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Ronald Brockman Vice - Admiral Sir Ronald Vernon Brockman , KCB , KStJ , CSI , CIE , CVO , CBE ( 8 March 1909 – 3 September 1999 ) served under Lord Mountbatten of Burma and participated in accepting the surrender of the Japanese Fleet in 1945 . Sir Ronald was the elder son of Engineer Rear - Admiral Henry Stafford Brockman CB . He was descendant of the English Brockman family , and was Gentleman Usher to the Queen from 1967 to 1979 . Military service . Sir Ronald was educated at Weymouth College in Dorset and joined the Royal Navy in 1927 as a Paymaster Cadet ( later Supply Officer ) . He was promoted to Paymaster Sub - Lieutenant on 16 April 1930 ( seniority from 1 September 1929 ) and to Paymaster Lieutenant on 1 October 1931 . He served as the Assistant Secretary to the First Sea Lord , Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Backhouse from 1938 to 1939 and was promoted to Paymaster Lieutenant - Commander in 1939 . He was the Admiral ' s Secretary to Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound during World War II from 1939 to 1943 . Promoted to Paymaster Commander on 31 December 1943 , he served as Admiral ' s Secretary to Admiral of the Fleet Lord Louis ( Francis Albert Victor ) Mountbatten ( Lord Mountbatten of Burma from 1946 ) from 1943 to 1959 and as an acting captain was the Private Secretary to Mountbatten as Governor General of India from 1947 to 1948 . Finally , he served as the Senior Staff Officer to the Chief of Defence Staff within the Ministry of Defence from 1959 to 1965 . He was promoted to the substantive rank of Captain ( S ) on 30 June 1953 . He was promoted to Rear Admiral on 7 July 1960 , and to vice - admiral on 6 April 1963 . He retired from the Royal Navy on 6 December 1965 with the rank of Vice - Admiral . He was appointed a KCB in the 1965 New Year Honours , CSI 1947 , CIE 1946 , CVO 1979 and CBE 1943 . He was made a KStJ in 1985 and among his foreign awards were the Special Rosette of Cloud and Banner ( China ) 1948 , Chevalier Legion of Honour and Croix de Guerre with Palm ( France ) 1950 and Bronze Star Medal ( USA ) 1947 . Personal life and death . In 1932 Brockman married Marjorie Jean Butt ; they had one son and three daughters . He died on 3 September 1999 , aged 90 . He was the last surviving Companion of the Order of the Star of India and also of the Order of the Indian Empire . At his death , the Queen was represented by Sir Carron Grieg and the Duke of Edinburgh was represented by Rear - Admiral Sir Robert Woodard at a service of thanksgiving for Sir Ronald ’ s life and service . The Prince of Wales was represented by Vice - Admiral Sir Christopher Morgan .
James Avery ( Medal of Honor ) James Avery ( 1825 – October 11 , 1898 ) was an American Civil War Union Navy sailor who received the Medal of Honor while serving aboard the Biography . Born in 1825 in Scotland , Avery was living in New York when he joined the Navy . He served during the Civil War as a seaman on the . At the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5 , 1864 , he was among the crew of a small boat sent from " Metacomet " to rescue survivors of the , which had been sunk by a naval mine ( then known as a " torpedo " ) . Despite intense fire , the boat crew was able to pull ten " Tecumseh " men from the water . For this action , Avery was awarded the Medal of Honor a year and a half later , on January 15 , 1866 . Five other members of the " Metacomet " boat crew also received the medal : Quarter Gunner Charles Baker , Ordinary Seaman John C . Donnelly , Captain of the Forecastle John Harris , Seaman Henry Johnson , and Landsman Daniel Noble . Many years after the war Avery was serving as a berth - deck cook and it was discovered by the captain that he had won a medal of honor . When asked about the medal he said : " That can tell you more about it than I can . I did like the rest of the men that day , and I never expected anything more than my pay and rations . We tried to do our duty , and when we saw the men in the other ship being shot down and some drowning , we could only try to help them . God knows it was hard to see them being murdered without much chance for escape " This incident was reported in the New York Times on January 16 , 1898 . Avery later served in one of the bureaus of the Navy Department . He died on October 11 , 1898 and is buried in Captain Ted Conaway Memorial Naval Cemetery Portsmouth , Virginia . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Seaman , U . S . Navy . Born : 1825 , Scotland . Accredited to : New York . G . O . No . : 71 , January 15 , 1866 . Citation : Served on board the U . S . S . " Metacomet " . As a member of the boat ' s crew which went to the rescue of the U . S . monitor " Tecumseh " when that vessel was struck by a torpedo in passing the enemy forts in Mobile Bay , 5 August 1864 , S / man Avery braved the enemy fire which was said by the admiral [ David Farragut ] to be " one of the most galling " he had ever seen , and aided in rescuing from death 10 of the crew of the " Tecumseh " , eliciting the admiration of both friend and foe .
7th Pennsylvania Regiment The 7th Pennsylvania Regiment was an infantry unit raised on 4 January 1776 at Carlisle , Pennsylvania for service with the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War . On 17 January 1777 Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Hartley transferred out of the unit to take command of Hartley ' s Additional Continental Regiment . The 7th Regiment saw action at the battles of Brandywine , Paoli , Germantown , Monmouth , Springfield and Bull ' s Ferry . At Monmouth , Colonel William Irvine led the regiment . The unit merged with the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment on 17 January 1781 .
Charles Taylor ( rugby player ) Engineer Captain Charles Gerald Taylor LVO ( 8 May 1863 – 24 January 1915 ) was a Royal Navy officer and Wales international rugby union player who played club rugby for Blackheath . He was the first Welsh international to be killed in action during World War I . Taylor was an all - round athlete , and at one time was the Welsh pole vault champion . Military career . Born in Ruabon , Wales on 8 May 1863 , Taylor joined the Royal Navy on 1 July 1885 , when he was rated an acting assistant engineer . Following his initial training he was confirmed in the rank on 1 July 1886 . He was promoted to engineer on 1 September 1890 , and chief engineer on 30 December 1900 . He became an engineer lieutenant on 26 March 1903 , and on 30 December 1904 was promoted to engineer commander . On 3 February 1911 King George V appointed him a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order On 7 February 1912 he was promoted to engineer captain . Much of Taylor ' s career was spent at training or other shore establishments . However , shortly after the outbreak of World War I he was posted to the battlecruiser HMS " Queen Mary " , on 16 September 1914 . On 20 November he was transferred to HMS " Tiger " . On 24 January 1915 , " Tiger " was one of the vessels engaged in the Battle of Dogger Bank . HMS " Tiger " was struck by fire from the German cruiser SMS " Blücher " , and Taylor died during the engagement . Taylor was not buried at sea , and his body was returned to Britain to be buried at Tavistock New Cemetery in Devon . Rugby career . Taylor made his debut for Wales against England in 1884 under the captaincy of Charlie Newman in the Home Nations Championship . Wales lost the game but Taylor would play in the remaining two games of the campaign against Scotland and Ireland . In 1884 Taylor was reselected for Wales , in a team that would host several past and future captains , including Arthur Gould , Tom Clapp , Frank Hancock and Newman . In the 1885 Championship Taylor made his first international score when he converted William Stadden ' s try , though as no points were given to conversions at the time he is recorded with no career score . In 1885 , Taylor was spending much of his time in London , and when a group of Welshmen came together to form a club for London ' exiles ' , Taylor was among them . The club formed in June 1885 , and Taylor became a committee member at the first meeting and then on 21 October became a member of the very first London Welsh team . London Welsh would become a prominent club providing many Welsh internationals , the very first team containing six internationals ; Taylor , Arthur Gould , Martyn Jordan , Thomas Judson , T . Williams and Rowley Thomas . In 1886 , Taylor was part of Frank Hancock ' s team that experimented with the four threequarter system for the first time in an international match . It was an unsuccessful experiment and was abandoned during the match . Taylor ' s final game for Wales was in 1887 against Ireland in a win at Birkenhead . International games played . Wales
Armoured Forces Training Centre Armoured Forces Training Centre - Armoured Forces Training Centre of the Polish Forces in the West . In December 1944 Gen Anders ordered formation of the Armoured Forces Training Centre in Italy . The Centre was to be commanded by Lt Col Szostak and administered by the base of the 2nd Corps . Training personnel was appointed by the commanding officers of the 2nd Armoured Brigade , the Carpatian Ulan Regiment , the 7th Armoured Regiment and the 7th Anti - tank Artillery Regiment . The Centre was to retrain officers and train tank drivers , armoured car drivers , gunners , self - propelled and tractor artillery drivers , and radio operators . The trained personnel was to be sent to the 7th Armoured Regiment for further specialist training according to the training programmes prepared by Lt . Col Szostak . Subsequently they were allocated to the front line regiments . Units of the Centre were located in the neighbouring Italian towns . Work of the Centre led to the formation of the 2nd Warsaw Armoured Division . Gen Anders , secret order nr 23 of 11 May 1945 , outlined the structure of the division by re - organizing and reinforcing 2nd Armoured Brigade . Field Marshal Alexander , Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces responsible for all military operations in the Mediterranean Theatre , inspected the marching troops of the Division on the fields of Loreto airfield and said " if I were to select the best unit commanded by me , I would choose you " . In 1945 there were about 2000 men and instructors in the Centre . In August 1946 the Centre was shipped to the United Kingdom and joined the Polish Resettlement Corps .
Siege of Caesarea ( 614 ) The Siege of Caesaria relates to the siege and conquest of Caesaria Maritima of the Palaestina Prima province ( Byzantine Empire ) by a joint Sassanid - Jewish army in 614 CE . History . During the early stage of Byzantine – Sassanid War of 602 – 628 , Khosrau II formed an alliance with the Jewish population of the Persian Empire and Sassanid armies , strengthened by Jewish militias marched on the Levant . Following the victory in Antioch , joint Sassanid - Jewish army , commanded by Shahrbaraz , arrived to Palaestina Prima and conquered Caesaria Maritima , the administrative capital of the province . Nehemiah ' s Jewish troops and the Sassanid Persians , commanded by Shahrbaraz , were joined by Benjamin of Tiberias ( according to Jewish sources – a man of immense wealth ) , who enlisted and armed additional Jewish soldiers from Tiberias , Nazareth and the mountain cities of Galilee and together they marched on Jerusalem . Jerusalem had later fallen to the Persian armies as well .
Willard Stewart Paul Willard Stewart Paul was a Lieutenant General in the United States Army Early life . He was born in Worcester , Massachusetts on February 28 , 1894 . He attended Clark University in Dartmouth , Massachusetts , and American University in Washington , D . C . In 1916 Paul joined the Colorado National Guard as a Second Lieutenant of Field Artillery to serve on the Mexican border during the Pancho Villa Expedition . World War I . He received a commission in the regular Army in 1917 . During World War I he served at Camp Merritt , New Jersey . Post - World War I . Paul graduated from the Infantry Officers Course in 1921 . From 1922 to 1924 he was assistant professor of military science for the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Johns Hopkins University , from which he received a bachelor of science degree in 1924 . Paul was a 1930 graduate of the Infantry Officer Advanced Course , and was an instructor at the Infantry School from 1930 to 1933 . He graduated from the Command and General Staff College in 1935 , and the Army War College in 1937 . He was assigned to the staff of the Adjutant General ' s Department , 1937 to 1941 , and in 1942 he received a master of arts degree from American University . World War II . In 1942 Paul was assigned as Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics , G - 4 , Headquarters Army Ground Forces ( HAGF ) , receiving promotion to Major General . In 1943 he was commander of the 75th Infantry Division during its stateside training , and then assumed command of the 26th ( Yankee ) Infantry Division . General Paul led the 26th Division during the Battle of the Bulge , and played an important role in Third Army ' s counterattack that reduced the German salient . Post - World War II . After World War II General Paul remained in Europe as Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel , G - 1 , at Supreme Headquarters Allied Forces in Europe ( SHAEF ) . In 1947 Paul was promoted to Lieutenant General and returned to the U . S . as the Army ' s Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel , G - 1 , where served until his 1948 retirement . As the Army ' s top personnel officer , he was responsible for its post - war manpower demobilization . General Paul ' s decorations included two awards of the Distinguished Service Medal and the Legion of Merit . Civilian career . Following his retirement from the military he was a consultant for the American Red Cross , Assistant Dirctor of the Office of Defense Mobilization , and a member of the subcommittee set up by the Hoover Commission to study personnel issues in the U . S . Department of Defense . Paul also served as President of the Retired Officers Association . In 1956 he became President of Gettysburg College , where he remained until his 1961 retirement . One of his acts as President of the college was to make space available for former President Dwight D . Eisenhower to maintain an office . Retirement and Death . General Paul died at Walter Reed Army Hospital on March 21 , 1966 and was buried in Section 30 , Grave 1073 RH of Arlington National Cemetery .
David Colyear , 1st Earl of Portmore General David Colyear , 1st Earl of Portmore KT PC ( c . 1656 – 2 January 1730 ) was a Scottish general and Governor of Gibraltar . Life . He was the elder son of Sir Alexander Robertson , of the family of Strowan , Perthshire , who settled in Holland , where he acquired a considerable property , and adopted the name of Colyear . Military career . Colyear was commissioned into the Army of William of Orange in 1674 . He served in most of William ' s Irish campaigns , and in 1691 became Governor of Limerick . For his service in Ireland he was created Lord Portmore on 1 June 1699 . In 1702 , he obtained the rank of major - general , and on 27 February 1703 received the command of the 2nd regiment of foot . On 13 April 1703 , he was raised to the dignities of Earl of Portmore , Viscount of Milsington , and Lord Colyear . He took part in the War of Spanish Succession and participated in the Battle of Cádiz in 1702 and the Battle of Vigo Bay later that year . In 1710 , he was appointed commander - inchief of the forces in Scotland , and in January 1711 was raised to the rank of general . In 1712 , he served under the Duke of Ormonde in Flanders , and the same year he was named a member of the privy council and made a knight of the Thistle . In August 1713 , he was constituted governor of Gibraltar , and in October of the same year he was chosen one of the sixteen representative peers of Scotland . When Gibraltar was besieged by the Spaniards in 1727 , he embarked for that place to assume command , but on the approach of Admiral Wager with eleven ships the siege was raised . He was elevated to the Privy Council and created a Knight of the Thistle in 1712 . He died 2 January 1730 . Family . He married Catherine Sedley , Countess of Dorchester , daughter of Sir Charles Sedley of Southfleet , Kent , and former mistress of James II . They had two sons :
Eighth Army ( France ) The Eighth Army ( ) was a Field army of the French Army during World War I and World War II . After the armistice at the end of World War I , it was part of the occupation of the Rhineland . On 21 October 1919 it was combined with the Tenth Army to form the French Army of the Rhine . It was reformed in the Second World War .
VP - 46 Patrol Squadron 46 ( VP - 46 ) , also known as the " Grey Knights " , is a maritime patrol squadron of the United States Navy based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island , Washington . Part of Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing Ten , VP - 46 is the oldest maritime patrol squadron and the second oldest aircraft squadron in the entire U . S . Navy , second only behind VFA - 14 . Squadron history . The VP - 46 " Grey Knights " was officially established as VP - 5S on July 1 , 1931 at Naval Air Station Coco Solo in Panama flying the Martin PM - 2 . Within that year , the squadron redesignated as VP - 5F and changed its homeport to Naval Air Station North Island , San Diego , California . In June 1933 the squadron transitioned to its second aircraft , the Consolidated P2Y - 1 . Then in 1938 , the squadron transitioned to the Consolidated PBY Catalina and later redesignated as VP - 32 . During World War II , the squadron sank 3 German U - boats south of Haiti . At the close of World War II , the squadron was redesignated as Medium Patrol Plane Squadron Six ( VP - MS - 6 ) and changed its home port to Naval Air Station Alameda , California . Upon changing its homeport to California , the squadron changed to its current designation , VP - 46 . In 1961 , the " Grey Knights " changed its homeport to Naval Air Station Moffett Field and transitioned to the P2V Neptune , making it the squadron ' s first land - based aircraft in its history . In 1964 , the squadron transitioned to the P - 3A Orion and in the 1970s , the squadron transitioned again to the P - 3C Orion . In the 1990s , with the BRAC closure of NAS Moffett Field and its transition to Moffett Federal Airfield under NASA / Ames Research Center and the 129th Rescue Wing of the California Air National Guard , the squadron changed to its current homeport , NAS Whidbey Island , Washington . Since then , the " Grey Knights " have completed over 46 years and more than 300 , 046 hours of accident free flight operations , a Pacific Fleet record .
22nd Air Base The 22nd Air Base ( ) is an Air Force Base east of Malbork , Poland , near the village of Królewo Malborskie . It was officially constituted on 1 January 2001 , replacing the disbanded 41st Fighter Aviation Regiment . The main unit based there is the 41st Air Tactical Squadron flying MiG - 29 fighters . History . The Marienburg , Germany , area had a 1929 civilian airfield near Königsdorf that was acquired by the Luftwaffe in 1934 . Near the airfield was a Focke - Wulf plant that had been moved from Bremen and which produced approximately half of all Focke - Wulf Fw 190 s , and the Stalag XX - B POW camp was nearby . A US Eighth Air Force air raid of the on October 9 , 1943 , by 96 B - 17 Flying Fortress es was called the " Marienburg raid " by Life magazine . The plant was attacked a 2nd time by 98 B - 17s on April 9 , 1944 . Post - war , Marienburg , Germany , became Malbork , Poland ; and Soviet Air force units were based there for a few years . In 1952 the 41st Fighter Aviation Regiment was formed to be based there , initially equipped with Mig - 15 fighters , later replaced with Mig - 17 s , and from 1964 Mig - 21 s . In 2001 the regiment was dissolved and its ground and air components separated , to form the 22 Air Base and 41st Air Tactical Squadron respectively . In 2003 the last Mig - 21s were retired , and in 2004 the squadron was rearmed with refurbished Mig - 29s obtained from Germany .
Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network The Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network ( MEECN ) is a network of systems providing uninterrupted communications throughout the pre - , trans - , and post - nuclear warfare environment . At minimum , MEECN is designed to provide a one - way flow of information to activate nuclear forces during severe jamming and a post - nuclear environment . Components . As of 1994 , MEECN consists of various programs : Miniature Receive Terminals ( MRTs ) for nuclear bombers , High Power Transmit Sets ( HPTS ) for E - 4B aircraft , Dual Frequency MEECN receivers ( DFMRs ) for ICBM Launch Control Centers . Minuteman MEECN Program ( MMP ) . The Minuteman MEECN Program ( MMP ) replaced the aging Survivable Low Frequency Communications System ( SLFCS ) Launch Control Centers ( LCCs ) with an Extremely High Frequency ( EHF ) and Very Low Frequency / Low Frequency ( VLF / LF ) communications equipment . MMP consists of EHF Milstar and VLF / LF communications equipment . The 91st Missile Wing ' s Oscar - 01 at Minot AFB , North Dakota was the last Minuteman Launch Control Center to have updated to the MMP configuration .
Henry William Bruce Admiral Sir Henry William Bruce KCB ( 2 February 1792 – 14 December 1863 ) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander - in - Chief , Portsmouth . Military career . Born the son of Sir Henry Hervey Aston Bruce , 1st Baronet , Bruce joined the Royal Navy in 1803 . He took part in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 . He also took part in the War of 1812 . He became Captain of HMS " Britannia " in 1823 , of HMS " Imogene " in 1836 , of HMS " Agincourt " in 1842 and of HMS " Queen " in 1847 . In 1851 he was appointed Commodore of the West Coast of Africa Station . Then in 1854 , as Commander - in - Chief , Pacific Station , he founded a military hospital at Esquimalt . He was appointed Commander - in - Chief , Portsmouth in 1860 . He lived at Ballyscullion in Northern Ireland . He died in Liverpool while still serving as a naval officer and was interred in the family vault at Downhill in Northern Ireland . Family . In 1822 he married Jane Cochrane . In 1832 , following the death of his first wife , he married Louisa Mary Minchin Dalrymple . Legacy . " This piece of silver plate was presented to Sir Henry William Bruce by his Captains , Commanders , and Lieutenants in 1854 as a token of their grateful sense of his uniform , kindness and consideration to themselves , the officers and ship ' s companies under their command , during the period they had the pleasure of serving under him on the West Coast of Africa " .