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Florent de Varennes [SEP] conflict | Florent de Varennes
Florent de Varennes (died in Tunis in August 1270) was the first Admiral of France, in 1269, and as such, became the head of the fleet during the Eighth Crusade and the last led by King Saint Louis IX.
Family.
He was lord of Varennes, in Picardy.
He was married to Yolande de Nesle, daughter of John ... | promote the culture of their region, land was granted to the people to build homes, free from any kind of duties and taxes. Over time the village of Franc-Mailly became a popular haunt for criminals. According to tradition, in 1069 the four corners of the village of Franc-Mailly were burnt down on the orders of the Sei... | 9,100 | zeroshot-train |
Frank Blaker [SEP] conflict | II when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
John Masters, the author, was Blaker’s brigade commander. He remembered him as Captain Jim Blaker. Writing 16 years later, he describes how the brigade was climbing a ridge with great difficulty to take a hill called Point 2171 from a determined and... | Frank Blaker
Frank Gerald Blaker VC MC (8 May 1920 – 9 July 1944) was a British-Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Details.
Born in Kasauli, Punjab, India, Frank Blaker was 24 years... | 9,101 | zeroshot-train |
Franz Gräser [SEP] conflict | Franz Gräser
Leutnant Franz Gräser was a World War I flying ace credited with 18 aerial victories.
Gräser was a technical university student in Budapest until World War I broke out. In October 1914, he enlisted in Infanterieregiment No. 72, graduated reserve officer school in mid-July 1915, and began World War I as the... | (15 Nov 1943 – 4 Aug 1944)
- General der Panzertruppe Walther Nehring (4 Aug 1944 – 19 Aug 1944)
- General der Panzertruppe Fritz-Hubert Gräser (19 Aug 1944 – 20 Sep 1944)
- General der Panzertruppe Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Edelsheim (20 Sep 1944 – 31 Mar 1945)
- Generalleutnant Wolf Hagemann (31 Mar 1945 – 8 May ... | 9,102 | zeroshot-train |
François Watrin [SEP] conflict | François Watrin
François Watrin (29 January 1772 in Beauvais – 22 November 1802 in Port-au-Prince) was a French infantry commander during the French Revolutionary Wars. | 3 (2 bns)
- Lobkowitz Dragoons No. 10
- Nauendorf Hussars No. 8
- Archduke Josef Hussars No. 2
Battle.
On the morning of 9 June, the 6th Light Infantry Demi-brigade belonging to General of Division François Watrin bumped into an Austrian position and immediately attacked. Melas' chief-of-staff, General-Major Anton von ... | 9,103 | zeroshot-train |
Frederick William, Baron de Woedtke [SEP] conflict | Frederick William, Baron de Woedtke
Frederick William, Baron de Woedtke (c. 1740 - July 28, 1776) was a Prussian officer who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Woedtke came to the new United States after the beginning of the American Revolution. He was said to have served for several ... | General Philip Schuyler in New York.
En route to serve his new commission in April 1776, Woedtke accompanied Benjamin Franklin, who was on a diplomatic mission to Canada. Charles Carroll, a congressman from Maryland on the same mission, wrote that Frederick William was "not the best bred up by his Prussian Majesty." Th... | 9,104 | zeroshot-train |
George Augustus Vaughn, Jr. [SEP] conflict | George Augustus Vaughn Jr.
George Augustus Vaughn Jr. (May 20, 1897 – July 31, 1989) was an American fighter ace in World War I and Distinguished Service Cross, Britain's Distinguished Flying Cross, and Silver Star recipient.
Vaughn was America's second-ranking Air Service ace to survive the war.
Early life.
Vaughn was... | is the grandson of George Augustus Vaughn Jr. & George H. Love. His father was the CEO and chairman of National Steel and served on the boards of TWA and Monsanto.
External links.
- HowardLove.com | 9,105 | zeroshot-train |
George Fowler Hastings [SEP] conflict | George Fowler Hastings
Vice-Admiral George Fowler Hastings CB (28 November 1814 – 21 March 1876) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service during the First Opium War and the Crimean War. In a naval career spanning over 50 years Hastings saw service across the British Empire, and rose to the rank of vice-admiral... | the lifetime of Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon, George's elder brother was regarded as heir-presumptive to the earldom, and a marriage was arranged between George and the Earl's younger sister Lady Selina Hastings (daughter of the 9th Earl and his wife Selina). However, Lady Selina died on 12 May 1763, and i... | 9,106 | zeroshot-train |
George Prance [SEP] conflict | George Prance
George Prance (1827 – April 3, 1885) 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.
Immigrating from his native France, Prance volunteered for service in the U.S. Nav... | last evening on the remains of George Prance, who shot himself yesterday at the Park House, Temescal. The jury found that the deceased was a native of France, single, sixty years of age, and that he came to his death from a bullet wound, inflicted with suicidal intent. Prance had been employed on a dredger in the Oakla... | 9,107 | zeroshot-train |
George Sykes [SEP] conflict | George Sykes
George Sykes (October 9, 1822 – February 8, 1880) was a career United States Army officer and a Union General during the American Civil War.
He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1842, and served in numerous conflicts, including the Second Seminole War and the Mexican–American War. During... | zookeeper.
- "The Book Tower" (1987)
- "Terry and June" (16 Nov. 1982) Series 5 Episode 5 (Playing pool) Morris
- "Sykes" (7 Nov. 1974) Series 3 Episode 4 (The Band) Johnny Brunswick
- "Doctor in the House" (13 Sep. 1969) Series 1, Episode 10 (The Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Casino) Malcolm
- "Mann's Best Friends" (19... | 9,108 | zeroshot-train |
Gerhard Berthold [SEP] conflict | Gerhard Berthold
Gerhard Berthold (12 March 1891 – 14 April 1942) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Berthold was killed on 14 April 1942 in Yukhnov, Russia. He was posthumously promoted t... | 4.May.1808) married Charlotte Freiin von Harff (06.Oct.1777 – 13.Sep.1839)
- Graf Franz Ludwig Schenk von Stauffenberg (13.May.1801 – 08.May.1881) married Eleonore Gräfin Butler von Clonebough (20.Sep.1807 – 05.Feb.1861)
- Anna Grafin von Stauffenberg (01.Mar.1825 – 03.Sep.1852) married Karl Alexander Graf von Seinshei... | 9,109 | zeroshot-train |
Gewehr 98 [SEP] conflict | UK, Japan, and the US. The Gewehr 98 replaced the earlier Gewehr 1888 as the main German service rifle. It first saw combat in the Chinese Boxer Rebellion and was the main German infantry service rifle of World War I. The Gewehr 98 saw further military use by the Ottoman Empire and Nationalist Spain.
History.
The Geweh... | fend off any uprisings. The peasants (indigenous and non-indigenous) were beginning to rise up against the local authorities in an unorganized manner. Finally, the Communist Party of El Salvador (PCS) became involved in activities which led to the uprising.
Causes of the conflict The Salvadoran Army in 1932.
The army w... | 9,110 | zeroshot-train |
Gregorio García de la Cuesta [SEP] conflict | Gregorio García de la Cuesta
Gregorio García de la Cuesta y Fernández de Celis (9 May 1741 – 1811) was a prominent Spanish general of the Peninsular War.
Early career.
Born in La Lastra, Cantabria, to a family of petty nobles, Cuesta entered military service in 1758 as a member of the Spanish Royal Guards Regiment. He ... | . The French army crossed the Tagus River on several points and converged on Almaraz, defended by the Spanish Army of Extremadura led by Captain-General Gregorio García de la Cuesta. Duke del Parque's forces were drubbed at Mesas de Ibor by Leval's German division. These defeat forced la Cuesta to withdraw on the line ... | 9,111 | zeroshot-train |
Gurmukh Singh Saini [SEP] conflict | Gurmukh Singh Saini
Gurmukh Singh, was a Sikh soldier from the village Gadram Badi of Ropar in district Ambala of the province of Punjab in British India. Saini won the Indian Order of Merit 1st Class during the First World War for splendid courage on the battlefield on the night of 1 March 1916. He was also awarded th... | . The Battle of Saragarhi will always be remembered as one of the greatest and the bravest
last stands in military history.
Cast.
- Akshay Kumar as Hav. Ishar Singh
- Parineeti Chopra as Jeevani Kaur
- Vivek Saini as Sep. Jiwan Singh
- Vikram Kochhar as Sep. Gulab Singh
- Suvinder Vicky as Nk. Lal Singh
- Vansh Bharad... | 9,112 | zeroshot-train |
Harold Albert Kullberg [SEP] conflict | Harold Albert Kullberg
Captain Harold Albert Kullberg (10 September 1896 – 5 August 1924) was a World War I flying ace credited with 19 aerial victories. Though he scored his victories with the Royal Air Force, Kullberg was an American citizen. He was rejected for training as an American pilot because he was too short.... | No. 1 Squadron and began scoring again. On 1 June 1918, he shared in the destruction of a German Pfalz D.III fighter; Percy Jack Clayson, Harold Albert Kullberg, and eight other pilots also received credit. On the 17th, he again shared credit for a triumph, with three other pilots. The 15 September saw Lavers, William ... | 9,113 | zeroshot-train |
Harold C. Cloudman [SEP] conflict | Harold C. Cloudman
Harold C. Cloudman served in the California legislature and during World War I he served in the United States Army. | Cloudman
Cloudman may refer to:
- Cloud Man (–1862/1863), a Dakota chief
- Cloudman Hall (Georgia Tech), a dormitory
- Harold C. Cloudman, a California politician
- John Greenleaf Cloudman (1813–1892), a painter | 9,114 | zeroshot-train |
Hartmuth Baldamus [SEP] conflict | Hartmuth Baldamus
Leutnant Hartmuth Baldamus was a World War I flying ace credited with 18 aerial victories.
Early life.
Hartmuth Baldamus was born in Dresden on 10 August 1891.
World War I service.
Baldamus was in German aviation from the start of the First World War. Ranked as a Gefreiter, he flew for FFA 20 beginnin... | 1918
6. Bazoches: 23 July 1918 – 26 July 1918
7. Maizy: 27 July 1918 – 31 July 1918
8. Sissonne: 1 August 1918 – 11 October 1918
9. Plounion: 11 October 1918 – 11 November 1918
Personnel.
The squadron's commanders were not the only notable fliers serving in the unit. Other pilots, such as Hartmuth Baldamus, Fritz Pütte... | 9,115 | zeroshot-train |
Heinz Wernicke [SEP] conflict | Heinz Wernicke
Heinz Wernicke (17 October 1920 – 27 December 1944) was a Luftwaffe World War II fighter ace and was credited with 117 aerial victories—that is, 117 aerial combat encounters resulting in the destruction of the enemy aircraft. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, the highest aw... | Otto Hübner - Kellner
- Leo Peukert as Heinz Balzer - Weinstubenbesitzer
- Albert Florath as Vater Wernicke - Familienpensionsinhaber
- Margarete Kupfer as Tante Knifke - Drehorgelverleiherin
- Paul Bildt as Geheimrat Roderich Donon
- Claire Reigbert as Mutter Wernicke
- Werner Finck as Herr von der Presse
- Karl Gunth... | 9,116 | zeroshot-train |
Henry G. Buhrman [SEP] conflict | Henry G. Buhrman
Henry G. Buhrman (January 1844 – June 1, 1906) 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.
Union assault.
On May 22, 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant ordered an assault on the Confederate heights at Vi... | monument to Congressman Walter Preston Brownlow, who petitioned the government and worked tirelessly to have the veteran's center created. It officially became a National Cemetery in 1973, and has primarily the interments of veterans who died while under care at the facility.
Notable interments.
- Medal of Honor recipi... | 9,117 | zeroshot-train |
Henry Goddard Thomas [SEP] conflict | Henry Goddard Thomas
Henry Goddard Thomas (April 5, 1837 – January 23, 1897) was a Union Army general in the American Civil War.
Early years.
A native of Portland, Maine, Thomas graduated from Amherst College in 1858 and was admitted to the bar shortly thereafter.
Career.
When the civil war began Thomas enlisted as a... | Wyche
- 1784 Thomas Long
- 1785 James Easton
- 1786 George Maton
- 1787 Eadward Hinxman
- 1788 George Yalden Fort
- 1789 Henry Hinxman
- 1790 Michael Burrough from Nov 18 1790
- 1791 Robert Freemantle
- 1792 James Goddard
- 1793 Thomas Brown
- 1794 Joseph Tanner
- 1795 William Boucher
- 1796 Thomas Goddard
- 1797 Josep... | 9,118 | zeroshot-train |
Hollon Richardson [SEP] conflict | Hollon Richardson
Hollon Richardson (December 25, 1835 – December 24, 1916) was a lieutenant colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was nominated and confirmed for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general in 1866.
Biography.
Richardson was born on Christmas of 1835. He died on Christmas... | American carcinologist
- Harry Richardson (disambiguation), multiple people called Harry or Harold
- Heather Richardson-Bergsma (born 1989), American speedskater
- Helen Richardson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Henry Richardson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Herbert Richardson (disambiguation), multiple peop... | 9,119 | zeroshot-train |
Hélie de Saint Marc [SEP] conflict | Biography Algerian War and the Generals' Putsch.
Recruited by Général Challe, Hélie de Saint Marc served during the Algerian War; notably alongside General Massu. In April 1961, he participated with the 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment 1 REP which he commanded by interim to the Generals' Putsch; directed by General Chall... | Paris: Belin 2001.
- Petit, Georges. "Rückkehr nach Langenstein. Erfahrungen eines Deportierten". Hürth bei Köln: Edition Memoria 2004.
- de Saint Marc, Hélie. "Mémoires - Les champs de braises." Paris: Perrin 1995 (2002).
- de Saint Marc, Hélie. "Asche und Glut: Erinnerungen." Friedberg: Edition AtlantiS 1998.
- de Sa... | 9,120 | zeroshot-train |
Irene Morales [SEP] conflict | Irene Morales
Irene Morales Infante (1 April 1865 – 25 August 1890) was a Chilean soldier who served in the War of the Pacific. She was born in a barrio of Santiago, and lived in poverty throughout her life, working as a seamstress from an early age. At the time the War of the Pacific began she was only 13 years old, a... | in Zusammenarbeit mit Irene Meissner: Sep Ruf 1908–1982. Moderne mit Tradition. München 2008
- Sep Ruf 1908-1982: Leben und Werk Irene Meissner 2013
- Hans Wichmann: Sep Ruf. Bauten und Projekte. DVA, Stuttgart, 1986,
- Der Bungalow, Paul Swiridoff, Wohn- und Empfangsgebäude für den Bundeskanzler in Bonn, Neske Verlag,... | 9,121 | zeroshot-train |
James Clay Rice [SEP] conflict | James Clay Rice
James Clay Rice (December 27, 1828 – May 10, 1864) was a lawyer from Massachusetts, who became a brigadier general of volunteers in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Early life.
Rice was born in Worthington, Massachusetts on December 27, 1828 to William Rice and Welthea (Cottrell) Rice. He w... | ), U.S. politician and jurist
- James Clay Rice (1828–1864), U.S. Civil War general (Union)
- James Mahmud Rice (born 1972), Australian sociologist
- James Montgomery Rice (1842–1912), American lawyer and politician
- James R. Rice, (born 1940), U.S. scholar in the field of solid mechanics
- James S. Rice, (1846–1939),... | 9,122 | zeroshot-train |
James Clinton [SEP] conflict | James Clinton
Major-General James Clinton (August 9, 1736 – September 22, 1812) was an American Revolutionary War officer who, with John Sullivan, led the Sullivan Expedition. He obtained the rank of brevet major general.
Personal life.
Clinton was born in Ulster County in the colony of New York, at Little Britain in t... | AFB,SD. 15 Jan 68 – 19 Jul 68
70th Bombardment Wing (H) Clinton – Sherman AFB,OK. 1 Feb 68 – Sep 68
91st Bombardment Wing (H) Glasgow AFB,MT. 11 Sep 66 – 31 Mar 67
92nd Bombardment Wing (H) Fairchild AFB,WA. Mar 68 – Sep 68
96th Bombardment Wing (H) Dyess AFB,TX. 22 Jun 70 – 19 Sep 70
99th Bombardment Wing (H) Westover... | 9,123 | zeroshot-train |
James M. Cumpston [SEP] conflict | James M. Cumpston
James M. Cumpston (1837 – May 24, 1888) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Valley Campaigns of 1864. Although his military records are under Cumpston, his surname is correctly spelled Compston.
Medal of Honor citation.
The Pr... | group began meeting and worshipping together in December 1902, and the congregation formally organized on January 25, 1903, as the Second Presbyterian Church South ( Second Presbyterian Church). Bedinger served as the first pastor, Dr. Otho M. Muncster and E. H. Cumpston as the first elders, and Dr. George DuBose, Jame... | 9,124 | zeroshot-train |
James M. Prichett [SEP] conflict | James M. Prichett
James M. Prichett (1836–1871) was an officer of the United States Navy who served in the American Civil War.
Biography.
Prichett, born in Centerville, Indiana, in 1836, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1857. Prior to the Civil War he served aboard the on the China Station, and in on t... | USS Prichett (DD-561)
USS "Prichett" (DD-561), a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Lieutenant Commander James M. Prichett (1835–1871).
"Prichett" was laid down 20 July 1942 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, Washington; launched 31 July 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Orville A. Tucker; and commiss... | 9,125 | zeroshot-train |
Jan Mazurkiewicz [SEP] conflict | Jan Mazurkiewicz
Jan Mazurkiewicz (27 August 1896, Lwów – 4 May 1988, Warsaw), "nom de guerre Radosław", was a Polish soldier, veteran of World War I, and a colonel in the Polish anti-Nazi resistance Armia Krajowa (AK) during World War II. He was one of the main commanders of the Warsaw Uprising, where he led the Rados... | Mazurkiewicz
Mazurkiewicz, Mazurkievič, or Mazurkievich is a surname with variants in a number of languages. It is derived from mazurek. The surname is found across Poland. Related surnames include Mazurek and Mazur.
People.
- Antoni Mazurkiewicz, computer scientist, inventor of the trace theory
- Jan Mazurkiewicz, Pol... | 9,126 | zeroshot-train |
Jane Whorwood [SEP] conflict | Jane Whorwood
Jane Whorwood, "née" Ryder (1612 – September 1684) was a Royalist agent during the English Civil War. She managed circulation of intelligence, as well as smuggling of funds to sustain the Royalist faction. Whorwood was a close confidante of King Charles I, having helped to co-ordinate his attempts to esca... | , Elder & Co.
• Fox, John (2010). "The King’s Smuggler : Whorwood Whorwood, Secret Agent to Charles I" [Kindle version]. Gloucestershire: The History Press.
• Poynting, Sarah (2006). Deciphering the King: Charles I's Letters to Jane Whorwood. "The Seventeenth Century", 21 (1), 128–40.
External links.
• Profile on Jane ... | 9,127 | zeroshot-train |
Jean-Andoche Junot [SEP] conflict | Jean-Andoche Junot
Jean-Andoche Junot, 1st Duke of Abrantès (24 September 1771 – 29 July 1813) was a French general during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Biography.
Biography Early life.
Junot was born in Bussy-le-Grand, Côte-d'Or, son of Michel Junot, a farmer (1739–1814), son of François Junot (?–1759) and wi... | Convention of Cintra
The Convention of Cintra was an agreement signed on 30 August 1808, during the Peninsular War. By the agreement, the defeated French were allowed to evacuate their troops from Portugal without further conflict. The Convention was signed at the Palace of Queluz, in Queluz, Cintra, Estremadura.
The F... | 9,128 | zeroshot-train |
Jock Cunningham [SEP] conflict | Jock Cunningham
Jock Cunningham (20 December 1902 – 22 February 1969) was a British volunteer in the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. He became a battalion and brigade commander and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He played a key role in the Battle of Jarama, one of the principal military action... | Communist Party.
Jock Cunningham was a popular and courageous commander. His military influence was praised by Harry Pollitt, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) during his speech at a Unity Campaign meeting 15 March 1937 in Liverpool: "One day we shall tell our children about the defense o... | 9,129 | zeroshot-train |
John Henry Russell [SEP] conflict | John Henry Russell
Rear Admiral John Henry Russell (4 July 1827 – 1 April 1897) was an officer of the United States Navy during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.
Biography.
Russell was born at Frederick, Maryland on 4 July 1827 to Sir James Henry Russell and Martha Wilson Russell. He was appointed mi... | to the conflict.
The British cabinet was stunned by the enormous loss of the Third Battle of Charleston. John Bright led the overtures for peace, and directed the wrath of Parliament at Lord Russell for his languid responses and general unwillingness to prevent the departure of the commerce raiders being constructed. M... | 9,130 | zeroshot-train |
John Quincy Marr [SEP] conflict | John Quincy Marr
John Quincy Marr (May 27, 1825 – June 1, 1861) was a Virginia militia company captain and the first Confederate soldier killed by a Union soldier in combat during the American Civil War. Marr was killed at the Battle of Fairfax Court House, Virginia on June 1, 1861. Previously one of Fauquier County's ... | John Marr
John(ny) Marr may refer to:
- John Marr (before 1410–after 1454), Scottish regional administrator (List of Provosts and Lord Provosts of Aberdeen)
- John Quincy Marr (1825–1861), American military officer
- John Edward Marr (1857–1933), English geologist and academic
- John Ralston Marr, British Indologist an... | 9,131 | zeroshot-train |
John R. McKinney [SEP] conflict | John R. McKinney
John Randolph McKinney was a United States soldier who received the Medal of Honor in World War II during the campaign to recapture the Philippines from Japanese forces in 1945. Although greatly outnumbered by about 100 Japanese soldiers, McKinney was single-handedly able to secure a crucial battlefiel... | )
- Col Ronald H McKinney (Jul 1978 – Sep 1980)
- Col James Selph (Sep 1980 – Dec 1982)
- Col Gerald L Boynton (Dec 1982 – May 1984)
- Col Phillip J Lurie (May 1984 – Jan 1986)
- Col Buford R Witt (Jan 1986 – Jul 1988)
- Col Carl E Stoops (Jul 1988 – Aug 1990)
- Col Robert A Allen Jr (Aug 1990 – Jul 1992)
- Col Dale W ... | 9,132 | zeroshot-train |
John T. Sterling [SEP] conflict | John T. Sterling
John T. Sterling (1841 – February 2, 1920) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Battle of Opequon more commonly called the Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia on September 19, 1864.
Sterling joined the army from Indiana in Augu... | Patrick Jay Hurley
- 21 Sep – Ross S. Sterling
- 28 Sep – Pierre Laval & Aristide Briand
- 5 Oct – Primo Carnera
- 12 Oct – Baron Kijuro Shidehara
- 19 Oct – William Green
- 26 Oct – Chiang Kai-shek & Mme. Chiang
- 2 Nov – Eugene O'Neill
- 9 Nov – Rosa Ponselle
- 16 Nov – Dino Grandi
- 23 Nov – Barry Wood
- 30 Nov – Wa... | 9,133 | zeroshot-train |
John Tremayne Rodd [SEP] conflict | John Tremayne Rodd
Vice-Admiral Sir John Tremayne Rodd, KCB (c. 1769 – 4 October 1838) was an officer of the Royal Navy noted for his services during the Napoleonic Wars. Rodd served in a number of ships, including under Admiral Sir Charles Cotton and during the Battle of the Basque Roads. In 1809, he married the daugh... | Tremayne Rodd, 3rd Baron Rennell
John Adrian Tremayne Rodd, 3rd Baron Rennell (28 June 1935 – 9 December 2006) was a Scottish rugby union player. He succeeded his uncle as 3rd Baron Rennell in 1978, and sat on the Conservative Party benches in the House of Lords.
Early years.
John Adrian Tremayne Rodd was the younger s... | 9,134 | zeroshot-train |
Joseph Horace Eaton [SEP] conflict | Joseph Horace Eaton
Joseph Horace Eaton (October 12, 1815 – January 20, 1896) was an American artist and a career officer in the United States Army (Regular Army). He served as a major during the American Civil War. In recognition of his service, in 1866 he was nominated and in 1867 he was confirmed for appointment to ... | Joseph Eaton
Joseph Eaton is the name of:
- Joseph Eaton (actor) (1905–1998), one of "The Seven Little Eatons"
- Joseph Eaton Faning (1850–1927), British composer
- Joseph Horace Eaton (1815–1896), American artist and officer
- Joseph Oriel Eaton (1829–1875), American painter
- Joseph Oriel Eaton II (1873–1949), founde... | 9,135 | zeroshot-train |
Kara Fatma [SEP] conflict | Kara Fatma
Kara Fatma (full name Fatma Seher Erden; 1888–2 July 1955) was a decorated Turkish heroine who distinguished herself as a militia leader and soldier during the Turkish War of Independence.
Nickname.
The word "kara" literally means "black" in Turkish and is sometimes used as a synonym for "brunette"; when use... | Fatma Kara
Fatma Kara (born June 15, 1991) is a Turkish women's football midfielder currently playing in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna for HK/Víkingur. She was a member of the Turkish national team between 2009 and 2015.
Early life.
Fatma was born in Herten district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on June... | 9,136 | zeroshot-train |
Karl Litzmann [SEP] conflict | Karl Litzmann
Karl Litzmann (22 January 1850 – 28 May 1936) was a German World War I general and later Nazi Party member and state politician.
World War I.
He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Łódź (1914); he earned the nickname "the Lion of Brzeziny" there. On 29 November 1914 he was awarded the "Pour le ... | . Karl Kaufmann
142. Karl Koller (general)
143. Karl Löffler
144. Karl Löwith
145. Karl Laforce
146. Karl Lange (Nazi persecutee)
147. Karl Leib
148. Karl Lennart Oesch
149. Karl Linnas
150. Karl Litzmann
151. Karl Magnus Wegelius
152. Karl Malden
153. Karl Mander Gravell
154. Karl Maria Wiligut
155. Karl Mauss
156. Ka... | 9,137 | zeroshot-train |
Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson [SEP] conflict | Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer)
General Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, (25 December 1891 – 29 April 1959) was a senior British Army officer who saw service in both world wars. He is mainly remembered as the commander of the British First Army during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa and th... | Carl Campbell
288. Kenji Doihara
289. Kenji Hatanaka
290. Kenji Yanagiya
291. Kenkichi Ueda
292. Kenkichi Yoshizawa
293. Kenneth A. Walsh
294. Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson
295. Kenneth Bainbridge
296. Kenneth Campbell
297. Kenneth Cecil Bunch
298. Kenneth Claiborne Royall
299. Kenneth Cummins
300. Kenneth D. Bailey
301... | 9,138 | zeroshot-train |
Kurt Hetze [SEP] conflict | Kurt Hetze
Leutnant Kurt Hetze was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.
Leutnant Kurt Hetze joined Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 13 in June 1918. He scored his first aerial victory flying with them, downing a SPAD on 11 June. On 25 June 1918, he scored again, shooting down a Bristol F.2 Fighter fr... | On 15 August 1918, Hetze struck twice. At 0920 hours, he shot down a Spad over Crapeaumesnil. At 1925 hours, he shot down another Spad, over Liancourt. On 12 September 1918, in his last day in combat, Hetze claimed two Breguet 14 bombers; one of the claims would be confirmed for his fifth victory. On 13 September 1918,... | 9,139 | zeroshot-train |
Ludwig von Schröder [SEP] conflict | Ludwig von Schröder
Ludwig von Schröder (17 July 1854 Hintzenkamp near Eggesin – 17 July 1933 in Berlin-Halensee) was a Prussian officer and Admiral during World War I and a recipient of the Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves.
Schröder entered the newly established Imperial Naval Service in May 1871. Prior to World War I, ... | 1921 - Karl von Bülow
- 1923 - Ernst Troeltsch
- 1925-1975 (d.1918) - Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen
- 1926 - Wolf Wilhelm Friedrich von Baudissin
- 1926 - Josias von Heeringen
- 1927 - Max Hoffmann
- 1928 - Ulrich Neckel
- 1933 - Hans Maikowski
- 1933 - Werner von Frankenberg und Proschlitz
- 1933 - Ludwig v... | 9,140 | zeroshot-train |
László Deák [SEP] conflict | László Deák
László Deák (1 July 1891 – 5 November 1946) was a Hungarian army officer who served in World War I and World War II. He was accused and convicted of war crimes due to his involvement in the massacre of Serbian and Jewish civilians during the Axis armies' invasion of Yugoslavia. He was sentenced to death by ... | formed by the radicals. To the latter belonged among others László Teleki, Pál Nyáry and László Madarász.
In 1849 the Conservative Party merged into the Opposition Party.
After the defeated revolution and the passive resistance of the 1850-ies the newly revived Opposition party split into several directions. While Deák... | 9,141 | zeroshot-train |
MP 3008 [SEP] conflict | MP 3008
The 9×19mm MP 3008 ("Maschinenpistole 3008" or "machine pistol 3008", also Volks-MP.3008 and Gerät Neumünster) was a German substitute standard submachine gun manufactured toward the end of World War II in early 1945.
Also known as the "Volksmaschinenpistole" ("people's machine pistol"), the weapon was closely ... | Jørgensen (Captured)
- Lee–Enfield (Captured)
Sub-machine guns
- MP 18/MP 28
- MP 34
- MP 35
- MP 38
- MP 40
- MP 41
- MP 3008 (10,000) (Use in 1945 only)
- Erma EMP
- ZK-383
- MAS-38 (Captured)
- Suomi KP/-31
- PPSh-41 (Captured from Soviets, Issued as the MP 717)
- Sten (Captured from British, Issued as the MP | 9,142 | zeroshot-train |
Micah Jenkins [SEP] conflict | Micah Jenkins
Micah Jenkins (December 1, 1835 – May 6, 1864), was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, mortally wounded by friendly fire at the Battle of the Wilderness.
Early life.
Jenkins was born on Edisto Island, South Carolina. He graduated first in his class from the South Carolina Military Academy, n... | the minority, because African-Americans are seven percent of San Francisco's population. Writer and director Barry Jenkins has described the film's two main characters as "playing out a debate back and forth about identity politics". Each of the two main characters embodies an ideology. Jenkins saw the character of Mic... | 9,143 | zeroshot-train |
Miller Worsley [SEP] conflict | Miller Worsley
Miller Worsley (8 July 1791 – 2 May 1835) was an officer in the Royal Navy, best known for playing a major part in the Engagements on Lake Huron in the Anglo-American War of 1812.
Early career.
Worsley was the son of a clergyman, and first joined the Navy as a volunteer in 1803. He became a Midshipman in... | Edward Meux Worsley
Edward Meux Worsley (1747–1782) was a British politician from the Isle of Wight who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1782.
Worsley was the eldest son of Sir Edward Worsley of Gatcombe and his wife Elizabeth Miller, daughter of Sir John Miller, 2nd Baronet. In 1762, he succeeded to Gatcom... | 9,144 | zeroshot-train |
Model 1914 grenade [SEP] conflict | Model 1914 grenade
The Model 1914 grenade ("Ручная граната образца 1914 года" "Ruchnaya granata obraztsa 1914 goda", "Hand Grenade Pattern of year 1914") is a Russian stick concussion grenade (fragmentation grenade via an optional jacket) that was used during World War I and World War II.
Operation.
The M1914 is a tim... | guns
- DP-28
- DTM-4
- Lewis gun (received as Lend-Lease aid)
- Maxim M1910
- DS-39 (production was discontinued after the German invasion)
- SG-43 Goryunov
- DShK
- RPD (Limited use in 1945)
Grenades
- F1 grenade (Russia)
- RGD-33 grenade
- RG-41
- RG-42
- RPG-40
- RPG-43
- RPG-6
- Model 1914 grenade
- Molotov cocktai... | 9,145 | zeroshot-train |
Moses N. Wisewell [SEP] conflict | Moses N. Wisewell
Moses N. Wisewell (May 15, 1827 – April 11, 1888) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War.
Moses N. Wisewell was born at Brandon, Vermont, May 15, 1827. He was a civil engineer and merchant before the Civil War.
As colonel, Wisewell commanded the 28th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regim... | 2005 to Jun 2011
- Mike Moses, Jan 2001 to Aug 2004
- Waldemar “Bill” Rojas, Aug 1999 to Jul 2000
- James H. Hughey, Sep 1997 to Aug 1999
- Yvonne Gonzalez, Jan 1997 to Sep 1997
- Chad Woolery, Dec 1993 to Aug 1996
General information.
Its headquarters is 9400 N. Central Expressway in North Dallas.
The previous headqua... | 9,146 | zeroshot-train |
Mustafa Şekip Birgöl [SEP] conflict | Mustafa Şekip Birgöl
Mustafa Şekip Birgöl (1903 – November 11, 2008), a retired Turkish colonel, was the last veteran of the Turkish War of Independence (1919–1923).
Biography.
He was born 1903 in Üsküdar, a suburb of Istanbul, into a family of naval officers. Mustafa Şekip Birgöl graduated from Işıklar Military Second... | 1939)
- 2005 – Peter Drucker, Austrian-American author, theorist, and educator (b. 1909)
- 2006 – Belinda Emmett, Australian actress (b. 1974)
- 2007 – Delbert Mann, American director and producer (b. 1920)
- 2008 – Herb Score, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1933)
- 2008 – Mustafa Şekip Birgöl, Turkish c... | 9,147 | zeroshot-train |
Ne Myo Sithu [SEP] conflict | Ne Myo Sithu
Ne Myo Sithu (, ) was the overall commander of Burmese military forces in the first half of the Sino-Burmese War (1765–1769). He successfully led the Burmese armies in the first two invasions by the Chinese (1765–1767). In the second invasion (1766–1767), he began as the second-in-command of Gen. Maha Sith... | between local Chinese and Burmese merchants as the excuse to order an invasion of Kengtung in December 1765. The invasion force, which consisted of 3,500 Green Standard troops along with Tai-Shan militias, laid siege to Kengtung but could not match battle-hardened Burmese troops at the Kengtung garrison, led by Gen. Ne... | 9,148 | zeroshot-train |
Nock gun [SEP] conflict | Nock gun
The Nock gun was a seven-barrelled flintlock smoothbore firearm used by the Royal Navy during the early stages of the Napoleonic Wars. It is a type of volley gun adapted for ship-to-ship fighting, but was limited in its use because of the powerful recoil and eventually discontinued.
Its bizarre appearance and ... | , Jover & Co. with William Jover, a Master of the Gunmakers Company and the patent bore Jover's name as well as Nock's along with one John Green. War with the American colonies provided a strong market for Nock's products.
James Wilson came to Nock in 1779 to make the prototypes for his volley gun design. Nock won the ... | 9,149 | zeroshot-train |
Oliver Colin LeBoutillier [SEP] conflict | Oliver Colin LeBoutillier
Captain Oliver Colin LeBoutillier (24 May 1894 – 12 May 1983) was a World War I aviator who witnessed the death of Manfred von Richthofen. He was a vigorous proponent of Captain Roy Brown as the victor over Richthofen.
Post World War I, he became a stunt pilot for movies, a skywriter, and an a... | Le Boutillier
Le Boutillier or LeBoutillier may refer to:
- David Le Boutillier (1811–1854), Canadian political figure
- John Le Boutillier (1797–1872), Canadian businessman and political figure
- John LeBoutillier (born 1953), American political columnist and pundit
- Peter Leboutillier (born 1975), former Canadian ic... | 9,150 | zeroshot-train |
Oscar Brookin [SEP] conflict | Oscar Brookin
Oscar Brookin (19 July 1869 in Byron, Wisconsin – 18 August 1938) served in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of El Caney.
Oscar Brookin died in 1938 and is buried in Sunset Cemetery in Galloway, Ohio.
Medal of Honor ci... | Honor to Private Oscar Brookin, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 1 July 1898, while serving with Company C, 17th U.S. Infantry, in action at El Caney, Cuba. Private Brookin gallantly assisted in the rescue of the wounded from in front of the lines and under heavy fire from the enemy.
See also.
- List of... | 9,151 | zeroshot-train |
Oscar Walter Farenholt [SEP] conflict | Oscar Walter Farenholt
Rear Admiral Oscar Walter Farenholt (May 2, 1845 – June 30, 1920) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War, the Spanish–American War and is the first enlisted man in the Navy to reach flag rank.
Early life.
Farenholt was born to German immigrants in San Antonio, Texa... | USS Farenholt (DD-491)
USS "Farenholt" (DD-491) was a "Benson"-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second ship named for Admiral Oscar Farenholt.
"Farenholt" was launched 19 November 1941 by Bethlehem Steel Company, Staten Island, New York; sponsored by Miss N. L. Garland, great-g... | 9,152 | zeroshot-train |
Oskar Hennrich [SEP] conflict | Oskar Hennrich
Oskar Hennrich was a German World War I flying ace credited with 20 aerial victories. He was a notable balloon buster, as thirteen of his wins were destructions of observation balloons. He was the leading ace of his squadron, and ended his service with the rank of Vizefeldwebel.
Aerial service.
Hennrich... | July 1918
5. Moislains, France: 31 July 1918 – October 1918
6. Villers-Sire-Nicole, France: October 1918 – 11 November 1918
Notable members.
- Oskar Hennrich MMC, Iron Cross, top ace in squadron and balloon buster ace.
- Robert Heibert: MMC, Iron Cross.
- Helmut Steinbrecher: Iron Cross, first pilot to successfully dep... | 9,153 | zeroshot-train |
Oswald Watt [SEP] conflict | 1923, the Oswald Watt Wing of the Havilah Home for Orphans, Wahroonga, was opened by the Governor-General of Australia. Watt was acknowledged as both a source and a reviewer by F.M. Cutlack in the latter's volume on the Australian Flying Corps that was first published in 1923 as part of the "Official History of Austral... | and the Oswald Watt Fund at the University of Sydney.
Early career.
Born on 11 February 1878 in Bournemouth, England, Oswald Watt was the youngest son of John Brown Watt, a Scot who had migrated to New South Wales in 1842 and became a successful merchant and politician, frequently representing his state on overseas mis... | 9,154 | zeroshot-train |
Phichit Kriangsakphichit [SEP] conflict | Phichit Kriangsakphichit
Lieutenant-General Luang Kriangsakphichit (personal name Phichit Kriangsakphichit, ; 20 July 1896 – 29 July 1964) was a former army commander in the Franco-Thai War. He also served as Minister of Defence, Minister of Public Health, Member of Parliament, and was a member of Khana Ratsadon. | also Deputy Prime Minister, Major General Douangchay Phichit, with other top ranking officials was killed in a plane crash in the north of the country. The officials were to participate in a ceremony to mark the liberation of the Plain of Jars from the former Royal Lao government forces. Their Russian-built Antonov AN ... | 9,155 | zeroshot-train |
Phineas Riall [SEP] conflict | Phineas Riall
General Sir Phineas Riall, KCH (15 December 1775 – 10 November 1850) was the British general who succeeded John Vincent as commanding officer of the Niagara Peninsula in Upper Canada during the War of 1812. In 1816, he was appointed Governor of Grenada.
Military career.
Riall was born at Clonmel, Ireland,... | Riall
Riall is a given name and a surname. People with that name include:
- Lucy Riall (active from 2004), British historian
- Phineas Riall (1775-1850), British general
- Tom Riall (active from 2004), British businessman
- Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey (1853-1926), Irish-born engineer and captain in the Royal Eng... | 9,156 | zeroshot-train |
Pietro Frugoni [SEP] conflict | Pietro Frugoni
Pietro Frugoni (Brescia, 21 January 1851 – Brescia, 10 July 1940) was an Italian General of the Kingdom of Italy who actively participated in the World War I, especially in the first four Battles of the Isonzo.
Appointed Lieutenant general in 1906, he received command of the I Special Corps in Tripoli du... | Regiments
- 4th Squadron, 27th Light Cavalry Regiment of Aquila
- 3rd Group, 1st Heavy Field Artillery Regiment (6th & 7th batteries)
- 2nd & 17th Cos, Miners
- 17th Co, 2nd Sapper Regiment
- 14th Pontoon Co
- 16th Telegraph Co
- 1 section, radiotelegraph of 1 ½ Kw
- 1 squad, telephotography
Italian Army Order of Battl... | 9,157 | zeroshot-train |
Pomeroy Parker [SEP] conflict | Pomeroy Parker
Pomeroy Parker (March 17, 1874 – December 30, 1946) was a private serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Spanish–American War who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.
Biography.
Parker was born on March 17, 1874 in Gates County, North Carolina. He joined the Marine Corps from Norfolk, V... | Heber Howe, b. 09 Apr 1846, d. 06 Jun 1924
- Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe, b. 1848, d. 02 Jun 1860
- Julia Amory Howe, b. 31 Jan 1850, d. 22 Jun 1850
- Elizabeth Marshall Howe, b. 12 May 1851, d. 1904, married George Pomeroy Allen
- Frank Perley Howe, b. 19 Sep 1853, d. 24 Aug 1922
- Alfred Leighton Howe, b. 4 Apr 1854, d.... | 9,158 | zeroshot-train |
Reinhard Gehlen [SEP] conflict | Reinhard Gehlen
Reinhard Gehlen (3 April 1902 – 8 June 1979) was a German general and intelligence officer who was chief of the Wehrmacht Foreign Armies East (FHO) military-intelligence unit during World War II (1942–45); spymaster of the CIA-affiliated anti–Communist Gehlen Organisation for the United States (1946–56)... | and gone to ground. Wiesenthal claimed that the ODESSA network shepherded escapees to the Catholic ratlines in Rome (although he mentions only Hudal, not Draganović); or through a second route through France and into Francoist Spain.
ODESSA was supported by the Gehlen Organization, which employed many former Nazi party... | 9,159 | zeroshot-train |
Richard J. Nolan [SEP] conflict | Richard J. Nolan
Richard J. Nolan (January 1, 1848 – August 26, 1905) served in the United States Army during the American Indian Wars. He received the Medal of Honor.
Nolan was born on January 1, 1848, in Ireland. His official residence was listed as Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He died on August 26, 1905, and was buried at ... | - 1987 to 1988 Ray Parker
- 1988 to Jan-92 Hugh Stinson
- Jan-92 to Mar-92 Andy Woolford (caretaker)
- Mar-92 to Feb-95 John Ryan
- Feb-95 to Sep-96 Steve Lovell
- Sep-96 to Mar-99 Alan Walker
- Mar-99 to Jan-01 Hugh Stinson
- Jan-01 to Sep-01 John Roles
- Oct-01 to Nov-04 Mark Beeney
- Nov-04 to Mar-05 Steve Nolan
- M... | 9,160 | zeroshot-train |
Robert MacIntyre Gordon [SEP] conflict | Robert MacIntyre Gordon
Lieutenant Robert MacIntyre Gordon (30 September 1899 – 19 April 1983) was a Glasgow-born seventeen-year-old World War I flying ace. He was credited with nine aerial victories as a Sopwith Camel pilot for the Royal Naval Air Service in 1918. Postwar, he became a medical doctor.
Early life.
Rober... | Australia, the Middle East, and Italy, and commanded the Māori Battalion. He was awarded the D.S.O. After the war, he was commander for troops in Japan. MacIntyre commanded the Divisional Cavalry Regiment from 1945 to 1946.
Member of Parliament.
MacIntyre represented the Hastings electorate in Parliament from to 1972, ... | 9,161 | zeroshot-train |
Roy Morell [SEP] conflict | Roy Morell
Lieutenant Colonel Roy Morell DSO, OBE (24 May 1889 – 28 June 1961) was an Australian wool broker, grazier and stockbroker who volunteered for war service during World War I and World War II.
Birth and education.
Morell was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, son of Frances Helen (née Hopkins) and James Har... | Spanish social researcher
- Michael Morell (born 1958), former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
- Monica Morell (1953-2008), Swiss singer
- Peter Andreas Amundsen Morell (1868–1948), Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs
- Theodor Morell (1886–1948), Adolf Hitler's personal physician
- Raquel Morell (b... | 9,162 | zeroshot-train |
SS Tiberton [SEP] conflict | SS Tiberton
SS "Tiberton" was a British steam cargo ship that was sunk during World War II by the German submarine "U-23".
Service.
Registered to owners R. Chapman & Son, Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain, the SS "Tiberton" was launched in 1920 and served in Great Britain's Merchant Navy through the 1920s and 1930s. O... | (and many other ship photographs)
- SS Tiberton details from German perspective
- SS Tiberton photos and details
- Notice announcing SS Tibertons presumed sinking
- UK Shipbuilding Yards
- U Boat Histories
- U23 Details | 9,163 | zeroshot-train |
Sam Lesser [SEP] conflict | Sam Lesser
Sam Lesser (born Manassah Lesser or Manasseh Lesser and also known as Sam Russell; 19 March 1915 – 2 October 2010) was a British journalist and veteran of the Spanish Civil War's International Brigades. Lesser was one of the last surviving British veterans of the Spanish Civil War, and went on to serve as ch... | , the employer could contribute up to $10,000 to the SEP-IRA account.
The total contribution to a SEP-IRA account should not exceed the lesser of 25% of income (20% for self-employed before self-employed tax deduction is included);(see below) or $42,000 (for 2005), $44,000 (2006), $45,000 (2007), $46,000 (2008), $49,00... | 9,164 | zeroshot-train |
Sauer 38H [SEP] conflict | Sauer 38H
The Sauer 38H or often just H was a small semi-automatic pistol made in Nazi Germany from 1938 until just after the end of World War II by J. P. Sauer & Sohn, then based in Suhl, Germany. The "H" in the model number is short for "hahn", referring to the internal hammer of the firing mechanism.
Development.
Sa... | of firearms J.P. Sauer and Sohn. This resulted in the company known as Sig-Sauer.
J.P. Sauer and Sohn had been in competition with Carl Walther Arms and others created a handgun to be a pocket and police pistol called the Sauer 38H. J.P. Sauer & Sohn Model 38H This was an advanced design pocket/police pistol which feat... | 9,165 | zeroshot-train |
Smith Larimer [SEP] conflict | Smith Larimer
Smith Larimer (March 17, 1829 – February 20, 1881) was a corporal in the 2nd Ohio Cavalry, Union Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions at the Battle of Sayler's Creek in the American Civil War.
Biography.
Born on March 17, 1829, in Richland County, Ohio, Larimer enlisted in the Army from Col... | (Feb. 1988).
- "Feminine Contributions to Mormon Culture: The Poetic Theology of Eliza Roxy Snow"
- "Joseph Smith, The Constitution and Individual Liberties" in "BYU Studies" Vol. 28 (1987) no. 2.
- "Conflict and Compromise: The Mormons in Mid-Nineteenth Century American Politics" (Provo: BYU Press, 1974)
- "Salt Lake ... | 9,166 | zeroshot-train |
St. John Richardson Liddell [SEP] conflict | St. John Richardson Liddell
St. John Richardson Liddell (September 6, 1815 – February 14, 1870) was a prominent Louisiana planter who served as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was an outspoken proponent of Southern emancipation of slaves. Liddell was murdered by a former Confe... | - Robert Liddell, English writer
- Robert Liddell (Pittsburgh), Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Robert Scotland Liddell, British journalist
- St. John Richardson Liddell, Louisiana planter and Confederate general
- Samuel Liddell (fl. 1716), pirate in the Caribbean
- Thomas Liddell, first Principal of Queen's Unive... | 9,167 | zeroshot-train |
Stephen W. Thompson [SEP] conflict | Stephen W. Thompson
Stephen W. Thompson (March 20, 1894 – October 9, 1977) was an American aviator of World War I. Flying as a gunner on a French aircraft in February 1918, he became the first member of the United States military to shoot down an enemy aircraft. Kiffin Rockwell achieved an earlier aerial victory as an ... | )
- 02-Nov-1982 9 June 1985 David Joseph Fischer
- 23-Aug-1985 8 July 1987 Irvin Hicks
- 15-Dec-1987 31 August 1991 James B. Moran
- 01-Oct-1991 5 July 1992 Richard W. Carlson
- 22-Sep-1992 1 March 1993 Mack F. Mattingly
- Mar-1993 Sep-1994 F. Stephen Malott (Chargé d'affaires)
- 07-Sep-1994 12 May 1995 Carl B. Stokes
... | 9,168 | zeroshot-train |
Theophilus Francis Rodenbough [SEP] conflict | Theophilus Francis Rodenbough
Theophilus Francis Rodenbough (November 5, 1838 – December 19, 1912) was born in Easton, Pennsylvania and was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War. He received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Trevilian Station. After h... | would be commanded by many company-grade officers such as Captains Wesley Merritt and Theophilus Francis Rodenbough. C Company was the last unit of the regiment to fight as dragoons; during the Battle of Wilson's Creek. For much of the war, it was a key part of either the "Reserve Brigade" or the "Regular Brigade" of t... | 9,169 | zeroshot-train |
Thomas Bladen Capel [SEP] conflict | Thomas Bladen Capel
Admiral Sir Thomas Bladen Capel GCB RN (25 August 1776 – 4 March 1853) was an officer in the British Royal Navy whose distinguished service in the French Revolutionary War, the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 earned him rapid promotion and great acclaim both in and out of the Navy. He was also a... | - Mike Capel (born 1961), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Richard Capel (1586–1656), English nonconforming clergyman
- Thomas Bladen Capel (1776–1853), Royal Navy admiral
- Thomas John Capel (1836–1911), English scandal-ridden Roman Catholic priest
- Tommy Capel (1922–2009), English footballer
- William... | 9,170 | zeroshot-train |
Thomas E. Corcoran [SEP] conflict | Thomas E. Corcoran
Thomas E. Corcoran (October 12, 1839 – March 12, 1904) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the Siege of Vicksburg. He was awarded the medal for rescuing his crewmates during th... | - 11 Jul – Walter Winchell
- 18 Jul – Harry L. Hopkins
- 25 Jul – Richard Strauss
- 1 Aug – Albert B. Chandler
- 8 Aug – Frank Capra
- 15 Aug – William McChesney Martin, Jr.
- 22 Aug – Louis A. Johnson
- 29 Aug – Lázaro Cárdenas
- 5 Sep – Holger Cahill
- 12 Sep – Thomas Corcoran & Benjamin V. Cohen
- 19 Sep – William S... | 9,171 | zeroshot-train |
Thomas Hoban [SEP] conflict | Thomas Hoban
Thomas Hoban (born September 11, 1872) was a coxswain serving in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.
Biography.
Hoban was born September 11, 1872 in New York City, New York and after entering the navy was sent to fight in the Spanish–American ... | 3. Poor Jenny (8th Sep 1980) Written by Colin Godman
4. The Living Grave (9th Sep 1980) Written by David Rudkin
5. Come and Find Me (10th Sep 1980) Written by Russell Hoban
6. Room for an Inward Light (11th Sep 1980) Written by David Pownall
7. To Kill a King (12th Sep 1980) Written by Alan Garner
External links.
- Ha... | 9,172 | zeroshot-train |
USNS Sgt. Archer T. Gammon (T-AK-243) [SEP] conflict | USNS Sgt. Archer T. Gammon (T-AK-243)
USNS "Sgt. Archer T. Gammon" (T-AK-243) was a built at the end of World War II and served the war and its demilitarization as a commercial cargo vessel. From 1946 to 1950 she served the U.S. Army as a transport named USAT Sgt. "Archer T. Gammon". In 1950 she was acquired by the Uni... | -AK-238)
- USNS "Kingsport Victory" (T-AK-239)
- USNS "Private John R. Towle" (T-AK-240)
- USNS "Private Francis X. McGraw" (T-AK-241)
- USNS "Sgt. Andrew Miller" (T-AK-242)
- USNS "Sgt. Archer T. Gammon" (T-AK-243)
- USNS "Sgt. Morris E. Crain" (T-AK-244)
- USNS "Captain Arlo L. Olson" (T-AK-245 | 9,173 | zeroshot-train |
USS Albemarle (1863) [SEP] conflict | USS Albemarle (1863)
USS "Albemarle" (1863) was a screw steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a ship's tender in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.
"Albermarle" and "Lion" seized by Union Navy forces.
On the morning of 26 March 1862... | a Private; appointed 1st Sergeant February 8, 1863; re-enlisted January 1, 1864. George transferred to the Union Navy on May 7, 1864, as an Ordinary Seaman, under the alias name of William Smith; served on the USS North Carolina (1820) and USS Chicopee (1863); volunteered from the Chicopee as one of the crew of U.S. Pi... | 9,174 | zeroshot-train |
USS Clara Dolsen (1862) [SEP] conflict | USS Clara Dolsen (1862)
USS "Clara Dolsen" (1862) was a large steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She served the Union Navy in river operations and as an "receiving ship" auxiliary.
"Clara Dolsen" captured and placed into Union Navy service.
"Clara Dolsen", a side-wheel steamer, was captur... | Confederate transport "Sovereign" near Fort Pillow, Tennessee, 5 June 1862; and 9 days later, took steamer "Clara Dolsen" after a long chase from Helena, Arkansas, ending on the White River a short distance above its mouth.
"Spitfire" was transferred by the U.S. War Department to the Union Navy 30 September 1862, and r... | 9,175 | zeroshot-train |
USS Courier (1861) [SEP] conflict | USS Courier (1861)
The first USS "Courier" was a storeship acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a supply ship to support Union Navy ships engaged in the blockade of Southern ports. Courier also operated as a gunboat when the opportunity presented itself from time t... | USS Courier
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Courier, after a Courier, a messenger or traveling attendant.
- , a storeship purchased 7 September 1861.
- , a ferry launch, formerly named "Hope", which served as commandant's barge and general service ship at Charleston Navy Yard from 1912-18.
- , a c... | 9,176 | zeroshot-train |
USS G. H. McNeal (SP-312) [SEP] conflict | USS G. H. McNeal (SP-312)
USS "G. H. McNeal" (SP-312), also called George H. McNeal, was a United States Navy minesweeper in commission from 1917 to 1919.
"G. H. McNeal" was built as a wooden-hulled civilian steam tug in 1911 by W. C. Abbott at Milford, Delaware, and was employed as a "menhaden fisherman"-type commerci... | of Norfolk on 17 July 1919.
References.
- Navy History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: "G.H. McNeal" (U.S. Menhaden Fishing Boat, 1911). Served in 1917-19 as USS "G.H. McNeal" (SP-312)
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive G. H. McNeal (SP 312) | 9,177 | zeroshot-train |
USS Geranium (1863) [SEP] conflict | USS Geranium (1863)
USS "Geranium" (1863) was a steamship acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War for the purpose of using her as a tugboat in support of Union ships on the blockade of Southern waterways. However, in addition to her tug duties, she also served as a picket ship, dispatch boat, supply ru... | These efforts towards revision remained largely unsuccessful.
A Japanese Embassy to the United States was sent in 1860, on board the "Kanrin Maru" and the USS "Powhattan". A First Japanese Embassy to Europe was sent in 1862.
Crisis and conflict Imperial Order to Expel Barbarians (1863).
Belligerent opposition to Wester... | 9,178 | zeroshot-train |
USS Mail (1862) [SEP] conflict | USS Mail (1862)
USS "Mail" (1862) was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
After litigation by the U.S. Treasury Department in which "Mail" was awarded to the Union Navy, she was eventually used by the Union Navy as a tender for divers working in the water on submerged ships and other o... | City (CLG-5) primary flights for Commander of Seventh Fleet. (VIP, non-VIP, mail transfer flights) 10 SeaDevils, rotation of 30-60 days. (9-1-1967 to 1971)
Detachment 102 – H-46 – SeaKnight – Vertical Replenishment – aboard USS MARS (AFS-1), two H-46s, 22-24 SeaDevils, rotation of 30-60 days. Continued operations 1-Sep... | 9,179 | zeroshot-train |
Ulric Dahlgren [SEP] conflict | Ulric Dahlgren
Ulric Dahlgren (April 3, 1842 – March 2, 1864) was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In 1864, he led an unsuccessful raid on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia and was killed. The failed raid resulted in the Dahlgren Affair after incriminating documents were discovered... | d. 1970), a star of the Broadway stage and Hollywood silent films
- Philip Ulric Strengberg (1805–1872), a businessman in Jakobstad
- Ulric Browne, a UK-based actor who plays Winston in EastEnders
- Ulric Dahlgren (1842–1864), Union Army Colonel
- Ulric Ellerhusen (1879–1957), a German-American sculptor and teacher
- U... | 9,180 | zeroshot-train |
Wager Swayne [SEP] conflict | Wager Swayne
Wager Swayne (November 10, 1834December 18, 1902) was a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War who eventually was appointed as the last major general of volunteers of the Union Army. Swayne received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Second Battle of C... | 4 officers and 61 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 189 enlisted men died of disease.
Commanders.
- Colonel Joseph L. Kirby Smith - mortally wounded at the Second Battle of Corinth; died October 12, 1862 (nephew of Edmund Kirby Smith)
- Colonel Wager Swayne - commanded the regiment following Kirby... | 9,181 | zeroshot-train |
Wang Hai [SEP] conflict | Wang Hai
Wang Hai (; born 19 January 1926) was a Chinese ace pilot during the Korean War, and the first aviator to become Commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), in 1985. He was awarded the rank of general ("shang jiang") in 1988, and retired in 1992.
Biography.
Wang Hai was born on January 19, 192... | Wang Hai (admiral)
Wang Hai (; born 1961) is a vice admiral of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). He has been Commander of the South Sea Fleet since January 2017. He formerly served as a Deputy Commander of the PLA Navy.
Career.
Wang Hai served for many years in the PLA Navy's South Sea Fleet. He attaine... | 9,182 | zeroshot-train |
William Gordon Claxton [SEP] conflict | William Gordon Claxton
William Gordon Claxton DSO, DFC & Bar (June 1, 1899 – September 28, 1967) was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with 37 victories. He became the leading ace in his squadron.
Background.
Born on June 1, 1899 in Gladstone, Manitoba, Claxton enlisted with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in Can... | Ira S. Womble, Sr. both made Claxton and Evans County famous through their respective companies, The Claxton Bakery and The Georgia Fruitcake Company. Cartha Deke DeLoach, a native Evans Countian, joined the FBI and worked alongside J. Edgar Hoover while Dr. Curtis Gordon Hames did a groundbreaking study on heart disea... | 9,183 | zeroshot-train |
William Polk Hardeman [SEP] conflict | William Polk Hardeman
William Polk Hardeman (November 4, 1816 – April 8, 1898) was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War. He had fought in the Texas War of Independence in 1836. He was a member of the Texas Rangers and fought in the Mexican-American War in 1846–1847. During the Civil... | of Franceville, New Hebrides. Native of Tennessee and relative of James K. Polk.
NOTE: Thomas Jones Hardeman was also brother of Texas Republic politician Bailey Hardeman. Trusten Polk was also nephew of Delaware Governor Peter F. Causey. James K. Polk and William Hawkins Polk were also cousins by marriage of Confedera... | 9,184 | zeroshot-train |
William Scott Ketchum [SEP] conflict | William Scott Ketchum
William Scott Ketchum (1813–1871), U. S. Army officer before and during the American Civil War.
William Scott Ketchum was born on July 7, 1813 in Norwalk, Connecticut. Graduated from the United States Military Academy, at West Point, New York in 1834. He served in the Seminole Wars and on the West... | Army during the Korean War
- Tom Ketchum (1863–1901), a.k.a. "Black Jack" Ketchum, U.S. Western outlaw
- Wesley Harrington Ketchum (1878–1968), medical doctor, introduced Edgar Cayce to the national medical community in a 1910 presentation to the American Association for Clinical Research
- William Ketchum, 14th Mayor ... | 9,185 | zeroshot-train |
William Stephen Raikes Hodson [SEP] conflict | William Stephen Raikes Hodson
William Stephen Raikes Hodson (19 March 1821 – 11 March 1858) was a British leader of irregular light cavalry during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, commonly referred to as the Indian Mutiny or the Sepoy Mutiny. He was known as "Hodson of Hodson's Horse".
His most celebrated action was to ap... | - William Stephen Raikes Hodson, British soldier
- other uses
- Hodson Award, American Bar Association award for a public service organization
- Hodson baronets, baronetcy in the Peerage of Ireland
- 4th Horse (Hodson's Horse), cavalry regiment of the Indian Army founded by William Stephen Raikes Hodson
See also.
- Hud... | 9,186 | zeroshot-train |
William Tecumseh Wilson [SEP] conflict | William Tecumseh Wilson
William Tecumseh Wilson (October 6, 1823 – June 5, 1905) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War.
William Tecumseh Wilson was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania on October 6, 1823. He served in the Mexican–American War. He was a newspaper editor.
He served as a captain in the... | 1816–1862), prominent Confederate politician
- William Wilson (mayor) (1819–1897), first mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand, 1868
- William Tecumseh Wilson (1823–1905), American Union brevet brigadier general from Ohio
- William Wilson (Zouave) (1823–1874), American Union brevet brigadier general from New York
- Willia... | 9,187 | zeroshot-train |
Zachariah C. Neahr [SEP] conflict | Zachariah C. Neahr
Zachariah C. Neahr (December 9, 1830 – July 21, 1903) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865.
Military service.
Neahr enlisted in the Army from Schenectady, New York in September ... | for the Medal of Honor, but his report was misplaced and not all of the medals were issued.
Forty-nine years after the end of the war, in 1914, Anderson hired a lawyer in an effort to receive the Medal of Honor. One of the other soldiers in the palisade-cutting group, Private Zachariah C. Neahr, had successfully petiti... | 9,188 | zeroshot-train |
15th (Scottish) Infantry Division [SEP] conflict | the day before war was declared, as part of the Territorial Army (TA) and served in the United Kingdom and later North-West Europe from June 1944 to May 1945.
First World War.
The division was a New Army unit formed in September 1914 as part of the K2 Army Group. The division moved to France in July 1915 and spent the ... | March 1939 the Territorial Army (TA), the British Army's part-time reserve, was ordered to be doubled in size as a result of another European conflict with Germany being deemed by many in Britain and France as inevitable. The 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division subsequently came into being as an exact mirror duplicate of... | 9,189 | zeroshot-train |
28th Rifle Division [SEP] conflict | 28th Rifle Division
The 28th Rifle Division was a rifle division in the Soviet Red Army during the Russian Civil War, World War II and the Cold War.
The history of the division dates from the 2nd Consolidated Rifle Division, which took part in the Civil War, and was then renamed the 28th Rifle Division. In the 1930s t... | Germany during the summer of 1945. Reformed 1955 from 264th Rifle Division, became 41st Motor Rifle Division 1957.
- 42nd Rifle Division — Leningrad Military District, Western Special MD. Established at Terijok Feb 1940. Fought in Winter War with Finland. With 28th Rifle Corps of 4th Army, Soviet Western Front in Jun 1... | 9,190 | zeroshot-train |
ASU-57 [SEP] conflict | an amphibious () variant of the ASU-57 started. This version had a re-designed front hull and was armed with a Ch-51P gun with 30 rounds. Even though the five prototypes passed the evaluation with success, series production was never started.
Operators.
Operators Former operators.
- Egyptian Army received a small numbe... | ASU-57
The ASU-57 was a small, lightly constructed Soviet assault gun specifically designed for use by Soviet airborne divisions. From 1960 onwards, it was gradually phased out in favour of the ASU-85.
Development history.
The task to develop a lightweight assault gun for the airborne troops (with either a 57 mm gun or... | 9,191 | zeroshot-train |
Absalom Baird [SEP] conflict | Absalom Baird
Absalom Baird (August 20, 1824 – June 14, 1905) was a career United States Army officer who distinguished himself as a Union Army general in the American Civil War. Baird received the Medal of Honor for his military actions.
Early life.
Baird was born in Washington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the pre... | - England & Wales, Birth Index: 1837-1983 1892 Q3-Jul-Aug-Sep Page 319; Mary Clare Absalom
- England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1837-1983 1915 Q3-Jul-Aug-Sep Page 1171; Mary Clare Absalom & Lionel P. Mawhood
- England & Wales, Death Index: 1837-1983 1970 Q3-Jul-Aug-Sep Entry reads; "MAWHOOD Mary Clare b 17th Jy ... | 9,192 | zeroshot-train |
Agustín Ramos Calero [SEP] conflict | Agustín Ramos Calero
Sergeant First Class Agustín Ramos Calero (June 2, 1919 – February 10, 1989) was awarded 22 decorations and medals from the U.S. Army for his actions during World War II, thus becoming the most decorated Puerto Rican and Hispanic soldier in the United States military during that war.
Early years.
C... | Barrios Mangoré (died 1944), eminent Paraguayan guitarist and composer
- Agustín Ramírez (born 1952), Mexican singer-songwriter of Los Caminantes
- Agustín Ramos Calero (1919–1989), United States Army soldier
- Agustín Ross (d. 1925), Chilean politician and creator of the Agustín Ross Park, Agustín Ross Hotel, Agustín ... | 9,193 | zeroshot-train |
Alain Blanchard [SEP] conflict | Alain Blanchard
Alain Blanchard (born 14th century, executed in Rouen in 1419) was a commander of the crossbowmen of Rouen during the Hundred Years' War.
He was active in the defence of the city during its siege by king Henry V of England. His habit of hanging English captives from the walls of the city incurred the wr... | Dumesnil (1849).
Bibliography.
- Théodore Licquet, "Dissertation sur Alain Blanchard", Rouen, Précis de l'Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen|Académie de Rouen, 1828.
- Alexandre Dupias, "Réfutation du discours contre Alain Blanchard prononcé par M. Th. Licquet, président de l'Académie royale des sci... | 9,194 | zeroshot-train |
André Masséna [SEP] conflict | André Masséna
André Masséna, 1st Duke of Rivoli, 1st Prince of Essling (born Andrea Massena; 16 May 1758 – 4 April 1817) was a French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon, with the nickname "l'Enfant chéri de la V... | Francois Victor Massena, 2nd Duke of Rivoli
François Victor Masséna, 2nd Duke of Rivoli and 3rd Prince of Essling (born 2 April 1799 in Antibes, died 16 April 1863) was an amateur ornithologist. He was the youngest of four children of André Masséna, 2nd Prince of Essling and Anne Marie Rosalie Lamare.
His siblings were... | 9,195 | zeroshot-train |
Antoine Morlot [SEP] conflict | Antoine Morlot
Antoine Morlot (5 May 1766 – 23 March 1809) was a French division commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. After almost eight years of service in the French Royal Army, he became an officer in a local volunteer battalion during the French Revolution. In 1792 he fought with dist... | Morlot
Morlot is a surname, and may refer to:
- Antoine Morlot (1766–1809), French military leader
- François-Nicholas-Madeleine Morlot (1795–1762), French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Ludovic Morlot (born 1973), French conductor of classical music | 9,196 | zeroshot-train |
Archibald Henderson [SEP] conflict | ) Moore. He was raised at the Henderson House in Dumfries, Virginia until he joined the Marine Corps at the age of 18.
Career.
Archibald Henderson was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps on 4 June 1806 and served aboard USS "Constitution" during her famous victories in the War of 1812. He participated ... | Archibald Henderson (disambiguation)
Archibald Henderson (1783–1859) was Commandant of the United States Marine Corps.
Archibald Henderson may also refer to:
- Archibald Henderson (politician) (1768–1822), United States Congressman from North Carolina
- Archibald Henderson (professor) (1877–1963), American professor of... | 9,197 | zeroshot-train |
Arthur Dewey Struble [SEP] conflict | Arthur Dewey Struble
Arthur Dewey Struble (June 28, 1894 – May 1, 1983) was a United States admiral who served in World War II and the Korean War.
Biography.
Struble was born in Portland, Oregon. Following graduation from high school in Portland, he entered the United States Naval Academy in 1911 and was commissioned a... | Struble
Struble may refer to:
- Struble, Iowa, United States
Struble is the surname of:
- Arthur Dewey Struble (1894–1983), American admiral
- George R. Struble (1836–1918), Speaker of the Iowa House, 1882–84
- Isaac S. Struble (1843–1913), American congressman, 1883–1891
- John T. Struble (1828–1916), Iowa City pionee... | 9,198 | zeroshot-train |
Arthur Ernest Newland [SEP] conflict | Arthur Ernest Newland
Sergeant Arthur Ernest Newland DFM & Bar (1882–1964) was a British World War I observer ace credited with 22 victories.
Early life.
Newland was born about 1882 to Jane Newland, who was from Clerkenwell. His father William was a labourer from Westminster.
Aerial service.
Newland was assigned to No.... | ,
- Robert Kirby Kirkman,
- James Harry Lacey (1917–1989)
- Howard Percy Lale,
- Dennis Latimer,
- Ernest Lindup,
- Harry G. E. Luchford,
- Reginald Makepeace,
- David MacKay McGoun,
- Thomas Percy Middleton,
- Andrew Patrick Millar
- Alfred Mills,
- Thomas Mottershead, (1892–1917)
- Arthur Ernest Newland,
- Walter Nob... | 9,199 | zeroshot-train |
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