "Purely by Coincidence" (Pye) (UK No. 11)
- Jun 1975 "Hide Away from the Sun" (Pye)
- Sep 1975 "Mr Cool" (Pye)
- Feb 1976 "Sweet Regrets" (Pye)
- Jul 1976 "Mail Train" (Pye)
- Mar 1977 "You're My Sweet Sensation"
- Dec 1977 "Wake Up and Be Somebody"
Discography Album.
- 1975 | 8,543 | zeroshot-train |
Trijn Rembrands [SEP] conflict | Trijn Rembrands
Trijn Rembrands (1557–1638) is known as the heroine of the Spanish Siege of Alkmaar during the Eighty Years' War in 1573, when she allegedly served in the defence as a soldier.
She was married to the textile merchant Cornelis Reyersz. In 1661 described as an example of both men and women fighting with ... | a source as an unusually fearless woman who worked night and day carrying earth to the city walls to rebuild the defense line.
- 1572: Maria van Schooten participates in the defense during the siege of Haarlem by Spanish troops, dies and are granted a military funeral.
- 1573: Trijn Rembrands allegedly participates in ... | 8,544 | zeroshot-train |
USS Adelaide (1854) [SEP] conflict | USS Adelaide
USS "Adelaide" (1854) was a steamer chartered by the Union Navy during the beginning of the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a transport in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.
Pre-Civil War commercial maritime service.
Sidewheel steamer "Adelaide" was built in ... | (26 Sep 1850 – 3 August 1931) never married.
- Elizabeth Mary Christina "Bessie" Finlayson (26 August 1852 – 9 December 1946) m. Herbert Nickels of Forreston 27 September 1876
- Hannah Finlayson (8 Jul 1854 – 2 September 1928) m. Capt. William Beavis Randell (1856 – 1917) of Gumeracha
R. K. Finlayson.
Eldest son Robert... | 8,545 | zeroshot-train |
USS Bermuda (1861) [SEP] conflict | USS Bermuda
USS "Bermuda" (1861) was a large steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a cargo and general transport ship in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways, primarily in Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. However, despite being a valuab... | 1862;After capture was taken into the United States Navy and assigned to the Potomac Flotilla.
- Darlington | | 3 March 1862A Confederate sidewheel steamer, commanded by J.W. Godfrey, captured by USS "Pawnee" at Cumberland Sound, Florida.
- Bermuda | ~ | 27 April 1862A large iron-hulled screw steamer of 1,238 tons buil... | 8,546 | zeroshot-train |
USS Brockenborough (1862) [SEP] conflict | USS Brockenborough (1862)
USS "Brockenborough" (1862) was a sloop captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
She was used by the Union Navy primarily as a ship's tender and also as a gunboat stationed off Confederate ports to prevent their trading with foreign countries.
Sloop captured and converted to U... | "G. L. Brockenboro") was a small sloop captured 15 October 1862 by "Fort McHenry", Lt. E. Y. McCauley. "G. L. Brockenborough" had apparently been used as a blockade runner and was discovered after being scuttled in the Apalachicola River, Florida. She was subsequently raised and purchased at the Prize Court in Key West... | 8,547 | zeroshot-train |
USS Comber (SP-344) [SEP] conflict | USS Comber (SP-344)
The first USS "Comber" (SP-344) was a United States Navy minesweeper in commission from 1917 to 1919.
U,S. Navy career.
"Comber" was built in 1916 as a commercial fishing trawler of the same name by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The U.S. Navy chartered "Comber" in 1917 for ... | New England.
The Navy returned "Comber" to her owners on 2 April 1919.
References.
- Department of the Navy Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS "Comber" (SP-344), 1917-1919
- NavSource Onlline: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Comber (SP 344) | 8,548 | zeroshot-train |
USS Fort Morgan (1863) [SEP] conflict | USS Fort Morgan (1863)
USS "Fort Morgan" (1863) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy as a storeship and in other minor roles.
"Fort Morgan", a screw steamer, was built in 1863 by S. H. Pook, Fair Haven, Connecticut, as "Admiral"; purchased 8 January 1864; and ... | May 18, 1863.
He was assigned to the USS "Metacomet" in 1864 as part of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron under Rear Admiral David Farragut.
On June 30, 1864 Mayo, in command of the USS "Glasgow", forced blockade running steamer Ivanhoe to run aground near Fort Morgan at Mobile Bay. Because the steamer was protected b... | 8,549 | zeroshot-train |
USS G. L. Brockenborough (1862) [SEP] conflict | USS G. L. Brockenborough (1862)
USS "G. L. Brockenborough" (1862) was a sloop captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
She was placed in service by the Navy as a gunboat to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. She also served as a ship's... | "G. L. Brockenboro") was a small sloop captured 15 October 1862 by "Fort McHenry", Lt. E. Y. McCauley. "G. L. Brockenborough" had apparently been used as a blockade runner and was discovered after being scuttled in the Apalachicola River, Florida. She was subsequently raised and purchased at the Prize Court in Key West... | 8,550 | zeroshot-train |
USS J. W. Wilder (1859) [SEP] conflict | USS J. W. Wilder (1859)
USS "J. W. Wilder" (1859) was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a tender in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.
British schooner captured, placed into Union Navy service.
"J. W. Wilder" was a British sc... | the Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Company. When Vickers and Armstrong Whitworth merged in 1927 to form Vickers-Armstrongs, Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft was bought out by J. D. Siddeley and became a separate entity.
History Armaments.
The Elswick Ordnance Company (sometimes referred to as Elswick Ordnance Works... | 8,551 | zeroshot-train |
USS Sarah and Caroline (1861) [SEP] conflict | USS Sarah and Caroline (1861)
USS "Sarah and Caroline" (1861) was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the beginning of the American Civil War.
She served the Union Navy during the blockade of ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America as a ship's tender.
Captured by the Union Navy.
While on bloc... | Marianne-Caroline Hamilton
Marianne-Caroline Hamilton (1777 – 29 July 1861) was an Irish artist and memoirist. Her memoirs, "Reminiscences of Marianne-Caroline Hamilton (1777–1861)", were published in 2010.
Early life and family.
Marianne-Caroline Hamilton was born in 1777 at Rossana, County Wicklow. She was the second... | 8,552 | zeroshot-train |
USS Sovereign (1855) [SEP] conflict | USS Sovereign (1855)
The first USS "Sovereign" (1855) was a 336-ton steamer captured on the Mississippi River by the Union Navy during the beginning of the American Civil War.
The Navy placed "Sovereign " in service as a commissary ship, which is a ship's tender responsible for providing ships with provisions. Later i... | Midway.
- Enterprise Air Group Established 1 July 1938 to fly from USS Enterprise (CV-6), disestablished 1 Sep 1942 after USS Enterprise was damaged during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons and entered Pearl Harbor naval shipyard for repairs.
- Wasp Air Group Established 1 Jul 1939 to fly from USS Wasp (CV-7), disesta... | 8,553 | zeroshot-train |
USS Tritonia (1863) [SEP] conflict | USS Tritonia (1863)
USS "Tritonia" (1863) was a 202-ton steamer commissioned by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
She served the Union Navy’s struggle against the Confederate States of America in a variety of ways: as a tugboat, a patrol gunboat, a dispatch boat, a salvage ship, a minesweeper, and as a smal... | 1863)
- "Tritonia papalotla" Bertsch, Valdés & Gosliner, 2009
- "Tritonia papillosa"
- "Tritonia pennata"
- "Tritonia peregrina" (Lamarck, 1819)
- "Tritonia pickensi" (Marcus & Marcus, 1967)
- "Tritonia plebeia" Johnston, 1828 - synonym: "Tritonia pulchra" Johnston, 1828
- "Tritonia plumosa" (Fleming, 1822)
- "Tritonia... | 8,554 | zeroshot-train |
Wallace Pike [SEP] conflict | Wallace Pike
Wallace Pike (22 December 1899 – 11 April 1999) was the last known Newfoundland World War I veteran. He enlisted as a volunteer in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment as an underage soldier. He saw action on the Western Front as a stretcher-bearer where he was wounded twice, once in the leg and once in the han... | Box Rag Jul-54
- P. 1130 Bill O'Connor To Be Your Love / The Words That I Whisper Sep-54
- P. 1131 Johnny Brandon with the Phantoms Tomorrow / High As A Mountain Sep-54
- P. 1132 Betty Garrett Go / (I Gotta Do) Soft Shoe Sep-54
- P. 1133 Jerry Wallace Dixieanna / Runnin' After Love Sep-54
- P. 1134 Danny Capri You're S... | 8,555 | zeroshot-train |
Walter S. Gorka [SEP] conflict | Walter S. Gorka
Walter S. Gorka (1922–1942) was a United States Navy sailor killed in action during World War II who received the Air Medal posthumously for his actions.
Biography.
Walter Stanley Gorka was born in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, on 24 March 1922. He enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve at Hartford, ... | USS Walter S. Gorka (APD-114)
USS "Walter S. Gorka" (APD-114), ex-DE-604, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1947.
Construction and commissioning.
"Walter S. Gorka" was laid down as the "Rudderow"-class destroyer escort USS "Walter S. Gorka" (DE-604) on 20 March 1945 by Bethlehem-H... | 8,556 | zeroshot-train |
Walter von Eberhardt [SEP] conflict | Walter von Eberhardt
Lieutenant-General Friedrich Wilhelm Magnus Heinrich Walter von Eberhardt (7 January 1862 in Berlin - 7 January 1944 in Wernigerode), generally known as Walter von Eberhardt, was a German military commander during World War I and the Lithuanian–Soviet War of 1918-19. He was the son of later Prussia... | officer
- Henri Eberhardt (1913-1976), French canoeist
- Hugo Eberhardt (1874-1959), German architect
- Isabelle Eberhardt (1877–1904), Swiss writer and explorer of North Africa
- Thom Eberhardt (b. 1947), American film director, producer and screenwriter
- Walter von Eberhardt (1862-1944), German general
- William Ebe... | 8,557 | zeroshot-train |
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson [SEP] conflict | Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (2 October 1878 – 26 May 1962) was a British Georgian poet, associated with World War I but also the author of much later work.
Early work.
Gibson was born in Hexham, Northumberland, and left the north for London in 1914 after his mother died. He had been publishing poems in ... | 1985), Irish actor
- Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878-1962), British poet
- Wilfrid de Glehn (1870-1951), British Impressionist painter
- Wilfrid Kent Hughes (1895–1970), Australian soldier, Olympian and Olympic Games organiser, author and federal and state government minister
- Wilfrid Hyde-White (1903-1991), English chara... | 8,558 | zeroshot-train |
William Cogswell [SEP] conflict | William Cogswell
William Cogswell (August 23, 1838 – May 22, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was appointed to the grade of brevet brigadier general, U.S. Volunteers.
Biography.
Cogswell was born in Bradford, Massachusetts, to George Co... | described as the last known survivor of the Brigade. Berg died 28 February 2016.
Battalions: overview.
- Sub-battalion units attached to the Brigade
- Brigade Anti-Tank Company
- XVth Brigade Photographic Unit (Aug 1937 – Sep 1938) Archive
- Connolly Column
Notable members.
- Delmer Berg – American political activist
-... | 8,559 | zeroshot-train |
William Gabriel Davy [SEP] conflict | William Gabriel Davy
General Sir William Gabriel Davy, (178025 January 1856) was a British Army officer who fought in the Peninsular War.
Life.
William Gabriel Davy was born in 1780 in Kingsholm, Gloucestershire. He was the eldest son of Major William Davy, Persian Secretary to Warren Hastings, the first Governor-Gener... | were obscured when he rebuilt it and gave it a classical façade in "c". 1800. In 1820, Bush sold the estate to General Sir William Gabriel Davy (1780–1856) for £12,818, and it is his son, Rev. Charles Raikes Davy, who after inheriting the estate from his father in 1856, is responsible for the size and appearance of the... | 8,560 | zeroshot-train |
William H. Folly [SEP] conflict | William H. Folly
Private William H. Folly was an American soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 8th U.S. Cavalry during the Apache Wars. He was one of thirty-four cavalry troopers who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in several engagements against the Apache Indians in the Arizona Territory from August ... | Wright was popularised along with his fictional great-grandson in a 2006 episode of "Hustle" titled .
- H. G. Wells was fascinated by the fall of Wright, and it influenced the writer's novels "Tono-Bungay" and "The World of William Clissold".
- "The Folly Under the Lake" is a vintage whodunit book based on the life of ... | 8,561 | zeroshot-train |
William Henry Harman [SEP] conflict | William Henry Harman
William Henry Harman (February 17, 1828 – March 2, 1865) was a brigadier general in the Virginia militia and colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War (Civil War). Prior to the war, Harman had served as a second lieutenant in the 1st Virginia Infantry Regiment during the... | Thomas Harman
Thomas Harman ("fl." 1567) was an English writer best known for his seminal work on beggars, "A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursitors".
Life.
He was the grandson of Henry Harman, clerk of the crown under Henry VII, who obtained about 1480 the estates of Ellam and Maystreet in Kent. Thomas's father, Willi... | 8,562 | zeroshot-train |
William Ludlow [SEP] conflict | William Ludlow
William Ludlow (November 27, 1843 – August 30, 1901) was an officer in the Corps of Engineers and a major general in the United States Army who served in the Civil War, Plains Indian Wars, the Spanish–American War, and led a scientific expedition examining the natural wonders of Yellowstone National Park... | .
- Boughton, Major Edward J., Capt. William C. Danks, and Capt. Philip S. Van Cise, "Ludlow: Being the Report of the Special Board of Officers Appointed by the Governor of Colorado to Investigate and Determine the Facts with Reference to the Armed Conflict Between the Colorado National Guard and Certain Persons Engage... | 8,563 | zeroshot-train |
William Mervine [SEP] conflict | William Mervine
William Mervine (14 March 1791 – 15 September 1868) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, whose career included service in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mervine was appointed midshipman in January 1809. Serving on Lake O... | -aircraft defense. In many ships a shortage of 1-pounders caused them to be replaced by 3-inch (76 mm) guns. Their primary weapon, though, was their torpedo battery of a dozen 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes in four triple mounts. They also carried a pair of depth charge rails. A "Y-gun" depth charge thrower was added t... | 8,564 | zeroshot-train |
William Plummer Benton [SEP] conflict | William Plummer Benton
William Plummer Benton (25 Dec 1828 – March 14, 1867) was an American lawyer and soldier who served in both the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War, where he would rise to the rank of brigadier general and, in 1866, after his service had ended, would be awarded the brevet grade of maj... | period.
- William Clark (explorer), leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806)
- Meriwether Lewis, leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806)
- Lieutenant John Mullan, (1830–1909), supervised the building of the first wagon road across the northern Rocky Mountains in 1859–1860 from Fort Benton, Mont... | 8,565 | zeroshot-train |
William W. Fraser [SEP] conflict | William W. Fraser
William W. Fraser (March 7, 1844 – February 9, 1915) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Siege of Vicksburg on May 22, 1863. His surname is sometimes spelled Frazier.
Fraser joined the 97th Illinois Infantry in August 1862, an... | - Col (later Brig Gen) Paul W. Turner, CAP, Sep 1962 - Oct 1965
- Brig Gen Lyle W. Castle, CAP, Oct 1965 - Oct 1968
- Brig Gen F. Ward Reilly, CAP, Oct 1968 - Oct 1970
- Brig Gen Samuel H. DuPont, Jr., CAP, Oct 1970 - Oct 1973
- Brig Gen William M. Patterson, CAP, Oct 1973 - Aug 1975
CAP National Commanders.
- Brig Gen... | 8,566 | zeroshot-train |
Abner P. Allen [SEP] conflict | Abner P. Allen
Abner P. Allen (October 9, 1839 – August 22, 1905) was an American soldier who received the Medal of Honor for valor during the American Civil War.
Biography.
Allen was born in Woodford County, Illinois. He joined the 39th Illinois infantry Regiment from Bloomington, Illinois, in January 1864, and muster... | William Allen
- Willie Allen
A.
- A Allen, Australian rugby league player
- Abner P. Allen (1839–1905), American Medal of Honor recipient
- Angela Allen, English paedophile convicted in the 2009 Plymouth child abuse case
- Alexander Viets Griswold Allen (1841–1908) American Episcopal theologian
- Ann Evelyn Allen, bett... | 8,567 | zeroshot-train |
Adam McCullock [SEP] conflict | Adam McCullock
Adam McCullock (born c.1834) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay.
Born in 1834 in Maine, McCullock was living in Augusta when he joined the Navy. He served during the C... | Twelve of "Lackawanna's" sailors received the Medal of Honor for their actions during this battle:
- Seaman John M. Burns
- Landsman Michael Cassidy
- Landsman Louis G. Chaput
- Landsman Patrick Dougherty
- Captain of the Top John Edwards
- Landsman Samuel W. Kinnaird
- Seaman Adam McCullock
- Boatswain's Mate William ... | 8,568 | zeroshot-train |
Addison Hiatt Sanders [SEP] conflict | Addison Hiatt Sanders
Addison Hiatt Sanders (September 13, 1823 – November 7, 1912) was a newspaper editor who joined the Union Army during the American Civil War. He became a Brevet Brigadier General before the war was over, and went on to become the Secretary of the Montana Territory.
Biography.
Biography Early life ... | Shaver
- 2005
- Gary Burr
- Vince Gill
- Roger Murrah
- Jerry Reed
- Mike Reid
- 2006
- Jimmy Buffett
- Hugh Prestwood
- Jim Weatherly
- 2007
- Bob DiPiero
- Mac McAnally
- Flatt & Scruggs
- Dottie Rambo
- Hank Williams, Jr.
- 2008
- Matraca Berg
- John Hiatt
- Tom Shapiro
- 2009
- Kye Fleming
- Mark D. Sanders
- Tammy... | 8,569 | zeroshot-train |
Agamemnon Avgerinos [SEP] conflict | Agamemnon Avgerinos
Agamemnon Avgerinos () was a Greek politician and leader of the Greek War of Independence of 1821.
He was born in Pyrgos, the son of Georgios Avgerinos, a descendant of the Pyrgiotiki family. He studied for a doctorate in Italy and was elected a member in Pyrgos. He ministered as chief doctor during... | Krestena. There are hundreds of transmitter towers scattered over Elis.
Persons.
- Panagiotis Adraktas (b. September 28, 1948 in Kardamas), a New Democracy politician
- Hristodoulos Aholos or Acholos
- Panagiotis Anagnostopoulos, revolutionary leader
- Astydameia
- Atreus
- Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou among the yo... | 8,570 | zeroshot-train |
Alan John Lance Scott [SEP] conflict | Alan John Lance Scott
Group Captain Alan John Lance Scott, (29 June 1883 – 16 January 1922) was an officer in the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during the First World War and the following years.
Early life.
Scott was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 29 June 1883, but moved to in England where he attended... | Alan Scott (disambiguation)
Alan Scott is a fictional character from DC Comics, whose alter ego is Green Lantern.
Alan Scott may also refer to:
- Alan John Lance Scott (1883–1922), British Army and Royal Air Force officer
- Alan Scott (blacksmith) (1936–2009), maker of brick ovens
- Alan Scott (footballer, born 1900) (... | 8,571 | zeroshot-train |
Alex Lees [SEP] conflict | Alex Lees
Alex Lees (11 July 1911 – 22 April 2009) was a British World War II veteran, who, as a POW, took part in planning the Great Escape.
Escape.
He was one of the "gardeners" at Stalag Luft III who disposed of earth from the three tunnels by mixing it with the dirt outside. Lees told a newspaper: ""It was just lik... | Alexander Lees
Alexander Lees may refer to:
- Alexander Leese of the Leese Baronets
- Alex Lees
- Alex Lees (cricketer)
See also.
- Alexander Lee (disambiguation) | 8,572 | zeroshot-train |
Alexander Alderman Semmes [SEP] conflict | Alexander Alderman Semmes
Alexander Alderman Semmes (1825 – September 22, 1885) was a career United States Navy officer, who served with distinction in the American Civil War. He was a cousin of Confederate naval hero Raphael Semmes, and also of Confederate general Paul Jones Semmes.
Naval career.
Semmes became a midsh... | Army. His appointment, or arrangement to act, as a temporary brigadier general from April 5 to April 26, 1865, was never submitted to or officially confirmed by the Confederate Senate.
Early life and education.
Semmes was born in Charles County, Maryland on Tayloe's Neck, a cousin of future Confederate general Paul Jon... | 8,573 | zeroshot-train |
Anastasios Papoulas [SEP] conflict | Anastasios Papoulas
Anastasios Papoulas (; 1/13 January 1857 – 24 April 1935) was a Greek general, most notable as the Greek commander-in-chief during most of the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–22. Originally a firm royalist, after 1922 he shifted towards the republican Venizelists, and was executed in 1935 for supporting a... | , Durrës and All Albania
People Politicians and military.
- Anastasios Balkos (1916–1995), Greek politician
- Anastasios Charalambis (1862–1949), Greek officer and interim Prime Minister of Greece
- Anastasios Dalipis (1896–1949), Greek Army officer and politician
- Anastasios Karatasos (1764–1830), Greek military comm... | 8,574 | zeroshot-train |
Andranik [SEP] conflict | few hundred Armenian volunteers within the Bulgarian army against the Ottomans during the First Balkan War.
From the early stages of World War I, Andranik commanded the first Armenian volunteer battalion within the Russian Imperial army against the Ottoman Empire, capturing and later governing much of the traditional A... | Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps took part in the battles against Serbian Army. Besides Bulgarians, the corps also included volunteers from other nationalities, including a whole Armenian 2nd company led by Lieutenant Garegin Nzhdeh and Andranik Ozanian (in the 12th Lozengrad battalion or druzhina). There were many Armen... | 8,575 | zeroshot-train |
Andrew J. Weaher [SEP] conflict | Andrew J. Weaher
Private Andrew J. Weaher or Weaber (May 22, 1842 – August 27, 1920) was an American soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 8th U.S. Cavalry during the Apache Wars. He was one of 34 men received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in several engagements against the Apache Indians, specifically in the... | J. Weaher - Weaher (a.k.a. Weaber) was an American soldier in the U.S. Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1868, after engaging the Native-American tribe, the Apaches in the Black Mountains of Arizona.
Other notable citizens
- Winstona Hackett Aldridge - Mrs. Hackett Aldridge was the daughter of Dr. Winston Hack... | 8,576 | zeroshot-train |
Antoine François Eugène Merlin [SEP] conflict | Antoine François Eugène Merlin
Antoine François Eugène Merlin was a French soldier and general who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. | division")
- Pierre Nicolas Merle-Beaulieu ("général de brigade")
- Christophe Antoine Merlin ("général de division")
- Antoine François Eugène Merlin ("général de division")
- Jean-Baptiste Gabriel Merlin ("général de brigade")
- Julien Augustin Joseph Mermet ("général de division")
- Antoine Mermet de Saint-Landry ("... | 8,577 | zeroshot-train |
Archibald H. Gillespie [SEP] conflict | Archibald H. Gillespie
Major Archibald H. Gillespie (October 10, 1812 – August 16, 1873) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps during the Mexican–American War.
Biography.
Born in New York City, Gillespie was commissioned in the Marine Corps in 1832. He commanded the Marine Guard on board the USS "Fairfield",... | .
On August 13, 1846, early in the conflict, U.S. naval forces under Commodore Robert F. Stockton arrived at Los Angeles and raised the American flag without opposition. A small occupying force of 50 Marines, under Captain Archibald H. Gillespie, built a rudimentary barricade on what was then known as Fort Hill overloo... | 8,578 | zeroshot-train |
Awashonks [SEP] conflict | and New Bedford until the 1850s, although the name morphed into Quonwell and variants.
King Philip's War.
By 1675, the relationship between the English and the Wampanoag was more tense than ever. Metacomet (Sachem of the Wampanoag tribe, also known as King Philip) was trying to build a military coalition to go to war a... | the Saconet. Awashonks is known for her special talent for negotiation and diplomacy, which helped include the Sakonnets among a tiny handful of natives who received amnesty from colonists.
Awashonks as sachem.
Awashonks became sachem not by inheritance, but through quality of leadership. She was referred to as a Sunks... | 8,579 | zeroshot-train |
Bangalore torpedo [SEP] conflict | .
Bangalore torpedoes are currently manufactured by Mondial Defence Systems of Poole, UK, for the UK and US armed forces. They have been used recently in operations in Afghanistan for actions such as clearing enemy supply dumps within deep cave systems.
In World War I.
By the time of World War I the Bangalore torpedo w... | Bangalore torpedo
A Bangalore torpedo is an explosive charge placed within one or several connected tubes. It is used by combat engineers to clear obstacles that would otherwise require them to approach directly, possibly under fire. It is sometimes colloquially referred to as a "Bangalore mine", "banger" or simply "Ba... | 8,580 | zeroshot-train |
Bernard-Georges-François Frère [SEP] conflict | Bernard-Georges-François Frère
Bernard-Georges-François Frère, Count of the Empire, (8 January 1762, in Montréal, Aude – 16 February 1826, in Paris) was a French soldier of the French Revolutionary Wars, who later rose to the top military rank of General of Division, taking part in the Napoleonic Wars.
Revolutionary Wa... | Frère
Frère is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Albert Frère (1926–2018), Belgian businessman
- Bernard-Georges-François Frère (1764-1826), French general
- Édouard Frère (1797–1874), French bookseller, archivist, scholar and biographer
- Gérald Frère (born 1951), Belgian businessman, son of... | 8,581 | zeroshot-train |
Bhadra Fort [SEP] conflict | 15 February 1779. There was a garrison of 6,000 Arab and Sindhi infantry and 2,000 horses. Losses in the fight totalled 108, including two Britons. After the war, the fort was later handed back to Marathas under the Treaty of Salbai.
Ahmedabad was conquered by the British in 1817. The fort complex was used as a prison ... | Bhadra Fort
Bhadra Fort is situated in the walled city area of Ahmedabad, India. It was built by Ahmad Shah I in 1411. With its well carved royal palaces, mosques, gates and open spaces, it was renovated in 2014 by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as a cultural centre for t... | 8,582 | zeroshot-train |
Charles Davis Jameson [SEP] conflict | Charles Davis Jameson
Charles Davis Jameson (February 24, 1827 – November 6, 1862) was an American Civil War general and Democratic Party candidate for Governor of Maine. He contracted "camp fever" (typhoid) at the Battle of Fair Oaks, returned to his native state of Maine, dying in transit or soon after.
Jameson was b... | - Sep 2013, Best Feature, 11th Pacific Meridian Film Festival (Vladivostok, Russia)
- Sep 2013, NETPAC Prize, 11th Pacific Meridian Film Festival (Vladivostok, Russia)
- Sep 2013, Grand Jury Prize, 10th Jameson Cinefest (Miskolc, Hungary)
- Sep 2013, FIPRESCI Prize, 10th Jameson Cinefest (Miskolc, Hungary)
- Sep 2013, ... | 8,583 | zeroshot-train |
Charles Huntziger [SEP] conflict | Charles Huntziger
Charles Huntziger (; 25 June 1880 – 11 November 1941) was a French Army general during World War I and World War II.
He was born at Lesneven (Finistère) of a family of German descent. He graduated from Saint-Cyr in 1900 and joined the colonial infantry. During World War I, he served in the Middle East... | that French aircraft need not be handed over to the Germans.
The French delegation – led by General Charles Huntziger – tried to soften the harsher terms of the armistice, but Keitel replied that they would have to accept or reject the armistice as it was. Given the military situation that France was in, Huntziger had ... | 8,584 | zeroshot-train |
Charles Melville [SEP] conflict | Charles Melville
Charles Melville (1828 – January 5, 1867) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay.
Born in 1828 in Dover, New Hampshire, Melville's birth name was James Ramsbottom. He jo... | stations for the GTP, but they were never completed due to the death of the president, Charles Melville Hays, in the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" and the company's subsequent bankruptcy. The CPR allowed him to return, however, and he built the second CPR Steamship Terminal in Victoria in 1923–1924 in association with a... | 8,585 | zeroshot-train |
Charles Rainsford [SEP] conflict | at that time active in the Flanders theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession. Rainsford joined it immediately, carrying its standard at Fontenoy and soon after being appointed ensign in the Coldstream Guards. With his new unit he returned to England to face the Jacobite rising, rising to major of brigade and colon... | Charles Rainsford
General Charles Rainsford (3 February 1728 – 24 May 1809) was a British Army officer.
Career.
He was the second son of alderman Francis Rainsford (died 1770) and his wife, Isabella and received his first education from a cleric friend of Francis's at Great Clacton. His uncle, also Charles Rainsford (d... | 8,586 | zeroshot-train |
Claude Dallemagne [SEP] conflict | Claude Dallemagne
Claude Dallemagne (8 November 1754, Peyrieu, Ain – 12 June 1813) started his career in the French army under the Bourbons, fought in the American Revolutionary War, rose in rank to become a general officer during the French Revolutionary Wars, took part in the 1796 Italian campaign under Napoleon Bona... | and advanced south along the banks of the Chiese River. On 31 July he attacked and seized Lonato del Garda though he was later driven out of the latter place by superior French forces under Hyacinthe Despinoy and Claude Dallemagne. On 3 August, his reinforced brigade repulsed the attacks of Despinoy and Dallemagne near... | 8,587 | zeroshot-train |
Cvitan Galić [SEP] conflict | Cvitan Galić
Cvitan Galić (29 November 1909 – 6 April 1944) was a Croatian World War II fighter ace.
Galić was born in the village of Gorica near Grude in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. He finished grade school in the town of Sovići. In 1927 he was transferred to the Yugoslav Royal Air Force and finished its pilot... | Golden bravery medal had monthly allowance.
There was also Small silver medal and Bronze medal of Poglavnik Ante Pavelić for bravery which were massively awarded.
Creator of this medal is famous Croatian sculptor Ivo Kerdić.
Recipients.
Recipients Golden Medal for bravery.
Nine medals were awarded:
- Artillery Lance S... | 8,588 | zeroshot-train |
Dann Cahn [SEP] conflict | to World War II. Dann also got the itch to work on movies. Fascinated by the "Dead End Kids" pictures that were popular at the time and having acted in a few high school plays, young Danny Cahn thought he might like to become an actor. Cahn got his SAG card and worked on bit parts in several B-movies before deciding th... | Dann Cahn
Dann Cahn (April 9, 1923 – November 21, 2012) was an American film editor who received the Career Achievement Award from the American Cinema Editors (ACE). Cahn was best known as the head editor of the TV series, "I Love Lucy" and for his work as the head of post-production of comedian Lucille Ball and Desi A... | 8,589 | zeroshot-train |
David Rubitsky [SEP] conflict | David Rubitsky
David Rubitsky, (January 29, 1917 – June 28, 2013) was an American veteran of World War II who claimed he was denied the Medal of Honor because he is Jewish. In 1987, the United States Army began a 23-month investigation and concluded that there was "incontestable evidence" that he had not done what he h... | Jr., politician (died 2007)
- January 29
- John Raitt, actor and singer (died 2005)
- David Rubitsky, U.S. Army sergeant (died 2013)
- February 11 – Sidney Sheldon, author and television writer (died 2007)
- February 12 – Dom DiMaggio, baseball player (died 2009)
- February 14 – Herbert A. Hauptman, mathematician, reci... | 8,590 | zeroshot-train |
David Rumph Jones [SEP] conflict | David Rumph Jones
David Rumph Jones (April 5, 1825 – January 15, 1863) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War.
Early life.
Jones was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina. By his marriage to Sarah Taylor, daughter of Brig. Gen. Joseph Pannell Taylor, he was an in-law of Zachary Taylor, the 12th US President, ... | Jones (1913–2008), U.S. Air Force major general, one of Doolittle's Raiders
- David C. Jones (1921–2013), U.S. Air Force general, Chairman Joints Chief of Staff
- David Rumph Jones (1825–1863), Confederate general
People Politics.
People Politics Canada.
- David Jones (Upper Canada politician) (1792–1870), lawyer, judg... | 8,591 | zeroshot-train |
Edmund Haffee [SEP] conflict | Edmund Haffee
Edmund Haffee (1832 – unknown) was a sailor in the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865.
Military service.
Haffee enlisted for a three-year term in the US Navy in August 1862, and was assigned to... | the Medal of Honor for their actions during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher:
- James Barnum, Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy
- John Dempster, Coxswain, U.S. Navy
- Thomas English, Signal Quartermaster, U.S. Navy
- Edmund Haffee, Quarter Gunner, U.S. Navy
- Nicholas Lear, Quartermaster, U.S. Navy
- Daniel Milliken, Quarter... | 8,592 | zeroshot-train |
Edward Darby [SEP] conflict | Edward Darby
Second Lieutenant Edward Darby (born 7 March 1888, date of death unknown) was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.
Military career.
On 5 August 1917 Darby was serving as an Air Mechanic 1st Class in No. 5 Squadron RNAS when he and pilot Robert Jope-Slade, in a DH.4, drove down an Al... | both do not consider Louis as a viable option.
Recurring characters Edward Darby.
Edward Darby (Conleth Hill) is managing partner of Darby International, a law firm headquartered in London. He is Jessica's newly named managing partner as of the Season 2 finale, following a successful merger of Pearson Hardman and Darby... | 8,593 | zeroshot-train |
Edward Gribben [SEP] conflict | Edward Gribben
Edward Gribben was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. He became a lieutenant-colonel in the Territorial Army between the wars, returning to the RAF in World War II, and rising to the rank of squadron leader.
Biography.
Biography Early life and background.
Gribben was born in Co... | Gribben
Gribben is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alan Gribben, American literary scholar
- Darren Gribben (born 1986), Scottish football player
- Edward Gribben (1888-?), British military aviator
- James H. Gribben (1839-1878), American soldier
See also.
- Gribben Head, a promontory in the Unite... | 8,594 | zeroshot-train |
Egbert Ludovicus Viele [SEP] conflict | Egbert Ludovicus Viele
Egbert Ludovicus Viele (Vee-lee) (June 17, 1825 – April 22, 1902) was a civil engineer and United States Representative from New York from 1885–1887, as well as an officer in the Union army during the American Civil War.
Biography.
Viele was born in Waterford, New York (Saratoga County), a son of... | Viele
Viele or Vielé may refer to any one of the following:
People.
- Egbert Ludovicus Viele (1825-1902), civil engineer and US Representative from New York
- Francis Vielé-Griffin (1864-1937), American-born French poet
- John L. Viele (1788-1832), New York politician
- Herman Knickerbocker Vielé (1855-1908), American ... | 8,595 | zeroshot-train |
Elo Sambo [SEP] conflict | Elo Sambo
′Vize-Wachtmeister Elo Sambo (1885-1933) was a Cameroonian who served in the Imperial German Army in World War I, notable for being one of very few Africans to do so. He served as the kettle drummer in the Life Guard Hussars of Potsdam (1907–18) and later the 4th Cavalry Regiment of the Reichswehr, also at Po... | - Togoland
- German East Africa
- Elo Sambo
- Kamerun Campaign
Bibliography and references.
- Gorges, E. Howard (1923). "The Great War in West Africa". London: Hutchinson & Co.
- Map of the territories exchanged between France and Germany at the Treaty of Fez.
External links.
Banknotes of German Kamerun
- http://www.nu... | 8,596 | zeroshot-train |
Emory Jenison Pike [SEP] conflict | Emory Jenison Pike
Emory Jenison Pike (December 18, 1876 – September 16, 1918) was a United States Army officer during World War I who received the Medal of Honor for his actions at Vandieres, France on September 15, 1918. A 1901 graduate of West Point, and the only West Point graduate to be awarded the Medal of Honor ... | Marriage and family.
Pike and his first wife had several children together: John (1634–1714), Thomas, Joseph, Hannah, and Ruth, and three others who predeceased him. As a widower aged 72, Pike married his second wife Elizabeth Fitz Randolph in 1685. He died a few years later.
He is also an ancestor of Albert Pike, a pr... | 8,597 | zeroshot-train |
Enzo Sereni [SEP] conflict | Enzo Sereni
Enzo Sereni (17 April 1905–18 November 1944) was an Italian Zionist, co-founder of kibbutz Givat Brenner, celebrated intellectual, advocate of Jewish-Arab co-existence and a Jewish Brigade officer who was parachuted into Nazi-occupied Italy in World War II, captured by the Germans and executed in Dachau con... | Sereni
Sereni is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Clara Sereni (born 1946), Italian writer
- Emilio Sereni (1907–1977), Italian politician
- Enzo Sereni (1905–1944), Italian Zionist
- Marina Sereni (born 1960), Italian politician
- Mario Sereni (1928–2015), Italian opera singer
- Matteo Se... | 8,598 | zeroshot-train |
Ernest James Salter [SEP] conflict | Ernest James Salter
Captain Ernest James Salter was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories. He would return to service during World War II.
Early life.
Ernest James Salter was born in Greenbank, Ontario, Canada on 9 November 1897. He was the son of Mary Helen Coultis and Theophilus L. Sal... | Austrian art historian
- Edward Salter, 17th century, English politician
- Ernest James Salter (1897–1959), Canadian airforce pilot
- Fannie Salter (1883–1966), American lighthouse keeper
- George Salter (1897-1967), American designer
- George Salter, (1834-1911) UK cricketer
- Hans J. Salter (1896–1994), American film... | 8,599 | zeroshot-train |
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