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TSS Duke of York ( 1935 ) The Duke of York was a steamer passenger ship initially operated by the London Midland and Scottish Railway which saw service from 1935 to 1964 . She was renamed HMS Duke of Wellington for the duration of World War II . In service . Built at Harland and Wolff , Belfast and completed in 1935 , she was designed to operate as a passenger ferry on the Heysham to Belfast , alongside the existing 1928 ships on that route , RMS Duke of Lancaster , the RMS Duke of Rothesay and the RMS Duke of Argyll , She introduced a new principle into the cross - channel trade , the " tourist class " , which had been in use on the Atlantic lines since 1928 . The Duke of York had one of the earliest automatic fire extinguishers , by Grinnell . Small glass tubes contained a liquid which expanded on a given temperature being reached , and burst the containers , opening water valves above . HMS Duke of Wellington . The " Duke of York " was requisitioned in 1942 for war service . She was renamed as HMS Duke of Wellington as there was a battleship with the name " Duke of York " . She was converted to a " Landing Ship , Infantry ( Hand - Hoisting ) " the latter part referred to her hand operated davits ; abbreviated to LSI ( H ) The conversions allowed her to carry 250 troops and ten Landing Craft Assault to carry them to shore . For anti - aircraft defence a 12 pounder gun and eight 20 mm cannon were fitted . She took part in Operation Jubilee , the abortive raid on Dieppe on 19 August 1942 , carrying The Black Watch ( Royal Highland Regiment ) of Canada . She took part in the Normandy landings in 1944 . At the end of the War , she transported troops between Tilbury and Ostend . Post World War II . She reverted to her original name after the war , and in May 1948 she was transferred to the Harwich to Hook of Holland service , alongside the " Arnhem " . Originally a twin funnel vessel , she was rebuilt in 1950 with a single funnel . She was upgraded from coal to oil firing and cabin accommodation for 520 passengers was provided . On 6 May 1953 , she collided in fog with the American freighter USNS " Haiti Victory " . Six passengers were killed and the bow was completely sheered off just in front of the bridge . She was re - built by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company of Jarrow - on - Tyne with a more modern shaped bow and lengthened by about 7 ft . She rejoined the Harwich fleet in 1954 . She was sold in August 1963 . Fantasia . She was sold to Chandris Lines in 1963 and originally named York she was sent to Smiths Dock Company for conversion work which was completed after transfer to the Chandris Company ' s own shipyard at Ambelaki . She entered service in 1964 as the Fantasia . She ran mainly on cruises in the Eastern Mediterranean , with some winter charters to religious tour groups . She was withdrawn in December 1975 and was broken up in 1976 in Spain .
Giles Vandeleur Lieutenant - Colonel Giles Alexander Meysey Vandeleur , DSO ( 2 September 1911 – 9 March 1978 ) was a British Army officer during the Second World War . He was commissioned into the Irish Guards as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1931 . As acting Commanding Officer of the 2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards he served under his cousin Joe Vandeleur ( their grandfathers were brothers ) in the breakout of XXX Corps during Operation Market - Garden . He went on to become acting commander of the British 5th Guards Armoured Brigade in 1945 . He retired from the Army in 1949 . In the 1977 film " A Bridge Too Far " , based on Operation Market - Garden , Michael Byrne played Giles Vandeleur and Michael Caine , Joe . Vandeleur died on 9 March 1978 .
Ronald Alan Schulz Ronald Alan Schulz , ( born March 29 , 1965 in Jamestown , North Dakota - d . on or about December 8 , 2005 in Iraq ) , was a US civilian contract worker in Iraq who was kidnapped and killed by Iraqi insurgents . Early life . Schulz graduated from Jamestown High School in Jamestown , North Dakota in 1983 . He joined the United States Marine Corps and served from 1984 to 1991 . After leaving the Marines , Schulz moved to Alaska . Death in Iraq . In 2005 , Schulz went to Iraq as a civilian contract worker initially doing electrical work for KBR ( Kellog Brown & Root ) . He had left them to do electrical work for an unspecified private security organization . On or around November 25 , 2005 , Schulz was kidnapped by unknown insurgents , although the US government didn ' t announce the kidnapping until December 6 . On December 6 , 2005 , The Islamic Army in Iraq issued a web video showing Schulz sitting in a white plastic chair with his hands tied behind his back . The group threatened to kill him in 48 hours unless the U . S . government freed all Iraqi prisoners and paid compensation to Iraqis affected by military offensives led by U . S . troops against militants in the Sunni Muslim - dominated Anbar province . On December 8 , 2005 , the group declared that they killed Schulz after the U . S . refused to give in to their demands . On December 19 , 2005 , The group issued a web video showing Schulz ' s death , in which he is shot in the back of the head with an automatic rifle . The video included footage of Schulz ' s identification card . Schulz ' s remains were found in a mass grave in Iraq in September 2008 along with those of Susan Bushra , his Kurdish fiancee , by Marines of Battery M 3 / 14 . The remains were confirmed to be Schulz ' s in October and they were returned to North Dakota for burial .
Ron Barassi , Sr . Ronald James Barassi ( 24 October 1913 – 31 July 1941 ) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) . His grandfather came from Italy and Ron was the father of Hall of Famer Ron Barassi , Jr . who was signed to Melbourne under the Father - Son rule . Originally from Castlemaine , Barassi was a rover and made his debut for Melbourne in 1936 . His final league match was Melbourne ' s victorious 1940 Grand Final which he started as the 19th man . Like many other footballers from the Melbourne Football Club he joined the army soon after . Serving as part of Australia ' s campaign in North Africa , he was killed in action at Tobruk in 1941 , the first VFL footballer to lose his life in the conflict . References . Main , J . & Allen , D . , " Barassi ( snr ) , Ron " , pp . 214 – 220 in Main , J . & Allen , D . , " Fallen — The Ultimate Heroes : Footballers Who Never Returned From War " , Crown Content , ( Melbourne ) , 2002 . ISBN 1 - 74095 - 010 - 0
Capture of HMS Penguin On March 23 , 1815 captured HMS " Penguin " in a short battle off Tristan da Cunha . This was one of several naval engagements that took place after the War of 1812 had ended . The British ship was too badly damaged to be used by the United States Navy , so it was scuttled .
Sunith Francis Rodrigues General Sunith Francis Rodrigues , PVSM , VSM , formerly Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army . Born on 19 September 1933 in Bombay . Over the years as Governor , in Punjab , he has generally received a positive response by the Punjabi press ( India ) and the Punjabi people have accepted him as one their own due to his strong campaigning of Punjabi interests in India . Education . He was educated at St . Xaviers High School , Bombay . His religion is Christianity . Military service . He joined the joint Services Wing of the Indian Military Academy in 1949 and was commissioned in December 1952 into Regiment of Artillery . He attended the Defence Services Staff College and took overas GSOI operations in a corps Hq in 1971 . In 1972 , after the war with Pakistan , he was awarded the VSM for distinguished service . He later served as a GSOI operations of a division from 1973 to 1975 . He commanded a mountain brigade in a high altitude sector from 1975 to 1977 then attended the 1978 course at Royal College of Defence Studies in the UK . He was Chief Instructor at Defence Services Staff College from 1979 to November 1981 , then took over the command of a division in a high altitude area . In 1982 , he was awarded the Masters Degree in Defence Studies , was the Chief of Staff of a Corps from 1983 to September 1985 then took over as Director General Military Training . He was GOC of A corps in the Northern Sector in 1986 . He was Vice Chief of Army Staff from November 1987 to April 1989 and then GOC - in - C of Central Command from April 1989 to October 1989 then tool over Western Command from 1 November 1989 to 30 June 1990 then was the Chief of Army Staff from 1990 to 1993 . He retired on 30 June 1993 after putting in nearly 41 years of dedicated service . General Rodrigues was known among his compatriots as a thinker and a strategist . Public service . After his retirement he was Director of the International Centre , Goa for nearly six years . He served two terms on the National Security Advisory Board . Since his retirement , he has been engaged in social and literary pursuits and has also been delivering talks on strategic issues . He takes a keen interest in education and empowering children to achieve their potential . He was on the Executive Council of Goa University for 7 years and on the Managing Committee of the Goa Chamber of Commerce . He is also a long standing Member of the Goa Planning Board and on the Board of Governors of the Goa Institute of Management . Governor of Punjab . He was appointed Governor of Punjab and Administrator , Union Territory , Chandigarh on 8 November 2004 and he was sworn into the office on 16 November 2004 . He was succeeded by Shivraj Patil on 22 January 2010 .
Blanco ( compound ) Blanco was a compound used primarily by soldiers throughout the Commonwealth from 1880 onwards to clean and colour their equipment . It was first used by the British Army to whiten Slade Wallace buckskin leather equipment , and later adapted to coloured versions for use on the cotton Web Infantry Equipment , Pattern 1908 webbing . Blanco became widely used throughout both world wars . Description . Blanco initially came in either powder manufactured by the Mills Equipment Company ( who designed and were a primary manufacturer of the webbing it was used on ) , or round cake form , much like soap , manufactured by Pickerings and which used the tradename " Blanco " and was used as a cleaning and colouring compound . ( The compound was manufactured in Canada as " Capo " . ) Capo is an abbreviation for " Canadian Colouring Compound " . Blanco was applied with a brush and water , and rubbed into the woven cotton material of load bearing equipment , to provide a consistent colour to equipment worn by soldiers in the same unit , and as a method of cleaning the gear . Post - war experimental rectangular waxy blocks became available with greater waterproofing abilities but after 1954 Joseph Pickering & Sons Ltd introduced a tinned paste product that didn ' t need the addition of water and could be applied directly from the tin . Other manufacturers made competing tinned paste products until the 1980s . Blanco came in many different colours , the most common being either the original No . 7 ( British No . 61 Buff ) , a " khaki " colour which in practice was a tan shade , or one of two shades of green , either No . 9 or British No . 3 Khaki Green . Other colours included black ( used by Royal Armoured Corps and rifle regiments per regimental custom ) , white ( for ceremonial duties or military policemen on traffic control duty ) or blue ( by air force units ) , the latter being a shade known as " RAF Blue " for use on the RAF blue - grey web equipment . Post - war use . A post - war blanco colour adopted by at least one unit of the Parachute Regiment ( 5th - later renumbered 15th Scottish Battalion ) was maroon , using the waxy form of blanco to give a shiny scuff - resistant finish . As the use of cotton webbing declined , and was replaced by nylon and other synthetic materials , the need for blanco , and its complementary product , Brasso , in maintaining personal military equipment , disappeared . Impact . The word " Blanco " itself also became used as a verb , as in " to blanco a piece of equipment " . The past tense of blanco is usually seen in print as " blancoed " . It appears in the phrase " Bull , Blanco and Brasso " to refer to the methods used to bring uniform to immaculate condition .
Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff ( Reserves and Cadets ) The Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff ( Reserves and Cadets ) is a high ranking British military officer and the senior reservist of the British Armed Forces . The ACDS ( R & C ) is responsible for tri - service policy relating to the reserves and cadet forces . The appointment was created in 2004 .
USS Marigold ( 1863 ) USS " Marigold " ( 1863 ) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used by the Union Navy as a tugboat , dispatch boat and also as a gunboat in the blockade of the Confederacy . " Marigold " , a screw tug built at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , in 1863 was purchased by the Navy at Philadelphia 13 June 1863 ; and commissioned there the same day , Acting Master L . H . Partridge in command . Assigned to the East Gulf Blockade . Assigned to the East Gulf Blockading Squadron she served as a tug , dispatch boat , and blockader through the end of the Civil War . On 6 October " Marigold " shared in the capture of blockade runner , " Last Trial " , which was attempting to slip through the Union cordon of warships with salt for the South . Capturing blockade runners in Southern waters . On 9 April 1864 while bringing mail from Key West , Florida , to Havana , Cuba , she fired on English merchantman " Belle " , coming from Matamoros , Mexico ; but the British ship reached safety in the neutral port . On 25 February 1865 , the steam tug captured British schooner " Salvadora " in the Straits of Florida heading for the Confederate coast with an assorted cargo . Post - war operations , decommissioning and civilian career . After the Confederacy collapsed , " Marigold " continued to serve in Key West Harbor through the summer . She was sold at public auction at New York City 6 October 1866 , and redocumented as " William A . Hennessey " on 30 December 1868 . The tug caught fire and was destroyed at New York City on 30 November 1875 .
Army Benevolent Fund ABF The Soldiers ' Charity , formerly the Army Benevolent Fund is a British charity . It is the British Army ' s national charity and provides financial and practical support to soldiers , former soldiers , and their families in times of need . The Soldiers ’ Charity was founded in 1944 as The Army Benevolent Fund . The demobilisation of soldiers after the two World Wars had put an enormous strain on Regimental and Corps charitable funds and highlighted the need for a national charity to give practical help to soldiers and veterans . In January 2010 , the charity rebranded as ABF The Soldiers ’ Charity but continues to support the Army family by giving grants to individuals and other specialist charities that help soldiers and their families . It works with veterans from every conflict since the Second World War , including those from recent operations in Iraq and Afghanistan . It can make grant payments within 48 hours of receipt of application , making a significant difference at a critical point in many lives . The Soldiers ' Charity works with Regimental and Corps Associations and other Service charities . They identify and investigate eligible cases in " real need " , and provide them with financial support . Dependent on voluntary donations , the Soldiers ' Charity must currently raise around £5 . 5 million each year to continue its vital work with members of the British Army Family . The American branch of the Soldiers ' Charity , set up in 2006 , is the British Army Benevolent Fund America ( BABFA ) . BABFA aims to raise awareness of the charity ' s work amongst the many supporters and ex - pats in America and to raise funds . The Charity works with regimental charities and acts when further help is need that they cannot provide . The recent rebrand to ' ABF - The Soldiers ' Charity ' is in response partly due to 30 % rise over the past two years in applications from soldiers who have taken part in previous and current conflicts and we currently raise £7 million a year to meet this need . As a result of Current Operations it is anticipated that the requests for assistance will rise significantly in the coming years . It is the aim of The Soldiers ’ Charity to increase fundraising to £14 million a year by 2015 . See also . Help for Heroes
William Flora William " Billy " Flora ( fl . 1775 – 1818 ) was a free - born African American from Virginia who served as a soldier on the Patriot side in the American Revolutionary War . He fought under Colonel William Woodford in the Battle of Great Bridge in December 1775 , where he is widely acknowledged as the hero of the battle . A sentry at the bridge reported he was the last to cross as the British advanced . As he retreated from his post , under heavy fire from the British line , he ripped up a plank from the bridge . This made the British crossing , under fire from the colonials , impossible . As a result , the British were forced to withdraw to their ships . The only casualty on the American side survived to speak very highly of Flora and his courage . Before the war Flora owned a prosperous livery stable . After the war , with the purchase and sale of property , he grew his business into a tidy fortune .
Charles B . Green Charles B . Green is a retired Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force and was the twentieth Surgeon General of the United States Air Force . Career . Green joined the Air Force in 1978 . He was first assigned to Eglin Air Force Base . Later , he was assigned to Mather Air Force Base , Wheeler Air Force Base , Hickam Air Force Base , Brooks City - Base , and Clark Air Base . In 1990 , Green assisted in humanitarian efforts in The Philippines after a major earthquake struck Baguio City and also during Operation Fiery Vigil . He was named Command Surgeon of the United States Central Command in 1997 , North American Aerospace Defense Command in 1999 , and the United States Transportation Command and Air Mobility Command in 2001 . Later , he was given command of the 59th Medical Wing . He was named Assistant Surgeon General for Health Care Operations in 2005 before becoming Deputy Surgeon General in 2006 . Green was named Surgeon General in 2009 . Awards he has received include the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster , the Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster , the Legion of Merit , the Defense Meritorious Service Medal , the Airman ' s Medal , the Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters , the Joint Service Commendation Medal , the Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters , the Air Force Achievement Medal , the National Defense Service Medal with service star , the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal , and the Humanitarian Service Medal with service star .
Monroe – Pinkney Treaty The Monroe – Pinkney Treaty of 1806 was a treaty drawn up by diplomats of the United States and Britain as a renewal of the Jay Treaty of 1795 . It was rejected by President Thomas Jefferson and never took effect . The treaty was negotiated by minister to England James Monroe and his associate William Pinkney on behalf of the administration of President Thomas Jefferson , and Lord Holland and Lord Auckland on behalf of the " Ministry of All the Talents " government headed by Lord Grenville . For the Americans , the goal of the treaty was to make the British abandon the practice of impressing sailors from American ships , as well as to address the neutral trading rights of American vessels in the ongoing Napoleonic Wars , among other commercial concerns . However , the British were short of manpower for the Royal Navy , and believed that numerous British deserters were serving on American ships . In the desperate war against Napoleon , the British believed that they could not afford to abandon impressment : offending the Americans was seen as a much lesser evil than losing to Napoleon . Therefore , no concessions on the issue of impressment were made . The negotiations were begun on 27 August 1806 , and the treaty was signed on 31 December 1806 . President Jefferson received the treaty in March 1807 , but was disappointed and refused to submit it to the Senate for ratification . This failure to resolve differences over the issue of impressment and neutral trading rights contributed to the coming of the War of 1812 .
Treaty of Venice The Treaty or Peace of Venice , 1177 , was a peace treaty between the papacy and its allies , the north Italian city - states of the Lombard League , and Frederick I , Holy Roman Emperor . The Norman Kingdom of Sicily also took part in negotiations and the treaty thereby determined the political course of all Italy for the next several years . The treaty followed on the heels of the Battle of Legnano of 29 May 1176 , a defeat for Frederick Barbarossa . Frederick quickly thereafter sent envoys to Pope Alexander III at Anagni , asking for an end to the schism between him and Frederick ' s antipope , Callixtus III . After a preliminary agreement was reached , a conference was scheduled for July 1177 . Frederick spent some time in the interim interfering in Venetian rivalries in hopes of securing a pro - Imperial group in power at the time of the confrontation . On 24 July , the pope from the Basilica di San Marco sent a delegation of cardinals to the emperor in the Lido , at the mouth of the Venetian Lagoon . The emperor formally acknowledged Alexander as pope and abandoned his own antipope ; the cardinals formally lifted the excommunication that had hitherto been placed upon him . Sebastian Ziani , the doge of Venice , and Ulrich II von Treven , the patriarch of Aquileia , then escorted the emperor into Venice itself . The delegates of the king of Sicily were Romuald , Archbishop of Salerno , a chronicler of his time who left us a great eyewitness account of the whole scene , and Count Roger of Andria . In the treaty that was concluded , the emperor recognised the temporal rights of the popes over the city of Rome , but the city did not surrender to the pope and forced him to leave in 1179 . A fifteen - year peace was concluded between Frederick and William II of Sicily , paving the way for Sicily ' s golden years of peace and prosperity . Likewise , a six - year truce was concluded with the Lombard League , but negotiations were to continue , and the emperor finally recognised the independence of the Lombard cities in the Peace of Constance of 1183 .
Château de Tours The Château de Tours , is a castle located in Tours , Indre - et - Loire , France . Built in the 11th century , the building displayed an architecture of the Carolingian period , and was the residence of the Lords of France . Until the 2000s , the Royal Castle of Tours was used as an aquarium where about 1 , 500 fish of 200 different species could be seen . It also served as Grévin museum . The castle was classified as monument historique on 20 August 1913 . Currently , the building houses contemporary exhibitions of paintings and photographs , including works by Joan Miró , Daniel Buren , Nadar , and the workshop of Tours history where archeological and historical documents , models , audio - visual films on the history of Tours , etc . , are shown .
Günter Amelung Günter Amelung ( 8 April 1914 – 29 March 1944 ) was a highly decorated Rittmeister der Reserve in the Wehrmacht during World War II . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Günter Amelung was killed near Oborova , Croatia and was posthumously promoted to Rittmeister der Reserve .