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George I . Falgout George Irvin Falgout , born 28 October 1922 in Raceland , Louisiana , enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve 19 February 1942 . He was killed in action in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 12 November 1942 , while serving in " San Francisco " ( CA - 38 ) , heavily damaged in the battle . Seaman Second Class Falgout was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his great heroism and determination to defend his ship even at the cost of his life , when he remained at his gun , firing at a Japan ese aircraft until it crashed into his station . Namesake . In 1943 , the destroyer escort USS " Falgout " ( DE - 324 ) was named in his honor .
National Service Regiment The National Service Regiment was a former general service regiment of the Ceylon Army . The regiment was raised in 1963 following the attempted military coup the year before , with officers and men loyal to the government from the 2nd ( Volunteers ) Regiment of the Ceylon Signals Corps . The regiment saw action in the 1971 JVP Insurrection before its disbandment in 1977 .
Harry Lee ( USMC ) Harry Lee ( 1872 – 1933 ) was a general in the United States Marine Corps and a governor of Santo Domingo . Biography . Lee was born in Washington , D . C . on 4 June 1872 and was appointed as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps for the Spanish – American War on 2 August 1898 . He served at the Havana Naval Station during the war , and following it , aboard various ships of the United States Navy and many Marine Corps stations . Lee took command of the 6th Marine Regiment in 1917 , following the United States ' s entry into World War I . He led the unit through the battles at Château - Thierry , St . Mihiel , and the Meuse - Argonne Offensive , marching with the Army to the Rhine . After the war , he commanded the Marine brigade in Santo Domingo , sent in 1921 to pacify the Dominican Republic and establish constitutional government . For 3 years , he served as military governor of the country . Later , General Lee commanded Marine Barracks , Parris Island . On 1 March 1933 , he assumed command of the Marine Corps Base Quantico . He died on May 13 , 1935 at the Quantico Marine Base . Awards and honors . For World War I service , Major General Lee was awarded the Navy and Army versions of the Distinguished Service Medal , the French Legion of Honor , and other decorations .
Christopher Teesdale Major - General Sir Christopher Charles Teesdale , VC , KCMG , CB ( 1 June 1833 – 1 December 1893 ) was the first South African - born 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 . Early life . Christopher Charles Teesdale was born in Grahamstown , Cape of Good Hope , to Lieutenant - General Henry George Teesdale of the Royal Artillery who was stationed there . He joined the Royal Artillery as a gentleman cadet on 29 April 1848 . His first posting was to Corfu and he was promoted to second lieutenant on 22 March 1853 and left Corfu in April 1853 . Crimea . Teesdale was 22 years old , and a lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery , British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 29 September 1855 at Kars , Turkey , Lieutenant Teesdale volunteered to take command of the force engaged in the defence of the most advanced part of the works . He threw himself into the midst of the enemy and encouraged the garrison to make an attack so vigorous that the Russians were driven out . During the hottest part of the action he induced the Turkish artillerymen to return to their post from which they had been driven by enemy fire and after the final victorious charge he saved from the fury of the Turks a considerable number of the enemy wounded - an action gratefully acknowledged by the Russian Staff . Teesdale was wounded at the battle of Kars , taken prisoner and held in Russia until he was released in 1856 . He was awarded the Légion d ' honneur and made an Honorary CB in the same year . A talented water colourist , he was responsible for illustrations in book on Battle of Kars by Humphry Sandwith , MD , the regiment ' s doctor at Kars . The illustrations were possibly done whilst Teesdale was in captivity . He was decorated with the VC by Queen Victoria in the quadrangle of Windsor Castle on 21 November 1857 along with James Craig , George Symons and Joseph Malone . Later life . He was appointed as Master of The Ceremonies and Extra Equerry to The Prince of Wales on 9 November 1858 , positions he held until his death and was also made aide - de - camp to Queen Victoria on 1 October 1877 . Promoted to Major - General in March 1887 , he was made Knight Commander of St Michael and St George ( KCMG ) in the Queen ' s Jubilee honours on 8 July 1887 . He retired on 22 March 1892 and was buried in his family tomb in South Bersted , Sussex . His VC is part of the Lord Ashcroft VC Collection at the Imperial War Museum .
Duncombe Pleydell - Bouverie Admiral The Honourable Duncombe Pleydell - Bouverie ( 28 June 1780 – 5 November 1850 ) , was a British naval commander and Whig politician . Pleydell - Bouverie was the second son of Jacob Pleydell - Bouverie , 2nd Earl of Radnor , and the Honourable Anne Duncombe , daughter of Anthony Duncombe , 1st Baron Feversham . William Pleydell - Bouverie , 3rd Earl of Radnor , was his elder brother . Pleydell - Bouverie served in the Royal Navy . Lieutenant Pleydell - Bouverie was promoted to Commander on 14 February 1801 , but did not take command of HMS " Penguin " until 28 August . Bouverie was promoted to post captain in on 2 April 1802 . Eventually he became an Admiral . He also sat as Member of Parliament for Downton between 1806 and 1807 and for Salisbury between 1828 and 1832 and again from 1833 to 1835 . He is not recorded as having ever spoken in the House of Commons . He hoisted his flag in HMS " Victory " as Port Admiral at Portsmouth in 1837 . Pleydell - Bouverie married Louisa , daughter of Joseph May , in 1809 . He died in November 1850 , aged 70 .
Boeing E - 6 Mercury The Boeing E - 6 Mercury ( formerly E - 6 Hermes ) is an airborne command post and communications relay based on the Boeing 707 - 320 . The original E - 6A manufactured by Boeing ' s defense division entered service with the United States Navy in July 1989 , replacing the EC - 130Q . It conveyed instructions from the National Command Authority to fleet ballistic missile submarine s , a mission known as TACAMO ( " Ta " ke " C " harge " a " nd " M " ove " O " ut ) . The E - 6B model deployed in October 1998 kept this role , but added further command post capabilities and control of land - based missiles and nuclear - armed bombers . The E - 6B replaced Air Force EC - 135Cs in the " Looking Glass " role , providing command and control of U . S . nuclear forces should ground - based control become inoperable . With production lasting until 1991 , the E - 6 was the final derivative of the Boeing 707 to be built . Design and development . Like the E - 3 Sentry airborne warning and control system ( AWACS ) aircraft , the E - 6 is adapted from Boeing ' s 707 - 320 airliner . The first E - 6 made its maiden flight from Boeing ' s Renton Factory on 19 February 1987 , when it was flown to Boeing Field , Seattle , for fitment of mission avionics , being delivered to the Navy for testing on 22 July 1988 . The E - 6A , which was initially named Hermes , entered service with VQ - 3 on 3 August 1989 , with the second squadron , VQ - 4 receiving its first E - 6As in January 1991 , allowing the EC - 130Q to be phased on in June that year . The E - 6A was renamed Mercury in Autumn 1991 by request of the US Navy . Sixteen were delivered up to 1992 . The E - 6B is an upgrade to the E - 6A . It includes a battlestaff area and new flight deck systems replacing the aging 1970s - style cockpit with an off - the - shelf 737 Next Generation cockpit . This greatly increases the situational awareness of the pilot and saves significant cost over a custom avionics package . The first E - 6B was accepted in December 1997 . All 16 E - 6A aircraft were modified to the E - 6B standard , with the final delivery taking place on 1 December 2006 . Operational history . Codenamed " Looking Glass " , it is United States Strategic Command ( USSTRATCOM ) ' s Airborne Command Post , designed to take over in case the Global Operations Center ( GOC ) , located at Offutt Air Force Base , Nebraska , is destroyed or incapable of communicating with strategic forces . The term " looking glass " is used because it " mirrors " the abilities of the GOC to control nuclear forces .
French submarine Casabianca ( S603 ) The Casabianca ( ex - " Bourgogne " ) is a first - generation nuclear attack submarine of the French Navy . She is named in honour of the famous submarine of the Free French Naval Forces " Casabianca " . She is the third of the " Rubis " series . Between 1993 and June 1994 , she undertook a major refitting which upgraded her to the level of the " Améthyste " , arming her for anti - submarine as well as anti - surface ship warfare . Her underwater endurance is 60 days , dictated by food supplies . She is designed to operate at seas 220 days per year , and is thus staffed by two crews that relay each other from one patrol or exercise to the next . Among the Casabianca ' s operational highlights are its being the first French submarine to visit the naval base at Severomorsk , home of the Russian Northern Fleet , in 2003 ; and patrols in the Mediterranean and in the Indian Ocean as part of the fleet surrounding the aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle , such as in 2007 . During the " Péan " inter - allied maneuvers of 1998 , " Casabianca " managed to " sink " USS " Eisenhower " and her " Ticonderoga " class escort cruiser USS " Anzio " .
7th Light Horse Regiment ( Australia ) The 7th Light Horse Regiment was a mounted infantry regiment of the Australian Army during the First World War . The regiment was raised in August 1914 , and assigned to the 2nd Light Horse Brigade . During the war the regiment fought against the forces of the Ottoman Empire , in Egypt , at Gallipoli , on the Sinai Peninsula , and in Palestine and Jordan . After the armistice the regiment eventually returned to Australia in March 1919 . For its role in the war the regiment was awarded sixteen battle honours . Formation . The 7th Light Horse Regiment was raised at Sydney in September 1914 . and comprised twenty - five officers and 497 other ranks serving in three squadrons , each of six troop s . Each troop was divided into eight Section s , of four men each . In action one man of each section , was nominated as a horse holder reducing the regiments rifle strength by a quarter . Its manpower being mostly recruited from residents of New South Wales . Once formed the regiment was assigned to the 2nd Light Horse Brigade , serving alongside the 5th and 6th Light Horse Regiments . All Australian Light Horse regiments used cavalry unit designations , but were mounted infantry armed with rifles , not swords or lances , and mounted exclusively on the Australian Waler horse . Operational History . Gallipoli . In December 1914 , the 7th Light Horse Regiment left Sydney for Egypt , arriving on the 1 February 1915 . When the Australian infantry units were dispatched to Gallipoli , it was thought the terrain was unsuitable for mounted troops , and the light horse regiments remained in Egypt . However casualties resulted in the deployment of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade as reinforcements in May 1915 . On arrival the regiment was attached to the 1st Division , who by this stage of the campaign were fighting a defensive battle . The regiment was withdrawn back to Egypt in December 1915 . Sinai and Palestine Campaign . On their arrival back in Egypt , the 2nd Light Horse Brigade was assigned to the newly raised ANZAC Mounted Division , at first given responsibility for the defence of the Suez Canal . Their first battles were at Romani and Katia in early August 1916 . They were then used to patrol the large open area of Sinai , until the British advance into Palestine . Becoming involved in the unsuccessful first , second battles of Gaza in March and April 1916 . Then the victorious Battle of Beersheba in the following October . With the Ottoman Empire forces in retreat , the regiment was part of the pursuit into Palestine , resulting in the capture of Jerusalem in 1917 , and raid across the River Jordan , at Amman and Es Salt . The war in the Middle East ended shortly afterwards when the armistice of Mudros was signed in October 1918 . The regiment , had to return to Egypt to assist in putting down a revolt , then sailed for Australia in June 1919 . The war had cost the regiment 165 killed and 655 wounded . Battle honours . ANZAC Defence at ANZAC Suvla Sari Bair Gallipoli 1915 – 1916 Egypt 1915 – 1917 Romani Gaza - Beersheba El Mughar Jerusalem Jordan ( Es Salt ) Jordan ( Amman ) Megiddo Nablus Palestine 1917 – 1918
Jack French John Alexander " Jack " French VC ( 15 July 1914 – 4 September 1942 ) was an Australian 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 . Early life . French was born on 15 July 1914 in Crows Nest , north of Toowoomba in Queensland , Australia . His father , Albert French , was a barber originally from Tenterfield and his mother , Lucy , settled in Crows Nest with her family after moving from Charleville . He attended the Crows Nest State Primary School from 1920 to 1928 . In May 1928 , he sat for and successfully passed a demanding State scholarship examination . As a boy , Jack excelled at sports , and in rugby league he was known as " The Flying Winger " . He was renowned for his sense of fair play and protected those who were weaker . One childhood friend , Alf Blinco , remembers a time when he was accused of stealing and unjustly punished , John found the real culprits and brought them to justice thus exonerating his friend . French enrolled as a State scholarship holder at the Toowoomba State High School and Technical College for his secondary schooling . He was popular and well regarded by his peers and the teachers . After completing his studies in 1929 , he returned to Crow ' s Nest and commenced an apprenticeship with his father . World War II . When World War II broke out , French was the first in Crow ' s Nest to enlist . He was posted to the 2 / 9th Battalion and left home on 23 October 1939 . This was the first battalion raised in Queensland in World War II . On 5 May 1940 , after a period of intense training , the battalion embarked on the " Mauritania " which carried them to the United Kingdom where the battalion formed part of an Australian contingent that were to help defend against a possible invasion following the Fall of France . While in the UK , French was chosen as one of the bodyguards for King George VI , and also to the then Prime Minister , Winston Churchill . On 1 January 1941 the battalion sailed to Alexandria and successfully captured the Italian fort of Giarabub . The battalion went on to battle at Tobruk before engaging in further training in Syria . In early 1942 , in response to the growing threat posed by Japan ' s entry into the war following the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Malaya , the 2 / 9th Battalion , along with the rest of the 7th Division , was brought back to Australia . At this time they were eventually granted seven days ' leave , and French returned to Australia and Crow ' s Nest . This leave was the final time his family saw him alive . This was followed by a new round of re - training using new methods to prepare them for jungle warfare , before the 2 / 9th were committed to the fighting in New Guinea . Victoria Cross . The citation from his VC reads as follows : Although French ' s Victoria Cross was gazetted first , his award was actually the second for actions on Australian territory ( due to Papua New Guinea being under Australian Government jurisdiction ) , as Bruce Kingsbury received his VC for actions near Isurava on the Kokoda Track on 29 August 1942 .
Bernard - Anselme d ' Abbadie de Saint - Castin Bernard - Anselme d ' Abbadie de Saint - Castin ( 1689 – 1720 ) was a French military officer serving in Acadia . He was a member of a successful privateer ing force at the time of Queen Anne ' s War , and led native and French forces in the defense of Acadia . Biography . Bernard - Anselme d ' Abbadie de Saint - Castin was born in 1689 at Pentagouet ( site of present - day Castine , Maine ) and was the son of Jean - Vincent d ' Abbadie de Saint - Castin , third Baron de Saint - Castin , and Pidianske , an Abenaki woman . Bernard - Anselme ' s brother was Joseph d ' Abbadie de Saint - Castin , an Acadian military chief . After his father ' s departure for France in 1701 , relations with the Abenaki people began to fray . In 1704 , Governor Brouillan asked Bernard - Anselme , then just 15 years old , to rally his tribe to help protect Acadia from British attacks . In 1707 , this request paid off and Bernard - Anselme fiercely help defend Port Royal against a siege by British colonial forces . On October 31 that same year , Bernard - Anselme married Marie - Charlotte Damours de Chauffours in Port Royal . In 1708 , Bernard - Anselme received a promotion within the military , rising to the rank of lieutenant . In 1709 , a privateer ing force , of which Bernard - Anselme was a member , sank 35 British ships and took 470 people prisoner . Whilst Saint - Castin was at sea in 1710 , Port Royal fell to the British and was renamed Annapolis Royal . Saint - Castin , who was unaware of these events , returned from his privateering to Port Royal . His ship was captured , but Saint - Castin escaped into the woods . Saint - Castin was then appointed to command the whole of Acadia ' s military in an attempt to drive out the British . He was ordered to keep the First Nations hostile to the British , and in immediately after the Battle of Bloody Creek in 1711 his Abenakis unsuccessfully attacked Annapolis Royal . However , in 1713 the Treaty of Utrecht was signed , ending the war . During the winter of 1713 - 14 , Saint - Castin lived with his tribe on the Penobscot River . In 1714 , Saint - Castin and his wife set sail for France , landing at Béarn late that year . He died there in the autumn of 1720 . He was survived by his wife and three daughters .
Victualling Commissioners The Commissioners for the victualling of the Navy , often called Victualling Commissioners , were the body responsible under the Navy Board for victualling ships of the British Royal Navy . Creation . Previous to this supplies had been provided by outside contractors , but they were of such poor quality that the government was forced to take control in order to effectively engage in the wars against the Dutch . Though nominally under the direction of the Navy Board , the Victualling Board was effectively independent . Course . From 1654 it had its headquarters at Tower Hill , and laid down strict criteria on the quality of the provisions it required . In the 1660s Samuel Pepys reformed the system of having a Purser assigned to each ship to oversee the distribution of supplies , and obliged each one to lodge a cash surety , and to keep complete accounts of every item issued , in an attempt to stamp out the fairly commonplace corruption that had been notorious . ( In 1658 the crew of HMS " Maidstone " had demolished the Victualling Office at Rochester in protest at the foul quality of the food . Their captain Thomas Penrose refused to name any of the culprits . ) Though by no means perfect the system generally improved , and if the food was of poor quality , at least there was plenty of it . The Victualling Board built breweries , slaughterhouses , and bakeries near to Navy Yard s to provide beer , salted meat and ship ' s biscuit , and modern research has shown that during the period of the Napoleonic Wars only about 1 % of supplies were actually condemned as unfit to eat . Abolition . Eventually in 1832 the Victualling Board as a separate entity was abolished and its functions were assumed by the Board of Admiralty .
Siege of Negroponte ( 1688 ) The Siege of Negroponte ( modern Chalkis ) was undertaken by the forces of the Republic of Venice from July to October 1688 . The Venetian army , composed of several mercenary and allied contingents from western Europe , had succeeded in capturing the Peloponnese in the previous years , and proceeded to capture Athens and attack Negroponte , the main Ottoman stronghold in Central Greece . The Venetian siege was hampered by the Ottoman resistance and their inability to completely isolate the town , as the Ottoman general Ismail Pasha managed to ferry supplies to the besieged garrison . Furthermore , the Venetian army suffered many casualties from an outbreak of the plague in the Venetian camp , which led to the death of 4 , 000 troops and the experienced general Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck . The departure of the Florentine and Maltese contingents further weakened the Venetians , and when the German mercenaries refused to remain there in winter quarters , the Venetian commander , Doge Francesco Morosini , had to concede defeat and retreat to the Peloponnese .
Action of 16 March 1917 The Action of 16 March 1917 was a naval battle in which the German auxiliary cruiser " Leopard " was engaged and sunk by the British Armed boarding steamer HMS " Dundee " and the cruiser HMS " Achilles " . Action . After leaving port in March disguised as the Norwegian freighter " Rena Norge " , the " Leopard " set sail on its mission to disrupt Allied commerce . On the 17 March it was stopped in the North Sea by the cruiser HMS " Achilles " and ordered to proceed to the boarding vessel HMS " Dundee " for inspection . Heavily outgunned Captain Hans von Laffert , the raider ' s commander , had no option other to proceed to meet the boarding vessel . Captain Selwyn Day of the " Dundee " dispatched a launch containing a boarding party with an officer and five men to investigate the mysterious ship . Hans von Laffert realizing he was about to be discovered detained the party and after about an hour opened fire on the " Dundee " with a salvo of two torpedoes . The steamer manoeuvred out of the way barely in time and the torpedoes missed Captain Day ' s ship by twenty feet . Day ordered his guncrews to open fire and a hail of shells struck the " Leopard " damaging a gun and setting fires . The " Achilles " hearing the sound of gunfire returned to the scene and opened fire on the raider as the " Dundee " withdrew . Shortly after the " Achilles ' s " arrival the " Leopard " sank with all 319 hands going down with the ship . Damage to the British vessels was light and the only casualties consisted of the six boarding party members who were trapped in the " Leopard " when it sank .