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Jeremy Reilly Lieutenant - General Sir Jeremy Calcott Reilly KCB DSO ( born 7 April 1934 ) is a former British Army officer who commanded 4th Armoured Division . Military career . Educated at Uppingham School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst , Reilly was commissioned into the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1954 . He was given command of the 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 1971 . He was appointed an Instructor at the Staff College , Camberley in 1974 , Commander of 6th Field Force and the UK Mobile Force in 1979 and General Officer Commanding 4th Armoured Division in 1981 . He went on to lead the Directorate of Business Delivery at the Ministry of Defence in 1983 , to become Assistant Chief of Defence Staff at the Ministry of Defence in 1985 and to be Commander for Training and Arms Directors in 1986 before he retired in 1989 . Family . In 1960 he married Julia Elizabeth Forrester ; they had three daughters .
Mann Egerton Type B The Mann Egerton Type B was a 1910s British maritime patrol aircraft developed from the Short Type 184 by Mann Egerton and Company of Norwich . Design and development . Mann Egerton were given a contract in 1915 to build the Short Type 184 , a two - seat reconnaissance , bombing and torpedo carrying seaplane . As a result of experience gained with the Short 184 contract the company developed an improved version . The most noticeable difference was an increase of span of the upper wing . Operational history . The Royal Naval Air Service operated all ten Type Bs on patrol duties .
William Lord ( Medal of Honor ) William Lord ( February 13 , 1841 – August 4 , 1915 ) was a Musician in the Union Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the American Civil War . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Musician , Company C , 40th Massachusetts Infantry . Place and date : At Drurys Bluff , Va . , May 16 , 1864 . Entered service at . Lawrence , Mass . Birth : England . Date of issue . April 4 , 1898 . Citation : Went to the assistance of a wounded officer Iying helpless between the lines , and under fire from both sides removed him to a place of safety .
Pierre Delalande Major Pierre Delalande ( sometimes called Paul Delalande ) was a member of the French Corps of Engineers in the early days of World War II . He escaped to the United States after the German conquest of France in 1940 . Major Delalande aided the Americans by providing plans for the French M - 1939 bounding mine .
Battle of Naqra The Battle of Naqra took place in October 633 between rebel armies and Khalid ibn al - Walid ' s army during the Ridda Wars . On - line Resources . A . I . Akram , " The Sword of Allah : Khalid bin al - Waleed , His Life and Campaigns " Lahore , 1969
Claud Ashton Jones Rear Admiral Claud Ashton Jones ( October 7 , 1885 – August 8 , 1948 ) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy , and a Medal of Honor recipient . Biography . Born in Fire Creek , West Virginia , he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1906 , and after several years of duty at sea , did graduate study leading to a master of science degree at Harvard University . He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism while serving as engineering officer on when his ship was wrecked by a tsunami off Santo Domingo City August 29 , 1916 . Most of his remaining service was in engineering billets ashore and afloat , with a tour of duty as assistant naval attache at London . As Rear Admiral from October 9 , 1941 , he served in the Bureau of Ships throughout World War II , working in the shipbuilding program , and as an assistant chief of the bureau . For his exceptionally meritorious service he was awarded the Legion of Merit . Rear Admiral Jones died in Charleston , West Virginia , August 8 , 1948 . He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery Arlington , Virginia . His grave can be located in section 11 , lot 546 - SS . Namesake . The ship was named for him , the lead ship of four , of a class of ocean escort s . The Claud A . Jones Award is an award presented annually by American Society of Naval Engineers since 1987 to a fleet or field engineer who has made significant contributions to improving operational engineering or material readiness of the maritime forces of the United States . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Commander , United States Navy . Born : October 7 , 1885 , Fire Creek , W . Va . Accredited to : West Virginia . ( August 1 , 1932 . ) Citation : For extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession as a senior engineer officer on board the U . S . S . Memphis , at a time when the vessel was suffering total destruction from a hurricane while anchored off Santo Domingo City , August 29 , 1916 . Lt . Jones did everything possible to get the engines and boilers ready , and if the elements that burst upon the vessel had delayed for a few minutes , the engines would have saved the vessel . With boilers and steampipes bursting about him in clouds of scalding steam , with thousands of tons of water coming down upon him and in almost complete darkness , Lt . Jones nobly remained at his post as long as the engines would turn over , exhibiting the most supreme unselfish heroism which inspired the officers and men who were with him . When the boilers exploded , Lt . Jones , accompanied by 2 of his shipmates , rushed into the firerooms and drove the men there out , dragging some , carrying others to the engineroom , where there was air to be breathed instead of steam . Lt . Jones ' action on this occasion was above and beyond the call of duty .
Horace Percy Lale Captain Horace Percy Lale ( 8 April 1886 – 5 April 1955 ) , Distinguished Service Order , Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar , was a British World War I flying ace credited with 23 victories . Citation for military decoration . Distinguished Flying Cross ( DFC ) 2nd Lieut . ( A . / Capt . ) Horace Percy Lale . ( FRANCE ) A bold and courageous officer , who leads his patrol with marked skill and judgment . He has accounted for twelve enemy aeroplanes — five crashed , four shot down in flames , and three driven down out of control . On 6 September he led his patrol of nine machines to the assistance of some formations that were attacked by thirty or forty enemy aircraft ; in the engagement he and his Observer accounted for two Fokkers ; eventually the enemy was driven off , five of their machines being destroyed and three shot down out of control .
HMS Cambridge ( 1956 ) HMS " Cambridge " was a Royal Navy shore establishment south of Plymouth UK , commissioned between 1956 to 2001 . Formerly named HM Gunnery School , Devonport , then Cambridge Gunnery School at Wembury . The site was called HMS " Cambridge " after a ship of the same name an 80 - gun third - rate ship of the line that was used to train seamen in gunnery in Plymouth harbour from 1856 . She was replaced by the first rate HMS " Windsor Castle " ( renamed HMS " Cambridge " ) in 1869 before the gunnery school was moved onto land at the Plymouth naval barracks in 1907 . This lasted until 1940 when a gunnery range used the army and navy was opened at the old Wembury Point Holiday Camp ( on the present site ) which was named the Cambridge Gunnery School . In 1956 the school was commissioned as an independent shore establishment and was decommissioned on 30 March 2001 .
Éamonn O ' Doherty ( republican ) Éamonn O ’ Doherty ( 1939 - 28 October 1999 ) was an Irish republican and onetime chief of staff of the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) . O ’ Doherty joined the IRA in 1958 in his native Carrick - on - Suir , County Tipperary , and participated in the Border Campaign . In 1970 , he went to Northern Ireland and was attached to the South Fermanagh Battalion of the IRA and later became Officer Commanding ( OC ) of the IRA in the Fermanagh / Monaghan / Armagh area . In 1973 , he was promoted to the IRA General Headquarters Staff ( GHQ ) and after the arrest of Séamus Twomey later that year , he was appointed chief of staff . He remained in this position until his own arrest and imprisonment in Portlaoise jail in 1974 . After his release , he resumed his work with the IRA GHQ and after a year he was sent on a mission to the USA , where he was arrested and detained for one year . He subsequently undertook a number of missions in various parts of the world on behalf of the IRA . In 1985 , he wrote a book entitled " The IRA at War " . In the 1986 split in the Republican Movement , O ’ Doherty sided with Republican Sinn Féin and refused to recognise the legitimacy of Dáil Éireann in Leinster House . O ’ Doherty felt that the decision to recognise the Irish state was a “ greater treachery even than Collins and company ” . He died , aged 60 , in Carrick - on - Suir , County Tipperary , Republic of Ireland .
Marksburg The Marksburg is a fortress above the town of Braubach in Rhineland - Palatinate , Germany . It is the only medieval castle of the Middle Rhine that has never been destroyed . It is one of the principal sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Rhine Gorge . The fortress was used for protection rather than as a residence for royal families . The castle was built to protect the town of Braubach and to reinforce the customs facilities . It was built about 1117 and explicitly first mentioned in 1231 . In 1283 Count Eberhard of Katzenelnbogen bought it and through the 14th and 15th century the high noble Counts rebuilt the castle constantly . 1479 the territories of the Counts of Katzenelnbogen ( male line extinct ) went to the Count of Hessen . In the Napoleon period the castle was used as a prison . 1815 it belonged to the Duchy of Nassau . After the Austro - Prussian War 1866 the Duchy of Nassau became a territory of Prussia . Finally it was sold 1900 for a symbolic price of 1000 Goldmark to the German Castle Association , which had been founded a year earlier as a private initiative to preserve castles in Germany . The Marksburg is the head office of this organisation since 1931 . In March 1945 , the castle was damaged heavily by American artillery fired from the other side of the Rhine . In the 1990s the castle was copied in the German culture village Ueno on the Japanese island Miyako - jima .
USS Wimbee ( IX - 88 ) USS " Wimbee " ( IX - 88 ) was an auxiliary yawl of the United States Navy during World War II . Built in 1938 at Bremen , Germany as " Condor " , the yacht was acquired by the US Navy from Mr . W . L . MacFarland of Greenwich , Connecticut , in August 1942 . " Wimbee " served in what Samuel Eliot Morison has called the " Hooligan Navy , " a motley assortment of sailing ships and pleasure craft assembled by the Navy to combat the U - boat menace before America ' s huge antisubmarine warship production program hit full gear . She was renamed " Wimbee " and was placed in service at Port Everglades , Florida , on 11 September 1942 . Service history . Assigned to the 7th Naval District , " Wimbee " served only five months in the Navy , for the most part conducting anti - submarine patrols in the Gulf of Mexico . On 17 March 1943 , she was placed out of service . Struck from the Navy List on 28 June 1944 , she was transferred to the Maritime Commission and sold on 7 February 1945 to Mr . Paul Liskey of Harrisonburg , Virginia .
Gerard Callenburgh - class destroyer The Gerard Callenburgh class were a group of four destroyer s ordered for the Royal Netherlands Navy just before World War II . Two ships were completed - the " Gerard Callenburgh " by the Germans after being captured and the " Isaac Sweers " in Britain after being evacuated as the Netherlands fell to the Nazis . Design . These ships were larger than the preceding Admiralen class destroyer s . As those ships were outclassed by contemporary Japanese destroyers , the armament was increased to 5 guns with twin mounts in A and Y positions and a single gun in X position . The torpedo outfit was also increased to two quadruple tubes . The " Isaac Sweers " was completed in a British yard , with British armament and fire control equipment . She was fitted out with six 4 inch guns arranged in double turrets , four 40mm Bofors and eight 0 . 5 in machine guns , as well as the customary eight torpedo tubes . Service . Only two ships were ever completed . HNLMS " Tjerk Hiddes " was launched prior to the invasion , but was scuttled at Rotterdam to prevent her from falling into German hands . The Germans raised her , but found it impossible to repair her , so the wreckage was scrapped . HNLMS " Philips Van Almonde " was demolished on the slipway after several attempts to launch her to be sailed to England had failed . HNLMS " Gerard Callenburgh " was also scuttled , but the Germans were able to salvage her . She was subsequently completed by Blohm & Voss , retaining most of the Dutch armament and equipment , and was commissioned as the " ZH1 " on 11 October 1942 . She spent most of her career on trials in the Baltic but was transferred to Western France via the English Channel in November 1943 . She was one of the German ships sent to intercept the Operation Neptune invasion armada , but they were themselves engaged by an squadron consisting of HMS " Tartar " , HMS " Ashanti " , HMS " Eskimo " , HMS " Javelin " , HMCS " Haida " , HMCS " Huron " and ORP " Błyskawica " ) . The " ZH1 " was torpedoed and badly damaged by the " Ashanti " on 9 June 1944 , and was scuttled with the loss of 33 men . HNLMS " Isaac Sweers " was , unlike her sister " Philips Van Almonde " , successfully launched and then towed to England by the tug " Zwarte Zee " . She was completed in England by J Thornycroft using British armament and fire control equipment . She went on to serve in the Mediterranean Sea with Force H . In December 1941 , together with HMS " Sikh " , HMS " Maori " and HMS " Legion " she sank the Italian cruisers " Alberico da Barbiano " and " Alberto di Giussano " in the Battle of Cape Bon . She then briefly served in the Indian Ocean with the Eastern Fleet . She was sunk by the German submarine " U - 431 " commanded by Wilhelm Dommes on 13 November 1942 in the Western Mediterranean , with the loss of 108 men .
Corner Shot Holdings Corner Shot Holdings , LLC is an American company headquartered in Miami , Florida . It was founded by two former senior officers from elite units of the Israeli Defense Forces together with US investors . The company was founded to market a device known as the CornerShot to militaries and law enforcement agencies around the world .
USS Keresan ( ID - 1806 ) USS " Keresan " ( ID - 1806 ) was a United States Navy cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919 . Construction and early career . " Keresan " was launched in 1912 as the commercial cargo ship SS " Electra " for an Austro - Hungarian firm , but was sold prior to completion to another Austro - Hungarian company , M . V . Martinolich and Company , and renamed SS " Erodiade " . At the beginning of World War I in August 1914 , " Erodiade " took refuge at Buenos Aires in neutral Argentina to avoid capture or destruction by Allied naval forces and was laid up there . The United States seized all Central Powers ships in Western Hemisphere ports upon entering World War I on the Allied side in April 1917 , and all Austro - Hungarian ships seized were purchased by American interests . The Kerr Navigation Company of New York City purchased " Erodiade " and seven other seized Austro - Hungarian cargo ships . Renamed SS " Keresan " , the ship went into commercial service with Kerr . Later in 1917 or in 1918 , the United States Army chartered " Keresan " for carrying cargo to U . S . Army forces operating in Europe . United States Navy service . The U . S . Navy took control of " Keresan " on 18 September 1918 , assigned her the naval registry Identifiation Number ( Id . No . ) 1806 , and commissioned her the same day as USS " Keresan " with Lieutenant Commander R . Douglas in command . Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service , " Keresan " departed New York City on 1 October 1918 with a cargo of ammunition for American forces in Europe . Following the Armistice with Germany of 11 November 1918 , " Keresan " returned to the United States in ballast , arriving at New York on 13 December 1918 . " Keresan " steamed to Buenos Aires in January 1919 with general cargo , arriving in February 1919 . Delayed at Buenos Aires by a strike , she finally departed in early May 1919 with a cargo of maize and returned to New York on 5 June 1919 . " Keresan " was decommissioned on 26 June 1919 and transferred the same day to the United States Shipping Board for simultaneous return to Kerr Navigation . Later career . The ship returned to commercial service as SS " Keresan " . She was sold to another American firm and became SS " Mount Seward " in 1921 , then sold again in 1922 , to a Hungarian firm that named her SS " Debreczen " . A British company bought her in 1927 and renamed her SS " Fenwell " , then sold her in 1928 to another British firm , which named her " Chislehurst " . Sold to a Shanghai , China - based firm in 1933 , she became first SS " Yolande B " and then SS " Yolande " before being wrecked near Weihaiwei , China , on 5 March 1938 .
Macedonian - Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps The Macedonian - Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps ( , " Makedono - odrinsko opalchenie " ) was a volunteer corps of the Bulgarian Army during the Balkan Wars . It was formed on 23 September 1912 and consisted of Bulgarian volunteers from Macedonia and Thrace , regions still under Ottoman rule , and thus not subject to Bulgarian military service . The Commander of the Corps was Major General Nikola Genev , Assistant Commander - Colonel Aleksandar Protogerov . Chief of Staff was Major Petar Darvingov . During the Second Balkan War Macedonian - Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps took part in the battles against Serbian Army . Besides Bulgarians , the corps also included volunteers from other nationalities , including a whole Armenia n 2nd company led by Lieutenant Garegin Nzhdeh and Andranik Ozanian ( in the 12th Lozengrad battalion or druzhina ) . There were many Armenia ns in the 3rd company led by Lieutenant Torgom ( of the same 12th battalion of the 3rd Brigade ) . Another Armenia n officer - Hovhannes Chaush led a company in the 7th battalion of 3rd Brigade . Here are some facts about Macedonian - Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps ( 23 Sep 1912 - 1 Oct 1913 ) - Personnel : 14 670 , Bulgarians : 14 139 ( 11 470 were from Macedonia , 1 215 - from Thrace , and 2 512 - from Bulgaria ) . Foreigners : 656 ( more than 400 Armenians , of which only 275 in the 2nd Armenian company , 82 Russians , 68 Romanians , 40 Serbians , 21 " Austro - Hungarians " , 12 Montenegrins , 3 Greeks , 1 Albanian , 1 Englishman , 1 Italian , and a Persian ) . Opalchenie Peak in Vinson Massif , Antarctica is named after the Bulgarian Volunteer Force in the 1877 - 1878 Russo - Turkish War and the Macedonian - Adrianople Volunteer Force in the 1912 - 1913 Balkan Wars .
Protector ( Pacific Forum ) - class small patrol boat " Protector " ( Pacific Forum ) - class small patrol boats are vessels built and used by the Hong Kong Police for marine patrols off Hong Kong . They are based on the Pacific class patrol boat built in Australia for several Pacific island nations . Commissioned in 1993 , six boats were delivered and in service :
Algernon Heneage Admiral Sir Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage GCB ( 19 March 1833 – 10 June 1915 ) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander - in - Chief , The Nore . Dubbed " Pompo , " he was known for his immaculate dress and his white - glove inspections of the ships under his command . Naval career . Heneage was appointed a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1854 Promoted to Captain in 1866 , he took command of HMS " Rodney " in 1867 and then HMS " Warrior " in 1881 . He was appointed Commander - in - Chief , Pacific Station in 1887 and Commander - in - Chief , The Nore in 1892 . He died in 1915 and is buried at Brompton Cemetery . Family . In 1874 he married Louisa Emma Antrobus ; they had one daughter .
The Steel Wave The Steel Wave : A Novel of World War II is a historical novel written by Jeff Shaara about Operation Overlord . The book is the second book in a trilogy written by Shaara . The novel begins in January 1944 , nearly six months before the invasion of Normandy . Nearly half of the novel deals with General Eisenhower , Winston Churchill , and the rest of the SHAEF ' s attempt to prepare for D - Day and Erwin Rommel ' s attempt to prepare for such an assault . The second half mostly deals with the first month of the invasion from the perspective of both Rommel , Eisenhower , and a composite Army Paratrooper Sergeant named Jesse Adams . Reception . The book did very well upon its release , reaching the " New York Times " bestseller list soon after its release .
French ship St Ann ( 1755 ) St Ann was a 64 - gun ship of the line of the French Navy , launched in 1755 . She was captured by the Royal Navy on 25 May 1761 , and commissioned as the third rate HMS " St Ann " . " St Ann " was sold out of the navy in 1784 .
USS William Badger ( 1861 ) USS " William Badger " ( 1861 ) was a whaler acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used by the Union Navy as a supply ship and ship ’ s tender in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways . Navy use as a supply ship . " William Badger " — a wooden - hulled whaling ship — was purchased by the Union Navy on 18 May 1861 from Henry F . Thomas , at New Bedford , Massachusetts . Built in 1829 , it was the 100th vessel constructed by master shipbuilder William Badger of Badger ' s Island in Kittery , Maine , so it received the name reserved for that honor . North Atlantic Blockade . Assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron , " William Badger " served as a stationary supply ship at Hampton Roads , Virginia , into the summer of 1862 . Beaufort , North Carolina . Late in July , " William Badger " — laden with a " goodly supply of provisions , clothing , and stores " for the ships of the Union Navy maintaining the blockade off Confederate - held Wilmington , North Carolina — was towed by the steamer to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron base at Beaufort , North Carolina . She remained there as a supply hulk for the remainder of the Civil War and , on occasion , served as an accommodations vessel . She was sold at auction at Beaufort on 17 October 1865 to a Capt . James Abel , " William Badger " may have been broken up shortly thereafter , as she is not carried on mercantile lists in succeeding years .
1st Brigade , 104th Division ( United States ) The 1st Brigade , 104th Division is an training brigade of the United States Army . It is a training component of the United States Army Reserve , and subordinate to the 104th Division based in Fort Lewis , Washington . It is primarily responsible for One Station Unit Training , Basic Combat Training and Military Police instruction . The 1st Brigade traces its lineage back to the old headquarters element of the division . The 104th Infantry Division ' s original headquarters element was first constituted on 24 June 1921 as the 104th Division , before being organized and activated in October of that year in Salt Lake City , Utah . Assigned to the division were the 207th and 208th Infantry Brigades , containing the 413th , 414th , 415th , and 416th Infantry Regiments . As a unit of the Organized Reserves , the division represented assets from the states of Washington and Montana , among other areas of the northwest United States . In 1967 , the division ' s former headquarters element became 1st Brigade , 104th Division , activated at Vancouver Barracks . At this time , the army began colsolidating its training units across the country , and as a result , the 104th Division took on missions of One Station Unit Training , Basic Combat Training , Advanced Individual Training , and Combat Support training . 1st Brigade took on basic combat training , a role it continues to this day In the 1970s and 1980s , the brigade also took on One Station Unit Training and training for Military Police units . In 2005 , the Base Realignment and Closure process included the closure of the Vancouver Barracks , and the 1st Brigade , 104th Division was subsequently relocated to Fort Lewis , Washington , though its duties remained the same .