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Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club

The Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club is a private golf club and golf course comprising two 18-hole courses located in Old Deer Park in Richmond, south west London. Location The course lies in an arc of Crown Estate land on the east bank of the River Thames which includes Kew Gardens to the north and other parts of Old Deer Park to the south. The Old Deer Park sports ground, used by London Welsh RFC and other clubs, borders the east of the course. History Within the boundaries of the golf course lies the Grade I listed Kew Observatory, established by King George III in 1769. To the SW of the Observatory, under the fairway of the 14th hole of the golf course, lie the foundations of the former Carthusian Sheen Priory, founded by Henry V in 1414. The course and club were established in 1892 and J. H. Taylor, one of the famous 'Great Triumvirate' of Braid, Taylor and Vardon, laid out the 36-hole golf course on the northern section of Old Deer Park Park. Prince George, Duke of Cambridge was the club's first president and the Royal connection continued when the Prince of Wales became captain in 1926. Taylor remained based at the club until 1946 and, along with greenkeeper Peter Lees, developed many features to relieve the otherwise flat landscape. Taylor handed over the role of club professional to Henry Cotton who was succeeded by his assistant, Max Faulkner. Faulkner continued until 1953. Jimmy Adams took over on his return from Australia and held the post until 1969 when David Talbot took over. Talbot was succeeded by his son, Philip in 1999, after a long and distinguished career as a professional lasting 47 years. In March 2001 a fire destroyed the clubhouse and, with it, a substantial collection of memorabilia, portraits, pictures and trophies. The building was replaced by a larger one and was opened in November 2003 by Prince Andrew, Duke of York. Courses The course is divided into two 18-hole courses, an outer and inner course named after famous members of the club. JH Taylor Course The JH Taylor course is 18-hole, 6,318 yards (5,777 m), par 69, with the 531 yards (486 m), par 5, second hole being the longest. Pam Barton Course The Pam Barton course is 18-hole, 5,634 yards (5,152 m), par 68 with the 7th, par 4, 459 yards (420 m), being the longest. Other facilities The course also has practice facilities and a pro shop. See also List of golf clubs granted Royal status Richmond Golf Club Richmond Park Golf Course References External links Official website Media related to Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club at Wikimedia Commons
Royal Military School of Music "Kneller Hall"

De Royal Military School of Music (RMSM) is een school in de Londense buitenwijk Twickenham voor muzikanten en dirigenten van het Britse leger en zijn 29 militaire muziekkapellen. Het is een afdeling van het in 1994 opgerichte Corps of Army Music. De school is gevestigd in Kneller Hall, dat ooit het landhuis van de koninklijke portretschilder Godfrey Kneller was, en dat na een brand in 1848 is herbouwd. Geschiedenis De Royal Military School of Music werd in 1857 opgericht op instigatie van George van Cambridge, een neef van koningin Victoria van het Verenigd Koninkrijk en opperbevelhebber van het Britse leger. Gedurende de Krimoorlog was hij te gast bij een parade in Scutari, die werd gehouden ter gelegenheid van de verjaardag van de Britse koningin. De ongeveer twintig Britse militaire militaire kapellen die aan de parade deelnamen zouden gezamenlijk het Britse volkslied uitvoerden. Het was destijds gebruikelijk dat de regimenten voor hun kapellen civiele kapelmeesters inhuurden, die ieder voor zich de vrije hand hadden zowel inzake de instrumentatie van de kapel als de arrangementen. Toen elke muziekkapel tegelijkertijd het God Save the Queen in verschillende bezettingen, toonhoogte, arrangementen en toonsoorten speelde, was het resultaat een pijnlijke en vernederende kakofonie. De hertog besloot dat er bij de legermuziek van enige standaardisatie sprake zou moeten zijn en richtte de Royal Military School of Music op, met Henry Schallehn, die tevens eerste artistieke directeur van het Crystal Palace werd, als commandant. Tegenwoordige bestemming / Museum De school staat open voor vrouwen en mannen die zich verplicht hebben minimaal vier jaar in het Britse leger te dienen. Het Corps of Army Music is de grootste werkgever (rond 1100 muzikanten) voor muzikanten in het Verenigd Koninkrijk. De muziek, die wordt onderwezen en uitgevoerd blijft niet beperkt tot marsmuziek maar omvat ook jazz, swing, populaire muziek, barok, symfonische muziek en operamuziek. Het Royal Military School of Music Museum bezit een collectie muziekinstrumenten, bladmuziek, documenten, manuscripten, schilderijen en uniformen die de geschiedenis van de Britse militaire muziek weerspiegelt. Op afspraak is het open voor het publiek. Externe links (en) Royal Military School of Music - British Army Website (en) Kneller Hall Museum - British Army Website (en) Kneller Hall | Historic House | Twickenham|London[dode link]
Royal Mill

Royal Mill, which is located on the corner of Redhill Street and Henry Street, Ancoats, in Manchester, England, is an early-20th-century cotton mill, one of the last of "an internationally important group of cotton-spinning mills" sited in East Manchester. Royal Mill was constructed in 1912 on part of the site of the earlier McConnel & Kennedy mills, established in 1798. It was originally called New Old Mill and was renamed following a royal visit by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1942. A plaque commemorates the occasion. The Ancoats mills collectively comprise "the best and most-complete surviving examples of early large-scale factories concentrated in one area". Location Redhill Street in Manchester was home to two large spinning companies, A&G Murray Ltd and McConnells. Historically this area of Manchester had used the waters of the Shooters Brook to power the waterwheels on Salvins Factory and the New Islington Mill. The Rochdale Canal runs alongside the street and the mill. Originally used for transport, the canal had provided water to Murrays and McConnells for the condensers of their steam engines. History McConnells had joined Fine Spinners and Doublers Association Ltd in 1898. In 1910 it was investing again, and rebuilt two mills and was experimenting with electricity. The building The New Old Mill like the Paragon Mill was built in the Edwardian Baroque style by H. S. Porter using Accrington brick and terracotta. It had cast iron columns supporting by transverse steel beams and reinforced concrete floors. Initially both were built as 5-storey, though eventually 6-storey, nine bay mills. The machines were electrically group driven. The electricity supply was provided by the corporation and a new substation was built in 1915. Listing The mill has been a Grade II* listed building since 11 November 1988. Royal Mill, and its companion Paragon Mill, are "six-storey and nine bay buildings designed to house electrically-powered mules, the first generation of those purpose built for electricity." After decades of neglect and decay, a restoration scheme costing £65 million was announced by ING Real Estate in 2003, which would see the building converted for use as flats, offices and shops. The work received an award from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 2007, and began to be occupied in 2008. Some of the original features have been retained, including the exposed brickwork and items of mill machinery. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester Listed buildings in Manchester-M4 References Bibliography Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004). Lancashire: Manchester and the South East. The Buildings of England. New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-10583-5. Hartwell, Clare (2001). Manchester. Pevsner Architectural Guides. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071131-7. Miller, Ian; Wild, Chris (2007). A & G Murray and the Cotton Mills of Ancoats. Lancaster: Oxford Archaeology North. ISBN 978-0-904220-46-9.
Royal National College for the Blind

La Royal National College for the Blind (literalmente Universidad Nacional Real para los Ciegos) es una universidad y residencia especializada que está situada en la ciudad de Hereford. Las personas que estudian aquí son mayores de 16 años y son ciegas o con problemas de visión. En ella pueden cursar una gran variedad de títulos de diversas materias. Junto a las asignaturas habituales en la educación superior, se ofrece también entrenamiento en movilidad, independencia y desarrollo personal. El deporte es también uno de los grandes puntos de atención, habiendo llegado a ser la casa de la primera academia de fútbol para personas con discapacidad visual. El centro fue el anfitrión del Campeonato del Mundo de Fútbol para Ciegos de 2010 y sus instalaciones también sirvieron para los entrenamientos de los participantes en los Juegos Paralímpicos de 2012. Asimismo, dos importantes dispositivos fueron desarrollados en el centro, el Mountbatten Brailler, un escritor electrónico de braille, y el T3, un aparato que ayuda a la lectura de mapas y diagramas. Fundado en 1871 en Londres bajo el nombre de Royal Normal College and Academy for the Blind, esta institución tuvo varias ubicaciones antes de terminar en su actual campus de Herefold. Fue renombrado como Royal National College for the Blind a finales de los años 70 del pasado siglo. Ha sido un centro pionero en la educación de las personas con discapacidad visual en Gran Bretaña desde la era Victoriana. Actualmente son cerca de 200 los alumnos que cursan sus estudios en el centro. Referencias
Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital

The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital (the RNTNEH) was a health facility on Gray's Inn Road in London. It closed in October 2019 when services transferred to the new Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals on Huntley Street, London, WC1E 6DG. The Huntley Street hospital continues to provide specialist ENT, sleeps and allergy services and is part of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital's motto is Audient surdi mutique loquentur (the deaf shall hear and the mute shall speak). History The hospital was founded in 1874 by Lennox Browne, Llewellyn Thomas, Alfred Hutton, George Wallis and Ernest Turner. The hospital initially opened in Manchester Street (now Argyle Street), but demand for its services was such that new premises were acquired on Gray's Inn Road: the foundation stone was laid by Adelina Patti, a leading singer, in 1875. The new facility opened, as the Central London Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, in 1877. A new wing was opened by Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll in 1906. She also laid the foundation stone for the Princess Louise Wing which was built between 1928 and 1929. In January 1942 the hospital was amalgamated with the Hospital for Diseases of the Throat in Golden Square to form The Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital. It then joined the National Health Service in 1948. In April 1991 the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, comprising the Royal Free Hospital and the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, became one of the first NHS trusts established under the provisions of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990. In April 2012, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust took over management of the hospital from the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust. In October 2019 UCLH opened a new hospital in Huntley Street to house the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital and the Eastman Dental Hospital and many departments moved there. Following the COVID-19 Pandemic the remaining wards, operating theatre and sleep unit were shut down earlier than planned and moved to the new hospital and UCLH. The original site at 330 Gray's Inn Road is now closed. The Ear Institute remains in place for research and teaching. There are two notable pieces of art in the entrance: on the left there is a plaque commemorating the Royal Ear Hospital as a memorial to the parents of Geoffrey Duveen, by Felix Joubert, and on the right there is a carving of St. Blaise, by Cecil Thomas. Services The following services are currently provided at the new Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals on Huntley Street: Research The hospital is Europe's research centre for audiological medicine. Notable people Graham Fraser, consultant and pioneer of cochlear implants in the United Kingdom. Professor Ronald Hinchcliffe was a consultant at the hospital in the 1960s, where he established a vestibular research laboratory. Edith Whetnall led the way in treating the deaf. See also Healthcare in London List of hospitals in England References External links Official Site
Royal Naval Cemetery

Royal Naval Cemetery (once known as Naval and Military Cemetery) is a cemetery on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. The site overlooks Portland Harbour, and is found below the main entrance to the Verne Citadel (HM Prison The Verne). As the name suggests, the graveyard holds deceased servicemen and officers of Portland's Royal Navy which was stationed at the island until 1995. The cemetery holds 140 identified casualties in total to date, and is owned by the Ministry of Defence. There are other cemeteries designated the "Royal Naval Cemetery" at various other locations associated with the Royal Navy, such as the Royal Naval Cemetery (sometimes also referred to as The Glade) on the island of Ireland, location of the Royal Naval Dockyard in the Imperial fortress British Overseas Territory of Bermuda (yet other cemeteries have similar designations, such as Royal Navy Burying Ground, in Halifax, Nova Scotia). The cemetery was first laid out during the 19th century. With the establishment of a naval base at Portland Harbour, and the Verne Citadel fortification, a number of fatalities began to occur. Burials of World War I (1914–1918) total 65, where 5 remain unidentified. The majority of World War II (1939–1945) graves are together in the Church of England section, near the Cross of Sacrifice. Of the buried, 10 are unidentified, whilst there are burials for 1 Norwegian Merchant Navy seaman and 12 German airmen. The cemetery remains well looked after to date and features a small amount of newer burials of recently deceased servicemen. Burials and memorials Seaman Jack Foreman Mantle is buried at the cemetery, a Leading Seaman who was killed on 4 July 1940 during a German air raid on HMS Foylebank which was berthed in Portland's harbour at the time. Although mortally wounded, Mantle manned the starboard 20mm pom-pom gun until he died which earned himself a posthumous Victoria Cross for his actions. This was only the second occasion that the Victoria Cross has been awarded for action in the United Kingdom. The victims of the 1957 HMS Sidon torpedo explosion are found in the cemetery. The event occurred in Portland's harbour with the loss of 13 lives after a faulty torpedo sank the submarine. See also Canadian war cemeteries References External links Royal Naval Cemetery at Find a Grave Index of buried at the Royal Naval Cemetery
Royal Navy Police

La Royal Navy Police (RNP) è il servizio di polizia militare della Royal Navy e dei Royal Marines. I membri dell'RNP applicano la legge, la disciplina e mantengono l'ordine come delineato nell'Armed Forces Act 2006. La Royal Navy Police era conosciuta come Royal Navy Regulating Branch fino al 2007, quando il servizio è stato ribattezzato Royal Navy Police in una modifica apportata dall'Armed Forces Act 2006. I membri, tuttavia, sono ancora noti come "Regulators". Il motto dell'RNP è "Ne Cede Malis", che si traduce dal latino in inglese come "Non cedere alle avversità" o "Non arrenderti al male". L'RNP è il più piccolo di tutti i rami di polizia nei tre servizi, con il suo maresciallo preposto che detiene il grado di comandante. Oltre al fatto che la parte principale della Royal Navy Police svolge normali compiti di polizia militare, esiste lo Special Investigation Branch (SIB), che è un'unità investigativa. I membri ricevono il grado Leading Rating (Leading Regulator) immediatamente dopo la laurea e possono essere promossi a Regulating Petty Officer, Master-at-Arms e Warrant Master-at-Arms. A bordo delle navi, oltre ai compiti di polizia, svolgono anche altri compiti insieme all'equipaggio. Note Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su Royal Navy Police Collegamenti esterni (EN) Sito ufficiale, su royalnavy.mod.uk.
Royal North Devon Golf Club

De Royal North Devon Golf Club, ook wel de Westward Ho! genoemd, is de oudste golfbaan van Engeland. Het was in 1864 de eerste club die door Engelsen en niet door oud-Schotten werd opgericht. De baan Het is een typische linksbaan, ontworpen door Old Tom Morris. Hij ligt op de zandheuvels van Westward Ho! langs het Kanaal van Bristol en de Atlantische Oceaan, het landschap bestaat uit lage duinen en er is weinig bescherming tegen de wind. De golfbaan ligt op gemene gronden zodat er soms schapen op de baan rondlopen. In 1908 werd de baan door Herbert Fowler gemoderniseerd en verlengd, hetgeen noodzakelijk was omdat het golfmateriaal steeds beter werd. In 1912 werd het Brits Amateur er gespeeld. John Ball van de Royal Liverpool Golf Club won de finale op de 38ste hole van Abe Mitchell van Royal Ashdown. In 2005 werd naast de 18 holesbaan de 9-holes Pimpley-course aangelegd met een par van 27. Baanrecord Op 25 augustus 2007 werd het baanrecord verbeterd. Het nieuwe record is 64 en staat op naam van John White, een student uit Saunton. Hij heeft handicap +2. De leden In 1875 werd het clubkampioenschap gewonnen door de 16-jarige Horace Hutchison, die automatisch daarna captain van de club werd. Deze regel werd een jaar later veranderd. Hutchison won in 1886 en 1887 het Brits Amateur. Andere beroemde leden waren James Braid, Harry Vardon en John Henry Taylor, zij staanb bekend als het Triumviraat. Taylor was vijfvoudig winnaar van het Brits Open. Hij werd benoemd tot 'Honorary President of the Club' in 1957. De club heeft ruim 80 jeugdleden; in 2005 heeft de club een 9 holesbaan geopend met par-3 holes. Hier kunnen de jeugdleden hun alle afstanden tot 75 meter oefenen. In het clubhuis is een golfmuseum.
Royal Observer Corps

Royal Observer Corps (česky Královský pozorovatelský sbor, do r. 1941 pouze Observer Corps) byl organizací civilní protiletecké obrany, existující ve Spojeném království mezi 29. říjnem 1925 a 31. březnem 1996. Skládal se hlavně z civilních dobrovolníků, sloužících v něm ve svém volném čase, a početně omezeného kádru důstojníků z povolání. V jeho čele stál důstojník Royal Air Force v hodnosti Air Commodore. Za dobu své existence plnil sbor postupně dvě hlavní funkce. Nejprve byl od svého vzniku až do roku 1955 organizací jejíž hlavní rolí byla vizuální detekce, pozorování, sledování a telefonické hlášení pohybu nepřátelských letounů v britském vzdušném prostoru v rámci systému protivzdušné obrany. Za svou činnost na tomto poli během bitvy o Británii, během níž představovala síť jeho pozorovatelů jediný prostředek sledování pohybu bombardovacích svazů Luftwaffe poté co překročily britské pobřeží, se mu roku 1941 dostalo čestného přídomku Royal (Královský) v názvu a statusu pomocné uniformované složky Royal Air Force. V této původní roli byl však postupně nahrazován technickými prostředky, zejména po zvětšení počtu radarů a rozšíření jimi sledovanému prostoru i na vnitrozemí Velké Británie, v období druhé světové války, kdy se postupně stal pouze doplňkovým prostředkem hlášení pohybu letadel ve vnitrozemí Velké Británie, ačkoliv ještě koncem války sehrál významnou roli při hlášení pohybu německých letounových střel V-1. Úlohu sledování letadel sbor plnil i v době studené války a v roce 1955 mu byl přidělen další úkol, zjišťování a hlášení jaderných explozí a spadu. Tato nová role mu zůstala jako hlavní i po roce 1965, kdy, díky pokroku v radarové technice, byla zrušena většina jeho funkcí v oblasti sledování letadel. Jako pomocná organizace United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation, pro niž měl v případě jaderného útoku na půdě Spojeného království získávat a shromažďovat údaje o jaderných výbuších, radioaktivním spadu a stupni zamoření území, tak existoval až do začátku 90. let dvacátého století, kdy bylo s koncem studené války rozhodnuto o jeho deaktivaci, k níž definitivně došlo 31. března 1996, kdy bylo rozpuštěno jeho velitelství. Již předtím byla 30. září 1991 uvolněna ze služby většina civilních dobrovolníků a jejich zbytek pak k 31. prosinci 1995. Hodnosti Reference Externí odkazy Obrázky, zvuky či videa k tématu Royal Observer Corps na Wikimedia Commons (anglicky) Chronological history of the Royal Observer Corps (anglicky) The Royal Observer Corps: 1925-1992 Československá TRHS ve srovnání s britskou sítí ROC & UKWMO monitoring posts na www.fortifikace.cz
Royal Oldham Hospital

The Royal Oldham Hospital is a NHS hospital in the Coldhurst area of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It is managed by the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital has its own volunteer-run radio station, Radio Cavell, which broadcasts at 1350 AM. History The hospital has its origins in the workhouse infirmary established to support the Oldham Union Workhouse on the Rochdale Road in around 1870. It became the Boundary Park Hospital in the late 1920s and, after joining the National Health Service in 1948, it became Oldham and District General Hospital in 1955. In 1989 it was renamed the Royal Oldham Hospital. In 1951 the obstetrician and gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe joined the hospital and Louise Brown, the world's first successful in vitro fertilised "test tube baby", was born there on 25 July 1978. The hospital was also the birthplace of English physicist Brian Cox, who is a professor of particle physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester; he was born in 1968. In April 2018 the hospital joined the National Bereavement Care Pathway, which intends to ensure a common standard in bereavement care for parents. Radio Cavell Radio Cavell, founded in 1952, provides a hospital radio service in the hospital. Notable people Louise Brown (born 1978), the first human born following conception by in vitro fertilisation (IVF), was born at the hospital. See also Westhulme Hospital List of hospitals in England References External links Official site