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William Henry Rhodes - Moorhouse William Henry " Willie " Rhodes - Moorhouse DFC , ( 4 March 1914 – 6 September 1940 ) was an Royal Air Force pilot who was killed in action during the Battle of Britain . He was one of The Few . Early life . Rhodes - Moorhouse was born on 4 March 1914 at a house in Brompton Square , London . When he was less than a year old , his father , William Barnard Rhodes - Moorhouse , who was the first airman to be awarded the VC , was wounded in action and died of his injuries . The Rhodes - Moorhouse family enjoyed considerable wealth and circulated in the top echelons of upper - class society of the time . William was educated at Eton College , where he was able to obtain his pilots licence aged 17 . In October 1933 , William inherited his father ' s estate of over £250 , 000 ( a huge sum for the time ) . After travelling extensively , on 15 September 1936 at Marylebone Rhodes - Moorhouse married Amalia Demetriadi , who had been approached to be screen - tested for the role of Scarlett O ' Hara in the film " Gone with the Wind " . She declined . A keen sportsman , Rhodes - Moorhouse was selected for the British Winter Olympics team for the 1936 Winter Olympics , but an accident on the ski jump prevented him from competing . Royal Air Force . In 1937 he joined the RAF , flying Bristol Blenheim s with No . 601 Squadron RAF . At the start of the war 601 Squadron moved to Biggin Hill . On 28 November 1939 he participated on a raid by the Squadron ' s Blenheims on the German seaplane base at Borkum . The Squadron re - equipped with the Hawker Hurricane in March 1940 . With the German attack ion France in May 1940 ‘ A ’ flight of 601 squadron were sent to Merville airfield . Rhodes - Moorhouse claimed a Heinkel He - 111 bomber shot down near Brussels on 18 May . On 19 May he force - landed Hurricane L2088 after the auxiliary fuel tank was holed by return fire from a Bf 110 near Douai . He then claimed a Bf 109 shot down on the 22 May . No . 601 were withdrawn to Tangmere on 17 June , in July flew against the initial Luftwaffe attacks over the Channel and the South coast . Rhodes - Moorhouse shared in the destruction of a Do17 on 7 July and 11 July . He also claimed a Ju88 and shared another on the 16 July . He was awarded the DFC in late July 1940 . On 11 August Rhodes - Moorhouse claimed two Bf 109 ’ s destroyed . He claimed another Bf 109 on 18 August , a shared He111 on 30 August , and two Bf 109 ’ s probably destroyed on the 31 August , with a Do17 destroyed on 4 September . On 6 September 601 were engaged above Tunbridge Wells with Bf 109 ’ s . Rhodes - Moorhouse ' s Hurricane , ( P8818 ) was shot down and crashed near High Brooms railway viaduct . He is buried in a private cemetery in the grounds of his family ' s former home , Parnham House ( in Dorset , near Beaminster ) , with his father .
Siege of Coimbatore The Siege of Coimbatore was a siege conducted by forces of the Kingdom of Mysore against a garrison of British East India Company and Travancore troops holding the fortress at Coimbatore in southern India during the Third Anglo - Mysore War . The siege began in May 1791 , and one attempt to storm the fort was repulsed on 11 June , after which the garrison of Lieutant Colonel John Chalmers was reinforced , and a larger Mysorean force was brought against it . The garrison eventually surrendered on 2 November . Tipu Sultan broke the terms of the surrender , and held the garrison ' s commanding officers prisoner .
HMS Toronto ( 1799 ) HMS " Toronto " was a schooner of the Royal Navy , built by John Dennis ( not the Naval Shipyards , York ( Upper Canada ) ) at Humber River and Bloor Street in Toronto in August 1799 . Armed with four cannons , the ship was built to ferry government officials from York ( Toronto ) to Upper Canada ' s former capital of Newark ( Niagara on the Lake ) . The ship ' s career was short , she was wrecked in 1811 off Hanlan ' s Point and was broken up .
Battle of Lagganmore The Battle of Lagganmore took place in 1646 in Lagganmore , in Glen Euchar , west of Loch Scammadale . It was part of the 17th century Scottish Civil War that also incorporated a long running feud between the Clan MacDonald and the Clan Campbell . The royalist forces of Alasdair MacDonald , who were supported by the Clan MacDougall and Clan MacAulay defeated the covenanter forces of the Campbells who were supported by the Clan Malcolm .
War Reserve Constable War Reserve Constable ( or WRC , War Reserve Police Constable , WRPC ) was a voluntary role within the ranks of the British Police Forces . As suggested by the title , the role was as a voluntary Police Constable during the war . War Reserve Constables were sworn in under the Special Constables Act 1923 , and had the full powers of a police officer . The War Reserve Police was introduced in 1939 and at the height of World War II in 1944 there were 17 , 000 War Reserve Constables . The rank was dissolved on 31 December 1948 , causing 686 officers being discharged from service , and the remainder being recruited for service as a regular or Special Constable . Despite British police traditionally being unarmed , during the war officers were armed with Canadian Ross rifles for protection from enemy action , enemy sabotage and to assist with the armed forces . Duties of a WRC included the usual activities of a Constable , as well as enforcing blackouts , combatting black market activity , assisting in evacuations and air raids , and capturing deserting soldiers . Uniform and equipment was the same as a regular Constable , with the exception of uniform eppaulettes which were detailed WRC above the collar number and divisional sign . During the war officers wore named Brodie helmet s instead of traditional police headgear . War Reserve officers killed in the line of duty . A full list of War Reserve Constables who died in the line of duty can be found here .
USS Rogers Blood ( DE - 555 ) USS " Rogers Blood " ( DE - 555 ) was a proposed World War II United States Navy " John C . Butler " - class destroyer escort that was never completed . Plans called for " Rogers Blood " to be built at the Boston Navy Yard at Boston , Massachusetts . The contract for her construction was cancelled in 1944 . The name " Rogers Blood " was reassigned to the destroyer escort USS " Rogers Blood " ( DE - 605 ) , which was converted during construction into the fast transport USS " Rogers Blood " ( APD - 115 ) and was in commission as such from 1945 to 1946 .
Youks - les - Bains Airfield Youks - les - Bains Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Algeria , located about 20 km northwest of Tebessa . The airfield today consists of several agricultural fields , with the faint remains of its main runway , parts of a taxiway and a few aircraft dispersal hardstands visible in aerial photography . History . The facility was built as a civilian airport , probably during the 1930s . During the World War II 1940 Battle of France , the French Air Force GB II / 11 flew across the Mediterranean with 14 Lioré et Olivier LeO 45 medium bomberrs , arriving on 21 June . From Youks - les - Bains , the squadron attacked Italian forces at Palermo , Sicily on 23 and 24 June , before the Armistice with Nazi Germany and Italy took place on 25 June . After the armistice , Youks - les - Bains became a base for the limited Vichy French Air Force ( ) allowed by the Germans . As part of the North African Campaign , on 15 November 1942 , thirty - three C - 47 Skytrain transports dropped three hundred men of the United States Army 2nd Battalion , 509th Parachute Regiment on Youks - les - Bains airfield during the initial attacks on occupied Tunisia by the Tunisian Task Force . As the planes carrying the 509th approached the airfield , soldiers were seen in the trenches around the field . There were several anxious moments as the paratroopers started their jump , not knowing whether the troops below were French or German . Upon reaching the ground , the Americans found a poorly equipped , but friendly and helpful , unit of the French Army in possession of the area . Once in Allied hands , the airfield became a major United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force base of operations against the German Afrika Korps . Known units assigned to Youks - les - Bains were : By the end of the Battle of Tunisia , the Twelfth Air Force units had moved east and the Allied use of the airfield was reduced to a skeleton stationkeeping unit , being used as an emergency landing field for Air Transport Command units flying between Tunis and Algiers . It was abandoned by the American forces after the end of the European War during the summer of 1945 .
Paribatra Sukhumbhand Prince Paribatra Sukhumbhand , Prince of Nakhon Sawan ( ; Thai : สมเด็จพระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ เจ้าฟ้าบริพัตรสุขุมพันธุ์ กรมพระนครสวรรค์วรพินิต ) was a highly influential Thai military officer and government minister in the early 20th century during the last years of the absolute monarchy . He served as Chief of Staff of the Royal Thai Army , Commander of the Royal Thai Navy , Naval Minister , Army Minister , Defense Minister , Interior Minister , and as a Privy Counsellor to both King Vajiravudh and King Prajadhipok . . After the 1932 coup that ended the absolute monarchy in Siam , he was exiled from the kingdom to Bandung , Indonesia , which was then under the Dutch administration . During World War II he cooperated with Plaek Pibulsonggram . He died in 1944 while in exile , in Japanese - controlled Indonesia . A half - brother to two Thai kings , Prince Paribatra fathered eight children by his royal wife , Mom Chao ( HSH Princess ) Prasongsom Paribatra ( Chaiyan ) . Two were sons , but only one , Chombhot Paribatra , lived to adulthood . Prince Paribatra also had a son with a commoner wife , Mom Somphan Paribatra na Ayudhaya ( Palakawong ) , Prince Sukhumabhinanda - father of Mom Ratchawong Sukhumbhand Paribatra , the current governor of Bangkok .
USS Astrea ( SP - 560 ) USS " Astrea " ( SP - 560 ) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 or 1920 . " Astrea " was built as a private motorboat of the same name by Rood and Benner in 1916 . On 7 June 1917 , the U . S . Navy enrolled her for use as a section patrol boat in World War I , and her owner , Ralph DeConta of East Boston , Massachusetts , delivered her to the Navy on 17 June 1917 . She was commissioned as USS " Astrea " ( SP - 560 ) on 27 June 1917 . " Astrea " was assigned to duty at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston , Massachusetts , where she served as the engineer officer s boat into the spring of 1918 . In May 1918 , " Astrea " was shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to France as deck cargo aboard the troop transport . In France , she served at Brest as a tender to troop transports through the end of World War I and apparently into the first half of 1919 . Sources differ on " Astrea " s career from mid - 1919 . She may have been carried back to the United States as deck cargo aboard the Naval Overseas Transportation Service cargo ship in June 1919 , although she may also have been serving on aviation support duties at Brest as late as October 1919 . Eventually , " Astrea " did return to the United States , where she was sold to S . P . Greenlee of Baltimore , Maryland , on 31 March 1920 . She presumably was stricken from the Navy List the same day .
USS Harold E . Holt ( FF - 1074 ) USS " Harold E . Holt " ( FF - 1074 ) was a Knox class frigate of the US Navy named after the Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt . " Harold E . Holt " was built by Todd Pacific Shipyards , Los Angeles Division in San Pedro , California , laid down 11 May 1968 , launched 3 May 1969 and delivered 19 March 1971 . " Harold E . Holt " was commissioned 26 March 1971 , decommissioned 2 July 1992 and struck 11 January 1995 . The ex - " Harold E . Holt " hulk was sunk as a target during RIMPAC 2002 . Although not scheduled for deployment so soon after commissioning , " Harold E . Holt " was sent to the Gulf of Tonkin on short notice soon after the North Vietnamese Easter Offensive began in the spring of 1972 . During deployment , she served as PIRAZ escort and provided gunfire support near Quang Tri . She came under fire from shore batteries several times and sustained two mine hits without serious damage . She returned to Long Beach in late November 1972 , and was later awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation for this deployment . In May 1975 , " Harold E . Holt " was involved in the Mayaguez incident . During the recapture of the " Mayaguez " , Marines crossing from " Harold E . Holt " conducted the first hostile ship - to - ship boarding by the U . S . Navy since 1826 .
John B . Ellington , Jr . John B . Ellington , Jr . is a Major General in the Air National Guard and serves as Director of the National Guard Chaplain Corps and Air National Guard Assistant to the Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force . Biography . An ordained Methodist pastor , Ellington presides over Indian Lake Community Church in Russells Point , Ohio . He has attended Malone University , the Methodist Theological School in Ohio , Wright State University and Ashland Theological Seminary . Career . Ellington joined the Air National Guard in 1979 . He has served in his current assignments since 2005 and 2006 . Awards he has received include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal and the Legion of Merit .
Thomas Smith ( Medal of Honor , 1878 ) Thomas Smith ( born 1856 , date of death unknown ) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration , the Medal of Honor . Born in 1856 in Ireland , Smith emigrated to the United States and joined the Navy from Virginia . By October 1 , 1878 , he was serving as a seaman on the . On that day , while " Enterprise " was off the coast of Pará , Brazil , he rescued Coxswain William Kent from drowning . For this action , he was awarded the Medal of Honor . Smith ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : For rescuing from drowning William Kent , coxswain of the U . S . S . " Enterprise " , off Para , Brazil , 1 October 1878 .
Arthur Sherburne Hardy Arthur Sherburne Hardy ( usually : Arthur S . Hardy ) ( August 13 , 1847 – March 14 , 1930 ) was an American engineer , educator , editor , diplomat , novelist , and poet . Early life and education . Hardy was born in 1847 in Andover , Massachusetts , the son of Alpheus and Susan W . ( Holmes ) Hardy . He received his elementary school education abroad and thus gained an exposure to languages . He attended Phillips Academy and completed one year at Amherst College before becoming a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1865 , where he excelled in languages . He graduated tenth in the class of 1869 and was commissioned a second lieutenant of artillery . His first duty was as assistant instructor of artillery tactics at West Point from July 6 to August 28 in the summer of 1869 . He was then stationed in Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas in Florida . In this period after the Civil War , there was little chance of advancement in the Army so , after consulting with General William T . Sherman , he resigned in 1870 . Career . Hardy served as a short period as an engineer locating routes for railroads . Then he became a professor of mathematics at Grinnell College where he stayed until 1873 . Then he became professor of civil engineering in the Chandler Scientific School at Dartmouth College , accepting the position on the condition that he be allowed to serve abroad for a year . He went to Paris where he followed the course of the " Ecole des Ponts et Chausees " as an " eleve externe " and simultaneously attended as many of the lectures as he could at the " École des Beaux - Arts " ( School of Fine Arts ) , Sorbonne , and " Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers " ( National Conservatory of Crafts and Industries ) . In 1878 he obtained the chair of mathematics at Dartmouth and served until 1893 . According to “ The Early History of the [ Dartmouth ] Mathematics Department 1769 – 1961 ” : While teaching at Dartmouth , Hardy helped redesign the College Park behind his house . On his departure , he sold his house to the incoming President William Jewett Tucker ( the house later became the official presidential residence , a medical laboratory , and the home of a chapter of the Delta Gamma Sorority before being demolished . ) In 1893 Hardy became the editor of " Cosmopolitan " magazine , in which capacity he worked until 1895 . Subsequent to his academic career and publishing career , Hardy was appointed as the United States ambassador to several countries : Hardy died in 1930 in Woodstock , Connecticut . His burial location is unknown .
Sushil Kumar ( admiral ) Admiral Sushil Kumar Isaacs was a Chief of Naval Staff in the Indian Navy . An native of Nagercoil , he ceased to use his surname of Isaacs because it caused confusion with his brother , who shares the same initials and is also a naval officer . Background . Sushil Kumar assumed charge of the Indian Navy , as the 16th Chief of Naval Staff , on 30 December 1998 . A specialist in hydrography and amphibious warfare , he is also a qualified air warfare instructor . He participated in the 1961 invasion of Goa and in both the Indo - Pakistan wars of 1965 and 1971 . As Director of Naval Operations , he was decorated with an Uttam Yudh Seva Medal for his exceptional conduct in Operation Pawan and in Operation Cactus ( Liberation of Maldives ) . He was awarded the Naosena Medal for gallantry whilst in command of " INS Ghorpad " . He is an alumnus of the National Defence College and was an instructor at the Defence Services Staff College , Wellington . His training abroad includes a deputation to the Royal Navy onboard " HMS Dampier " in 1963 and a course in amphibious warfare with the US Navy at Coronado , California , in 1976 . Kumar has held operational commands and important posts such as the Vice - Chief of Naval Staff , the Flag Officer Maharashtra Area , Commander of the Flotilla in Mumbai and Fortress Commander , Andaman & Nicobar Islands . He was the Flag Officer Commanding - in - Chief of the Southern Naval Command in Kochi , before being appointed as the Chief of Naval Staff . During his tenure as CNS , He was the highest - decorated serving officer in the Indian Navy , and he retired on 29 December 2001 . He is a keen yachtsman and has played polo on the international circuit , for which he has an international rating of 4 + goals .
Wykeham Cornwallis , 2nd Baron Cornwallis Colonel Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis , 2nd Baron Cornwallis KCVO , KBE , MC ( 4 March 1892 – 4 January 1982 ) , was a British peer . Background and education . Cornwallis was born at Linton , Kent , the second son of Fiennes Cornwallis , 1st Baron Cornwallis and his wife Mabel Leigh . He had two brothers and four sisters . He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst . Career . During the First World War he served with the Royal Scots Greys on the general staff in France and Flanders . He was wounded and awarded the Military Cross . He was later Honorary Colonel of Thames and Medway Heavy Regiment , Royal Artillery . Keen on cricket , he played the First - class cricket for Kent between 1919 and 1926 . He succeeded his father in the barony in 1935 and was Chairman of the Kent County Council between 1935 and 1936 . Family . Lord Cornwallis was twice married . He married firstly Cecily Etha Mary , daughter of Captain Sir James Heron Walker , 3rd Baronet , in 1917 . They had two children : After her death in 1943 he married secondly Esme Ethel Alice , daughter of Montmorency d ' Beaumont and widow of Sir Robert James Milo Walker , 4th Baronet , in 1948 . They had no children . Cornwallis died in January 1982 , aged 89 , and was succeeded in the barony by his son , Fiennes .
Aslockton Castle Aslockton Castle was in the village of Aslockton , Nottinghamshire ( ) . A motte and bailey fortress was built in the 12th century . Only the earthworks now remain . The motte is called Cranmer ' s Mound and stands about 16 feet high . To the south east two rectangular platforms enclosed by ditches are the sites of later houses of the Cranmer family . Archbishop Cranmer was born here
USS Swerve ( AM - 121 ) USS " Swerve " ( AM - 121 ) was an acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mine s from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing . " Swerve " was the first U . S . Navy vessel so named . It was laid down on 27 May 1942 by John H . Mathis & Company , Camden , New Jersey ; launched on 25 February 1943 ; sponsored by Ms . E . C . Draemel ; and commissioned on 23 January 1944 , Lieutenant A . Morthland , USNR , in command . " Swerve " held sea trials from 1 – 14 February and sailed for Little Creek , Virginia , on the 15th to begin her shakedown cruise . Most of March was spent in a post - shakedown availability and in training . World War II . On 29 March , as a member of Mine Division 18 ( MinDiv 18 ) , she sailed to Charleston , South Carolina . " Swerve " stood out of Charleston on 7 April as an escort for convoy CK - 2 " en route " to Bermuda . The convoy arrived there on the 18th , and on 8 May sailed to the Azores . " Swerve " called at Gibraltar and proceeded to Naples , Italy . Italian coast minesweeping operations . The minesweeper sailed for Palermo , Sicily on 20 May and arrived there the next day . She made a voyage to Bizerte and returned to Naples . The ship sailed for Anzio on 4 June , and arrived off the beach the next day . " Swerve " remained off Anzio from 5 – 18 June . The ship was under enemy air attacks on the 5th and 9th but was not damaged . On the 19th , she sailed to Malta — via Naples — for degaussing . Training exercises were held off Salerno from 22 June - 4 July . The next day , the minesweeper sailed for Anzio again . Ship sunk by contact with a mine in the water . " Swerve " was sweeping mines off Anzio on 9 July when , at 13 : 00 , she struck a mine . There was an underwater explosion under her port quarter , and three minutes later , she had a 10° list to port . The order was given to abandon ship at 13 : 07 , and — one minute later — the port rail was under water . The ship continued turning slowly and sinking by the stern . Fifteen minutes after hitting the mine , " Swerve " s bow was up with the stern resting on the bottom . An hour later , the ship sank from sight . " Swerve " was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 22 August 1944 . Awards . " Swerve " received one battle star for her World War II service .