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Edward Colquhoun Charlton Edward Colquhoun Charlton VC ( 15 June 1920 - 21 April 1945 ) was an English 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 . Charlton was a guardsman in the 2nd Battalion , Irish Guards , Guards Armoured Division , British Army during the Second World War . On 21 April 1945 Guardsman Charlton was a co - driver of one tank of a troop that was supporting an infantry platoon . They occupied the village of Wistedt , Germany which the German army then attempted to re - take . The numerically superior German forces consisted largely of officer cadets under the command of experienced instructor officers , supported by two or three self - propelled guns . Three of the four Irish Guards tanks were badly hit , while Charlton ' s had been disabled by a complete electrical failure before the attack began . Charlton had been ordered to dismount the turret 0 . 30 Browning machine gun and support the infantry . The Irish Guards were in danger of being overrun by the Germans . Charlton , on his own authority , took the machine gun and advanced in full view of the attacking Germans , firing the weapon from his hip as he did so and inflicting heavy German casualties . The lead German company was halted and this allowed the rest of the Guards a respite in which to reorganise and retire . He continued his bold attack , even when he was wounded in his left arm . Charlton placed the machine - gun on a fence where he launched a further attack before his left arm was hit again by further enemy fire becoming shattered and useless . Charlton , now with just one usable arm , carried on his attack until a further wound and loss of blood resulted in the Guardsman collapsing . His courageous and selfless disregard for his own safety allowed the rest of the Irish Guards troop and infantry to escape . He later died of the wounds . He was awarded the posthumous VC , it was the last Victoria Cross of the European theatre , and the last , so far , awarded to a member of the Irish Guards . Unusually much of the citation was based on German accounts of the fight as most of his later actions were not witnessed by any of the Guards officers or surviving non - commissioned officers . His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Guards Regimental Headquarters ( Irish Guards RHQ ) , Wellington Barracks , London , England .
HMS Canceaux ( 1764 ) Canceaux was a 16 - gun hydrographic survey sloop of the Royal Navy conducting a coastal survey of North America . The ship left the Saint Lawrence River estuary in 1771 to survey the coast of the Maritimes , and became involved with rebellious colonists of New England during the early part of the American Revolutionary War . December 1774 . Paul Revere rode to Portsmouth , New Hampshire on 13 December 1774 to organize a raid on Fort William and Mary on New Castle Island off Portsmouth . Colonists removed sixteen cannon and about one hundred barrels of gunpowder before " Canceaux " arrived from Boston on December 17 to protect the fort . The local maritime pilot then guided " Canceaux " into shallow water where it was stranded in the Piscataqua River estuary for several days . February 1775 . " Canceaux " seized the brigantine " Brothers " , which was suspected of smuggling . May 1775 . " Canceaux " anchored in Casco Bay in March 1775 to prevent colonists from enforcing the First Continental Congress boycott of all goods from Britain . Samuel Thompson ' s militia of Brunswick , Maine attempted to capture the ship commanded by Lieutenant Henry Mowat . After a militia boarding party in small boats had been deterred by grapeshot from " Canceaux " cannon , the men kidnapped Mowat on May 9 while he was ashore arranging church services for his crew . The first lieutenant aboard " Canceaux " warned the colonists to release Mowat by discharging two cannon ( loaded only with gunpowder , but no shot ) toward Portland , Maine . Thompson responded by threatening to cut off one of Mowat ' s fingers for each cannon shot striking Portland . When word of cannon fire reached surrounding communities , local minutemen converged on Portland and looted the homes of loyalists . Portland residents convinced Thompson to release Mowat , but refused to allow Mowat to take Thompson into custody . The minutemen threatened Mowat and the crew of " Canceaux " until the ship left for Boston on May 15 . " Canceaux " then captured the sloop " Elizabeth " smuggling provisions from New York to Portsmouth on May 21 . August 1775 . " Canceaux " impressed five crewmen from " Elisabeth " of Newburyport returning from France . October 1775 . To suppress rebellious activities along the New England coast , Mowat was ordered to undertake a punitive mission to " chastize " the seaports of Marblehead , MA , Salem , MA , Gloucester , MA , Ipswich , MA , Newburyport , MA , Portsmouth , NH , Saco , ME , Portland ( Falmouth ) , ME and particularly Machias , ME . Mowat left Boston aboard " Canceaux " on 6 October 1775 in company with the 20 - gun ship " Cat " , the 12 - gun schooner HMS " Halifax " , the bomb sloop HMS " Spitfire " , and the supply ship HMS " Symmetry " . " Canceaux " sailed past the southern seaports to anchor off Portland and avenge insults to her captain ' s authority . Mowat ' s flotilla conducted a nine - hour bombardment with incendiary ammunition on October 18 and sent raiding parties ashore to start additional fires . These parties captured four small vessels and destroyed eleven more .
Spessart ( A1442 ) Spessart ( A1442 ) is a " Rhön " - class tanker of the German Navy . She was commissioned in Kiel on 5 September 1977 . History . " Spessart " was originally built for civilian service by Kröger of Rendsburg in 1974 . On 5 September 1977 she was commissioned into the Deutsche Marine , based at Kiel . On 29 March 2009 , as she was taking part in Operation " Atalanta " , " Spessart " was attacked by a 7 - man pirate boat . In addition to the regular 40 - man civilian crew , " Spessart " carried a 12 - man security detail which exchanged small arm fire with the pirates , and repelled the assault . The frigates HNLMS " De Zeven Provinciën " , HS " Psara " , SPS " Victoria " , USS " Boxer " and the Rheinland - Pfalz ( F 209 ) intervened and captured the pirates after a few hours of chase .
John Dowling ( pilot ) Wing Commander John Reginald Dowling , MBE , DFC , AFC ( 1922 or 1923 to 2000 ) was a British helicopter pilot famous for placing the spire on the rebuilt Coventry Cathedral on 22 April 1962 . He was a Lancaster bomber pilot during the Second World War , and the author of " RAF Helicopters : The First Twenty Years " , a comprehensive overview of the RAF ' s early helicopters and their uses .
Operation Substance Operation Substance was a British naval operation in July 1941 during the Second World War to escort a convoy from Gibraltar to Malta . The convoy was escorted by six destroyers and covered by aircraft carrier HMS " Ark Royal " , the battlecruiser HMS " Renown " and the battleship HMS " Nelson " along with cruiser s and destroyer s . On 23 July , south of Sardinia , there were sustained Italian air attacks which resulted in one cruiser damaged and one destroyer sunk . The 11 , 000 tn troop transport " Sydney Star " was torpedoed by an Italian MAS boat and crippled , but the destroyer HMAS " Nestor " assisted her safe arrival to harbour . Eventually , all the merchant ships reached Malta and an Italian raid to sink them in Grand Harbour failed . Fairey Fulmar fighters of the RN Fleet Air Arm and RN AA gunners shot down at least 12 Axis aircraft , while six Fulmars were lost .
Royal R . Ingersoll Rear Admiral Royal Rodney Ingersoll ( 4 December 1847 – 21 April 1931 ) was a United States Navy officer whose career extended from the late 1860s through World War I . Biography . Ingersoll was born in Niles , Michigan on 4 December 1847 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1868 . He served in various ships of the fleet on the European and Asiatic Squadron s until 1876 when he was assigned to the Naval Academy . He taught and wrote about ordnance subjects during several tours at the Academy , and in the early years of the 20th century commanded such ships as " Bennington " ( PG - 4 ) , " New Orleans " ( CL - 22 ) , and " Maryland " ( ACR - 8 ) . He graduated from the Naval War College as a captain in 1903 and as a rear admrial in 1908 . Ingersoll was Chief of Staff of the Atlantic Fleet during the first part of the Great White Fleet ' s famous cruise around the world , and served in 1908 as a member of the General Board . Rear Admiral Ingersoll retired in 1909 , but was called back to duty during World War I as President of the Naval Ordnance Board . In 1919 he returned to his home in La Porte , Indiana , where he was active in public affairs until his death on 21 April 1931 at age 83 . His son , Admiral Royal Eason Ingersoll ( 1883 – 1976 ) , commanded the US Atlantic Fleet during World War II . Namesake . In 1943 , the destroyer USS " Ingersoll " ( DD - 652 ) was named in honor of R . Adm . Ingersoll and his grandson , Lieutenant Royal R . Ingersoll II ( 1913 – 1942 ) , who had died in the Battle of Midway .
1st Army ( Russian Empire ) The Russian First Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern Front for two years . The First Army , commanded by General Paul Rennenkampf , invaded East Prussia at the outbreak of war in 1914 along with the Second Army commanded by General Alexander Samsonov . After declaring war on the German Empire , the Russian Empire had been able to mobilize very quickly . All Russian forces were put under the command of Grand Duke Nikolai and his Quartermaster General Yuri Danilov . The invading forces made a determined and speedy attack on East Prussia . However , the First and Second Armies were stopped by the German Eighth Army , led by Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg and his Chief of Staff , General Erich Ludendorff . The German and Russian armies met at Tannenberg , where the Second Army was encircled and suffered complete destruction . Both the First and Second Armies suffered terrible casualties in one of the most comprehensive German victories of World War I . The First Army also suffered defeat at the First Battle of the Masurian Lakes in September 1914 , which led to Rennenkampf ' s dismissal and replacement by Litvinov . First Army served under Northwestern front for the remainder of the war . Litvinov was replaced by Sokovnin in April 1917 . Vannovski replaced Sokovnin in July and the army ' s final commander , von Notbek , took over in September 1917 . Order of Battle for the Battle of Tannenburg ( 1914 ) . The First Army consisted of the following units : Unattached units included :
Abraham DeSomer Abraham DeSomer ( December 29 , 1884 – August 31 , 1974 ) was an enlisted man and later an officer in the United States Navy . He received America ' s highest military decoration - the Medal of Honor - for actions during the American intervention at Veracruz , Mexico . Biography . Abraham DeSomer was born on December 29 , 1884 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin . In the early 1900s , he enlisted in the United States Navy from that state . Following his initial sea duty on board the gunboat , DeSomer transferred to the monitor , which served on the Asiatic Station , and became a Gunner ' s Mate . From 1907 to 1911 , he was assigned to the battleship . DeSomer was promoted to Chief Petty Officer in 1910 . A year later , he reported to the battleship . While serving on that ship from 21 – 22 April 1914 , during the intervention at Veracruz , Mexico , his " extraordinary herosim in the line of his profession " was recognized by the award of the Medal of Honor . In February 1915 DeSomer was promoted to the Warrant Officer rank of Gunner . During the next four years he served on the transport , the armored cruiser and the battleship . He was temporarily commissioned as an Ensign in August 1917 and attained the rank of Lieutenant in September 1918 . In the Spring of 1919 , DeSomer transferred to Naval Training Center , Great Lakes , Illinois . He was made a permanent Lieutenant in August 1920 and , a year later , reported to the newly commissioned battleship . DeSomer began two more years of training duty at Great Lakes in the summer of 1925 , then was assigned to the destroyer tender and the aircraft carrier before transferring in November 1930 to Naval Air Station , Pearl Harbor , Hawaii . Following more than thirty years of continuous service as an enlisted man and an officer , Lieutenant DeSomer retired in January 1932 . He returned to active duty in the summer of 1940 , after the fall of France prompted a massive expansion of America ' s defenses . Promoted to Lieutenant Commander on the retired list in February 1942 , he remained on active status through the war years . Abraham DeSomer died on August 31 , 1974 and is buried at the San Francisco National Cemetery , San Francisco , California . Description of Medal of Honor Action . In a letter dated 13 June 1914 to DeSomer , Josephus Daniels quoted Admiral F . F . Fletcher ' s summary of DeSomer ' s actions on 21 – 22 April 1914 : Daniels concluded with : Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Lieutenant , United States Navy , U . S . S . Utah . Place and date : Vera Cruz , Mexico , 21 and April 22 , 1914 . Entered service at : Wisconsin . Birth : Milwaukee , Wis . Citation : On board the U . S . S . Utah , for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession during the seizure of Vera Cruz , Mexico , 21 and April 22 , 1914 .
Training Group RAF Training Group ( TG ) of the Royal Air Force was the group that controlled the stations of Personnel and Training Command . History . It was formed on 1 April 1994 from the AOC Training Units with Personnel and Training Command its controlling formation . On 30 October 2006 , Training Group was renamed as Number 22 ( Training ) Group . Formally , Training Group ceased to exist and No 22 Group was established . Prior to 1 April 2006 Training Group held British Government agency status , operating as the Training Group Defence Agency ( TGDA ) . Upon the loss of its agency status , the formation became known simply as Training Group . Responsibility . The Group had seven areas of responsibility : Air Officer Commanding . Training Group ' s last Air Officer Commanding was Air Vice - Marshal John Ponsonby who was both Chief of Staff Training and Air Officer Commanding Training Group . The Air Officer Commanding was responsible to his superior commander , the Air Member for Personnel , who was also Air Officer Commanding - in - Chief Personnel & Training Command . For more information . Royal Air Force No 22 ( Training ) Group
Allah Muhammed Saleem Allah Muhammed Saleem " ( also transliterated as Alaadinn Muhammad Salim ) " is a citizen of Egypt who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp s , in Cuba . His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 716 . Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter - terrorism analysts report that he was born on January 13 , 1967 , in Al - Bajoor , Egypt . Combatant Status Review . A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for his tribunal . The memo accused him of the following : On March 3 , 2006 , in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a Summarized transcript from over 300 Tribunals . Saleem ' s transcript was not published on March 3 , 2006 . A three page summarized transcript from the unclassified session of his Tribunal was published in September 2007 , as part of his habeas corpus petition . Allah Muhammed Saleem v . George W . Bush . A writ of habeas corpus , Allah Muhammed Saleem v . George W . Bush , was submitted on Allah Muhammed Saleem ' s behalf . In response , on 12 November 2005 , the Department of Defense released 29 pages of unclassified documents related to his Combatant Status Review Tribunal to his lawyers . Those 29 pages were published in September 2007 . On January 13 , 2005 Tribunal panel 30 determined he was not an " enemy combatant " after all . Not an enemy combatant . Two of the three officers who sat on Tribunal panel 30 , which convened to confirm or refute his status as an " enemy combatant " voted to recommend that he should not be considered an enemy combatant . The dissenting officer prepared a minority report , which was not published . The unclassfied version of the Tribunal ' s report did not say why they discounted the allegations against him . Asylum in Albania . Like five of the Uyghur detainees in Guantanamo the government of Albania agreed to allow Salim to be transferred to Albania , and to apply for Asylum . Salim was transferred to a refugee center there on 17 November 2006 . Salim has been visited , in Albania , by his American lawyers . Zari reports that Salim ' s family in Egypt are not accepting phone calls from either Salim , or his lawyers . According to Zari : " " Salim pointed out that he was suffering from some health problems resulting from his torture in Guantanamo , " McClatchy interview . On June 15 , 2008 the McClatchy News Service published articles based on interviews with 66 former Guantanamo captives . McClatchy reporters interviewed Abd al Maqsut Muhammad Sagim Mazruh . He reported being tortured . The McClatchy report states he was held in the Bagram Theater Detention Facility prior to transfer to Guantanamo . He has requested that his family be permitted to join him in Albania .
SS Paul Hamilton The SS " Paul Hamilton " ( Hull Number 227 ) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II . She was named after Paul Hamilton , the third United States Secretary of the Navy . On her fifth voyage the SS Paul Hamilton left Hampton Roads , Virginia on 2 April 1944 as part of convoy UGS 38 , carrying supplies and the ground personnel of the 485th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces to Italy . On the evening of 20 April it was attacked 30 miles ( 48 km ) in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Cape Bengut near Algiers by 23 German Ju 88 bombers of III . / KG 26 , I . and III . / KG 77 . One aerial torpedo struck the " Paul Hamilton " and detonated the cargo of high explosives and bombs , and the ship and crew disappeared within 30 seconds . The crew and passengers , who included 154 officers and men of the 831st Bombardment Squadron , were all lost . Of the 580 men aboard only one body was recovered .
USS Miller ( FF - 1091 ) USS " Miller " ( FF - 1091 ) , originally ( DE - 1091 ) was a Knox class frigate of destroyer escort s in the United States Navy . She was named for Cook Third Class Doris " Dorie " Miller , who was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions at the attack on Pearl Harbor . " Miller " , a 3963 - ton ( 4 , 027 t ) " Knox " - class escort ship , was built at Westwego , Louisiana . Commissioned in June 1973 , her active service was performed with the Atlantic Fleet , including deployments to the Mediterranean , Northern Europe , the Persian Gulf and the Black Sea . In July 1975 , she was reclassified as a frigate and designated FF - 1091 . Miller transferred to the Naval Reserve Force in January 1982 , and thereafter was employed in the western Atlantic and Caribbean areas . She decommissioned in October 1991 and was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1995 .
Battle of Antioch ( 613 ) The Battle of Antioch took place in 613 outside Antioch , Syria between a Byzantine army led by Heraclius and a Persian Sassanid army as part of the Byzantine – Sassanid War of 602 – 628 . The victorious Persians were able to maintain a hold on the recently taken Byzantine territory . History . Beginning in 610 , under Generals Shahrbaraz and Shahin , the Persian army conquered Byzantine - controlled territories in Mesopotamia and the Caucasus . The Byzantine Empire could not offer much resistance to the invading Persians , with Heraclius himself needing time to implement a number of internal initiatives to ensure he could raise the necessary funds and troops for a renewed war against Khosrau II , the Sassanid king . In the next year , continuing their success , the Persian force overran Syria and eastern Anatolia , capturing Christian cities , such as Antioch and Damascus . Ostensibly , the Persian army could not travel much further into Byzantine territory without confronting a centrally - assembled Eastern - Roman army . In response to the sudden loss of territory on the Eastern frontier , Heraclius organized a capable - sized army and marched to Antioch . However , his counter - attack was decisively defeated in 613 outside Antioch . In the set battle , the Roman positions completely collapsed and a general rout of the Byzantine army led to an easy victory for Sharbaraz and Shahin . Aftermath . The victory at Antioch ensured the Persians would maintain the recently overran Byzantine territory . In the coming decade , Sassanid forces penetrated deeper into Byzantine territory . Jerusalem and all of Palestine fell to Shahrbaraz in 614 , while Shahin made further inroads into central and western Anatolia , and the Persian expansion reached its pinnacle with the successful siege of Alexandria in the spring of 619 , which led to the annexation of Egypt . The battle is mentioned in the Quran ' s 30th chapter , Surat al - Rum . In it , Allah mentions that " " The Romans [ Byzantines ] have been defeated . In a land close by ; but they will soon be victorious - Within a few years . Allah ' s is the command before and after ; and on that day the believers shall rejoice . " " Eventually the Byzantines did defeat the Persians 9 years later at the Battle of Issus in 622 .