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Gervaise Cooke Rear Admiral ( John ) Gervaise ( Beresford ) Cooke CB DSC ( 19 October 1911 – 1976 ) was a Royal Navy officer who became Naval Secretary . Naval career . Educated at Marlborough College and the Royal Naval College , Dartmouth , Cooke joined the Royal Navy in 1925 and specialised in gunnery . He served in World War II in destroyer s and at the Admiralty . After the War he was given command of the sloop HMS " Modeste " and then the destroyer HMS " Finistere " and then moved to the Naval Ordnance Department of the Admiralty . He was given command of the destroyers HMS " Broadsword " and then HMS " Battleaxe " between 1950 and 1951 and then joined the staff of the Commander - in - Chief , Mediterranean Fleet in 1952 . He went on to be Deputy Director of Naval Ordnance at the Admiralty in 1955 , Commander of the Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment in 1959 and Assistant Naval Attaché in Washington D . C . in 1961 . His last appointments were as Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff ( Warfare ) at the Admiralty in 1963 and as Naval Secretary in 1966 before he retired in 1968 . In retirement he lived in Owlesbury in Hampshire . Family . In 1941 he married Helen Beatrice Cameron ; they had three sons and one daughter .
British naval forces in the Falklands War This is a list of the naval forces from the United Kingdom that took part in the Falklands War . For a list of naval forces from Argentina , see Argentine naval forces in the Falklands War . In Northwood , London : In the South Atlantic : As despatch vessels , carrying mail between the Task Force and Ascension Island . 2 , 744 t , used as casualty ferries ( hospital ships ) Civilian trawlers converted to Extra - Deep Armed Team Sweep ( EDATS ) with some extempore acoustic and sonar equipment . They were manned by Royal Naval personnel , mainly from " 1st MCM Squadron " based at Rosyth . All five minesweepers were involved in clearing two minefields off Port Stanley . Royal Fleet Auxiliary . Tankers Landing Ship Logistic Supply ships Helicopter support ship Ships taken up from trade . The following Merchant Navy ships were requisitioned , as Ships Taken Up From Trade ( STUFT ) .
Charles van Straubenzee General Sir Charles Thomas van Straubenzee GCB ( 17 February 1812 – 10 August 1892 ) was Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong and Governor of Malta . Military career . Van Straubenzee was commissioned into the Ceylon Rifles in 1828 . He transferred to the 39th Regiment of Foot in 1833 and , during the Gwalior Campaign , he took part in the Battle of Maharajpore in 1843 : he took temporary command of his Regiment when the Commanding Officer was wounded and brought the Regiment out of action . In 1846 he transferred to 3rd battalion the Buffs of which he became Commanding Officer in 1851 and fought in the Crimean War commanding the 1st Brigade of the Light Division and taking part in both assaults on the Redan during the Siege of Sevastopol . In 1857 he became Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong and led an attack on Canton during the Second Opium War . In 1862 he was made General Officer Commanding a Division of the Bombay Army at Ahmedabad and subsequent took overall command of the Bombay Army . He became Governor of Malta in 1872 . He is buried at Bathwick cemetery near Bath . Family . He married Charlotte Louisa Richardson in 1841 .
Rudolf Rademacher Rudolf " Rudi " Rademacher ( born 19 June 1913 in Lüneburg , killed in flying accident 13 June 1953 in Lüneburg ) was a German World War II fighter ace and 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 . " Rudi " Rademacher was credited with 126 victories in over 500 combat missions . 90 of his victories were claimed over the Eastern front , including 21 Il - 2 Stormoviks . At least 8 of his victories claimed over the Western front were gained flying the Me 262 jet fighter . Rademacher was killed in a glider crash at Lüneburg on 13 June 1953 .
Johann Risztics Stabfeldwebel Johann Risztics ( aka Janos Risztics ) was the Austro - Hungarian World War I flying ace credited with seven reliably confirmed aerial victories . During 1918 , Risztics formed a strong friendship with fellow pilots Fredrich Hefty and Ferdinand Udvardy . Amongst the airmen of Flik 42J , the trio became known as the Arany Triumviratus ( Golden Triumvirate ) . Risztics marked both sides of his Albatros D . III with the number " 8 " , Udvardy with the number " 7 " , and Hefty with the number " 6 " . World Record Flights of the W33 . In the late 1920s , he was well known for his record flights for the Junkers W 33 . On July 5 , 1927 , Junkers pilots Risztics and Zimmermann achieved a new world record for continuous flight with a W33L of 65hrs and 25 minutes . Risztics and Edzard achieved the next W33 world record on August 3 , 1927 with a W33 . They flew for a distance of 4660 km a new distance world record , and needed 52hrs and 22 minutes for that flight . First try of the east - west Atlantic crossing . On August , 14th 1927 , Risztics , Edzard and the American journalist Hubert Renfro Knickerbocker on board the Junkers W 33 " Europa " , and Koehl , Loose and Huenefeld with the W 33 " Bremen " , took off from Germany for the first approach of the crossing . This approach failed due to bad weather and engine troubles of " Europa " . The Challenge 1929 - 1930 . Risztics took part at International Touring Aircraft Contests , the Challenge 1929 and the Challenge 1930 . The contest was conceived by the French Aero Club , inspired by the International Light Aircraft Contest in France in 1928 . Four Challenges , from 1929 to 1934 , were major aviation events in pre - war Europe . The first contest was opened on August 4 , 1929 in Paris . It consisted of two parts : technical trials of aircraft and a rally over Europe . Since one of the aims of the Challenge was to generate a progress in aircraft building , it was not only pilots ' competition , but technical trials also included a construction evaluation . Fifty - five aircraft entered the Challenge in 1929 , from six countries . All planes flew with two - men crews , pilot and passenger or mechanic . Johann Risztics was 8th after the technical trials with his Junkers A50 . However , just at the beginning of a rally over Europe , on 7 August 1929 , he broke undercarriage and propeller and was disqualified . He continued the rally off the contest , till Milano . The second Challenge took place between July 16 and August 8 , 1930 and started in Berlin , Germany . Germany organized the contest , because the German pilot Fritz Morzik won the previous contest in 1929 . Sixty aircraft entered the Challenge in 1930 , from six countries . The contest was open on July 16 , 1930 , at Berlin - Staaken airfield . It consisted of two parts : a rally over Europe and technical trials . Risztics finished the rally on the 16th position and all the contest on the 15th position , flying Junkers A50 ce .
United States Naval Communications Station Sidi Yahya El Gharb United States Naval Communications Station Sidi Yahya El Gharb was a Naval base of communication station of facilities , supply , and rest and recreation of the United States Navy located in Sidi Yahya El Gharb , Morocco . It was a U . S . Navy installation following to Port Lyautey Air Base ( Kenitra , Morocco ) . was closed in 1975 . Following its closure in 1977 , it was transformed into a military barracks serving the 5th Moroccan air military base of Sidi Slimane by the Royal Moroccan Air Force .
Jesús Carranza Jesús Carranza Neira was a Mexican colonel from Cuatro Ciénegas , Coahuila . He helped Benito Juárez and also lent him money . Jesús Carranza was married to María de Jesús Garza and had 15 children ; among them was Venustiano Carranza , who later became President of Mexico . The Veracruz town of Jesús Carranza was named in his honour .
Tadeusz Klimecki Tadeusz Klimecki ( November 23 , 1895July 4 , 1943 ) - Lieutenant of the Imperial and Royal Army , Brigadier General of the Polish Army , Chief of Polish General Staff . Early life and service in the Imperial and Royal Army . Tadeusz Klimecki was born in Tarnów , Galicia , Austro - Hungarian Empire . His father was a local lawyer , Joseph Klimecki , and his mother was Ludwika Regiec . In 1913 he graduated from the gymnasium in Jaslo and enrolled at the Faculty of Law of the Jagiellonian University . In 1914 he joined the Eastern Legion , and at its dissolution he was drafted into the Austrian army . After graduating from the school of infantry officers he was sent to the Italian front as a platoon leader . In 1915 he was appointed a standard - bearer , in 1916 - a second lieutenant . By the end of World War I he had been wounded three times and served as a company commander . Service in the Polish Army . From November 1918 served in the Polish Army . Between November 1918 and October 1925 he was a company and battalion commander in the 16th Infantry Regiment , Tarnów and during the war with the Bolsheviks , he commanded the regiment ( 31 . VII - 4 . VIII . 1920 ) . October 1925 – October 1927 - student of the Highest Military School in Warsaw . October 1927 – 1930 - Chief of Staff of the 12th Infantry Division in Tarnopol . 1930 – 1934 - professor of tactics at the Higher Military School in Warsaw . Between January 1934 - 1936 - Deputy Commander of the 18 Infantry Regiment in Skierniewice . 1936 - 1938 - Commander of the 5th Podhale Rifles Regiment in Przemyśl . 1938 - September 1939 - Head of the course at the Higher Military School in Warsaw . In September 1939 , appointed to the Division III of the General Staff as a Chief of the Department of Operations . After the September campaign he moved to France . December 1939 – June 1940 Head of Division III , Polish General Staff in France . July 1940 – July 1943 Chief of the General Staff of the Supreme Commander in London . He died in the plane crash on July 4 , 1943 , in Gibraltar , together with the Polish Prime - Minister and Commander - in - Chief General Władysław Sikorski and his staff . Tadeusz Klimecki was buried in the cemetery of Polish airmen in Newark - on - Trent , England . On December 3 , 2010 , bodies of Tadeusz Klimecki , Andrzej Marecki and Jozef Ponikiewski were exhumed , flown to Warsaw and then taken to the Department of Forensic Medicine in Cracow for examination . On December 9 , 2010 Tadeusz Klimecki and Andrzej Marecki were buried in the Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw .
Reinhard Aigen Reinhard Georg Aigen ( 20 May 1913 – 19 September 1943 ) was a German Luftwaffe flight engineer and recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Reinhard Aigen was killed on 19 September 1943 at Orsha . He was posthumously awarded the Knight ' s Cross on the Iron Cross on 9 June 1944 .
William Hinson Cole William Hinson Cole ( January 11 , 1837 – July 8 , 1886 ) was an American politician and Congressman from Maryland . Biography . Born in Baltimore , Maryland , Cole attended private school and studied medicine and law . He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Baltimore in 1857 . He later moved to Kansas City , Kansas , to practice law , and also served as a member of the Kansas Territorial House of Representatives . He graduated from the University of Louisiana ( present day Tulane University ) in 1860 . During the American Civil War , Cole enlisted in the Confederate States Army as a surgeon of Francis S . Bartow ' s Eighth Georgia Regiment . He served in the Battle of Gettysburg , then took charge of the wounded in General James Longstreet ' s corps . He was captured and held as prisoner at Fort McHenry in Baltimore for six months , until he was returned South and acted as surgeon on the staff of Gen . Bradley Johnson of Maryland until the close of the war . After the war , Cole was appointed deputy register of Baltimore in 1870 , but resigned when he was elected chief clerk of the first branch of the Baltimore City council . He served as a reading clerk of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1874 to 1878 , and later became a reporter on the " Baltimore Evening Commercial " , and later its proprietor . He connected with the " Baltimore Gazette " , and afterward with its successor , " The Baltimore Day " , continuing with the press until 1885 . It was at this point he was elected as a Democrat to the Forty - ninth Congress , and served from March 4 , 1885 until his death in Washington , D . C . . He is interred in Bonnie Brae Cemetery of Baltimore .
HMAS Derwent ( DE 49 ) HMAS " Derwent " ( F22 / DE 22 / DE 49 ) , named for the Derwent River , was a River class destroyer escort of the Royal Australian Navy ( RAN ) . Commissioned in 1964 , the ship operated during the Indonesia - Malaysia Confrontation , and was used for filming of the British drama series " Warship " . The ship was decommissioned in 1994 , and was scutted as an artificial reef after use for ship survivability tests . Construction . " Derwent " was laid down by the Williamstown Naval Dockyard at Melbourne , Victoria on 17 June 1959 , launched on 17 April 1961 , and commissioned into the RAN on 23 April 1964 . Operational history . On 25 May 1964 , " Derwent " became the first RAN ship to launch a guided missile when she fired a Sea Cat missile . During the mid - 1960s , " Derwent " was one of several ships operating in support of the Malaysian government during the Indonesia - Malaysia Confrontation . This service was later recognised with the battle honour " Malaysia 1964 – 66 " ; the only one to be earned by the ship . In 1976 , " Derwent " was used to portray the fictional British warship HMS " Hero " during scenes filmed in Hong Kong and Singapore for the BBC action / drama series " Warship " . Footage of " Derwent " was used in the episodes " Wind Song " and " Singapore Incident " , which aired in 1977 . " Derwent " and her personnel were issued with ship ' s badges , cap tallies , name plates , and life buoys identifying " Hero " as part of the filming process . On 8 September 1980 , " Derwent " joined five other RAN vessels to form the Australia Squadron . The Squadron , which included HMA Ships , , , , and , spent two months in the Indian Ocean as part of a flag - showing cruise ; the largest RAN deployment since World War II . On 24 January 1990 , " Derwent " was awarded the Duke of Gloucester Cup for being the most efficient ship overall during 1989 . From 1991 to 1992 , " Derwent " s Seacat and Ikara launchers were removed . During this time , " Derwent " was used as a training vessel . Prior to Australian ships deploying to the Persian Gulf , " Derwent " conducted trials in launching the RBS 70 surface - to - air missile from a naval platform . Fate . " Derwent " was decommissioned at HMAS " Stirling " on 8 August 1994 after 30 years of service . " Derwent " had steamed during her naval career . Following scientific tests to study ship survivability , " Derwent " was sunk in deep waters , west of Rottnest Island as a " fish attraction device " on 21 December 1994 . Her gun turret was preserved , having been placed at the Rockingham Naval Memorial Park , opposite HMAS " Stirling " and next to the fin of the submarine .
9th Mountain Division ( Wehrmacht ) The German 9th Mountain Division was the name given two two separate German military divisions by accident in 1945 . Operational histories . Two simultaneous but independent attempts were made to raise the division in the waning days of the war ; the resulting units are conventionally distinguished as " Nord " ( " North " ) and " Ost " ( " East " ) , after the respective theaters where they were being assembled . For all practical purposes the 9th Mountain Division never fully came into being . Northern division . In the spring of 1944 the 139th Mountain Regiment , which had been left in Lapland by the 3rd Mountain Division when it withdrew at the end of 1941 , was reinforced to become " Divisionsgruppe Kräutler " . In September it received the additional designation of 140th Special Purposes Division , and as a result is mentioned once in late - war documentation as " Div . Gr . K ( Div . z . b . V . 140 ) " . On May 6 , 1945 the OKW issued an order re - designating it as the 9th Mountain Division , but the order came so late that it is not actually listed as such on any situation maps or other official records . The unit had withdrawn from Lappland into Norway as German fortunes in the Arctic waned , and surrendered to the British at the end of the war . ( Some documentation from the post - war period further confuses matters by referring to this unit as the 10th Mountain Division . ) Eastern Division . In the spring of 1945 Shadow Division " Steiermark " controlled two RAD brigade s , and these were mobilized for combat duty as an " Alarm " division under the name Mountain Division " Steiermark " . The division ' s two regiments were composed of a very diverse mix of personnel from the Heer , Luftwaffe , Kriegsmarine , Waffen - SS , police , and other organizations . It appears also to be related to " Kampfgruppe Raithel " and / or " Kampfgruppe Semmering " , though the late - war documentation is weak . Its elements surrendered to the Soviets at the end of the war .
USS Kailua ( IX - 71 ) USS " Kailua " ( IX - 71 ) , formerly " Dickenson " , was launched in 1923 by the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company in Chester , Pennsylvania and acquired by the United States Navy on 19 May 1942 on a bareboat charter . " Kailua " was commissioned 5 May 1943 with Lieutenant C . R . Bower in command . " Kailua " departed Pearl Harbor 15 May 1943 to join the Service Force of the 7th Fleet . Upon her arrival at Pago Pago , Samoa , 25 May , she immediately commenced operations as an auxiliary in the Pacific islands . During June she arrived Milne Bay , New Guinea , and for the next year remained there laying cables , ASW nets , and buoys . " Kailua " arrived at Pearl Harbor 4 July 1944 and performed similar services there for the rest of the war . " Kailua " decommissioned at Pearl Harbor 29 October 1945 and was later sunk intentionally .
USRC Woodbury ( 1837 ) USRC Woodbury , also referred to as the Levi Woodbury , the first marine cutter to bear the name , was a schooner - rigged revenue cutter built for the United States Revenue Cutter Service . The Woodbury was authorized on 8 November 1836 , and Revenue - Marine Captain H . D . Hunter was assigned to supervise construction . The Woodbury was built at Baltimore , Md , by L . H . Duncan , and was launched on 27 March 1837 . The cutter was a 120 ton topsail schooner mounted with four 12 pound and one 6 - pound cannon . After being made ready for sea the Woodbury set sail for New Orleans to relieve the revenue cutter Campbell in Gulf of Mexico patrols . By 28 March 1838 , the Woodbury was operating in the Gulf of Mexico in cooperation with the United States Navy . Orders from the Collector of Customs at New Orleans to the Woodbury commanding officer , " You will proceed to sea forthwith , taking your cruising ground from Chandalier Islands to the mouth of the Sabine River , and in the event of any vessel sailing under our flag , being in your presence unlawfully attacked , by an armed force , you will render such aid and protection as may be in your power . " . The ship was damaged by a French warship and was allowed to go to Veracruz , Mexico for repairs , was detained , and was there to witness the French bombardment of the fortress at San Juan de Ulua and the surrender . Released 29 November 1838 , the Woodbury sailed for New Orleans where she was refitted to resume patrolling the Gulf of Mexico . Ordered to Baltimore the Woodbury arrived there 26 August 1839 , and after refitting departed for New Orleans 23 September 1839 , for continued patrols also running dispatch during the war with Mexico . On Feb . 17 , 1845 , the Republic of Texas cutter Santa Anna ordered 2 schooners loading cotton to stop at Sabine Pass and pay tonnage fees and waited at the custom ' s house . When the schooners began sailing through the pass they were escorted by the Woodbury and was allowed to pass without incident . On 2 March 1846 , Woodbury arrived at Aransas Pass , Texas . Captain Winslow Foster placed his ship at the disposal of General Zachary Taylor and escorted transports moving troops to Point Isabel . After more than ten years of service the Woodbury decommissioned 14 September 1846 and sold 1 June 1847 .
Battle of Chumonchin Chan The Battle of Chumonchin Chan or the Action of 2 July 1950 was the only major battle fought between surface combatants during the main phase of the Korean War . It began after an Allied flotilla encountered a Korean People ' s Navy supply fleet . Battle . On 2 July 1950 , the USS " Juneau " , HMS " Black Swan " , and HMS " Jamaica " were sailing along the coast of the Sea of Japan ( East Sea ) when they encountered four North Korean torpedo and gunboats that had just finished escorting a flotilla of ten ammunition ships up the coast . The North Korean torpedo boats began an attack on the allied ships . Before their torpedoes could be fired however , they were met with a salvo of gunfire from the United Nations ships which destroyed three of the torpedo boats . The surviving North Korean craft fled . Later in July , the " Juneau " encountered the same ammunition ships and destroyed them . Sources . Naval Battles of the Korean War
Castra Praetoria Castra Praetoria were the ancient barracks ( " castra " ) of the Praetorian Guard of Imperial Rome . History . According to the Roman historian Suetonius , the barracks were built in 23 AD by Lucius Aelius Sejanus , the praetorian prefect serving under the emperor Tiberius , in an effort to consolidate the several divisions of the guards . The barracks were erected just outside the city of Rome and surrounded by solid masonry walls , measuring a total of 440 x 380 meters ( 1443 x 1246 ft ) . Three of the four sides of the walls were later incorporated in the Aurelian Walls , and parts of them are clearly visible today . The adjacent city district " Castro Pretorio " is named after the barracks . The Castra Praetoria was the site of the murder of the Emperor Elagabalus by the Praetorian Guard in 222 AD . The Castra Praetoria was destroyed by Constantine I , who also disbanded the Praetorian Guard upon his conquest of Italy while Maxentius ruled as the Western Roman Emperor . Their last stand was at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312 , and after Constantine ' s victory he officially disbanded the Praetorian , sending them out to different corners of the empire .
12th Special Forces Group The 12th Special Forces Group ( Airborne ) was constituted 5 July 1942 in the United States Army as the 6th Company , 2d Battalion , First Regiment , 1st Special Service Force , a joint Canadian - American organization . History . Activated 9 July 1942 at Fort William Henry Harrison , Montana . Disbanded 6 January 1945 in France . Reconstituted 15 April 1960 in Regular Army ; concurrently , Consolidated with Company C , 2d Infantry Battalion and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company , 12th Special Forces Group , 1st Special Forces . Withdrawn 14 December 1969 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve ( organic elements concurrently constituted ) . Group activated 24 March 1961 with Headquarters at Chicago , Illinois . Location of Headquarters changed 19 January 1964 to Oak Park , Illinois ; changed 1 September 1970 to Arlington Heights , Illinois . The Group was inactivated , along with the 11th Special Forces Group , on 15 September 1995 . Many members of the 12th SFG transferred to 20th SFG following the group ' s deactivation .