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Abdulla Shamaal Abdulla Shamaal MA MSc psc ( born 5 July 1969 ) is a Brigadier General in the Maldives National Defence Force ( MNDF ) and has a military service of more than 25 years . He currently serves as the Commander of Training and Doctrine Command and the Acting Commandant of the Marine Corps . General Shamaal was born to a middle - class family in the capital of Maldives , Male ' . After joining the Maldives National Defence Force in April 1988 , he attended various training schools both locally and abroad . General Shamaal was commissioned to the rank of lieutenant after graduating from the Pakistan Military Academy with a bachelor ' s degree . Since then he has been posted twice for training in the United States Army Infantry School at Fort Benning , Georgia , USA , in 1996 and 2000 . He had been the Defense Attaché ( DA ) from Maldives to India . He was the country ' s first Defense Attaché to serve abroad in a Maldivian mission . Before taking over the post of DA in India in 2005 , he was staff officer , Foreign Training Coordination in the Ministry of Defense and National Security . He was also the assistant to the commanding officer of the Quick Reaction Force . His previous appointments include Commander Male ' Area and was also overseeing International Defence Cooperation in the Ministry of Defence and National Security . Trainings and Experiences . General Shamaal obtained a Master ' s degree in Defense and Security Analysis at University of Lancaster in the United Kingdom from 1998 to 1999 , where his research focused on international defense and security issues . General Shamaal is also a graduate of Defense Services Staff College , Wellington , India , where he pursued his second Master ' s degree , obtaining a first class result in Defense and Strategic Studies from the University of Madras in 2003 . Recently , on 7 June 2012 , BG Shamaal graduated from the National Defense University , Washington DC , USA , obtaining his third master ' s degree , specializing in Strategic Security Studies . He was awarded a distinguished honor graduate of the course and General Shamaal ’ s thesis was nominated to present as an honor thesis . He has also attended various conferences and seminars on security and defense strategy , including Near East South Asia ( NESA ) Center for Strategic Studies Executive Seminar at National Defense University ( NDU ) in Washington DC in May 2001 ; Non - Lethal Weapons Seminar at Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training ( BIPSOT ) in September 2003 ; and Asia Public Affairs Symposium in Singapore in February 2003 ; as well as other conferences in New Delhi . In 2012 March General Shamaal was nominated and inducted to the United Nations Roster of Senior Experts on Security Sector Reform . BG Shamaal has been decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal , Presidential Medal , Dedicated Service Medal , Defence Force Service Medal , Good Conduct Medal , 3 November Medal and Centenary Medal . Family . He is currently married to Fathimath Firasha and has two daughters , Fathmath Yasmeen and Aishath Yara ' a .
Rōshigumi The Rōshigumi ( 浪士組 ) , the " Kyoto Defenders " , was a group of 234 masterless samurai ( " ronin " ) , founded by Kiyokawa Hachirō in 1863 . Loyal to the Bakufu , they were supposed to act as the protectors of the Tokugawa shogun . Kiyokawa Hachirō formed the Rōshigumi with funding from the Tokugawa regime . Originally , he claimed it was formed for protecting the Tokugawa shogun in Kyoto and preparing for military action against Western countries . However , he lied to the regime ; his goal was to gather people to work with the imperialists and not the Shogunate government . The Rōshigumi met on March 26 ( lunar calendar February 8 ) , 1863 in Edo and they all left for Kyoto . Kondo Isami , Hijikata Toshizo , Okita Soji , Inoue Genzaburō , Todo Heisuke , Harada Sanosuke , Nagakura Shinpachi . Serizawa Kamo , Niimi Nishiki , Hirayama Gorou , Hirama Juusuke , and Noguchi Kengi were all among the members of the Rōshigumi . ( Two days later , while the Rōshigumi left for Kyoto , Kondo was responsible for assigning lodges for the members . However , he accidentally forgot about Serizawa ' s group , leading to a famous incident where Serizawa lost his temper and , with the help of his group , created a huge bonfire outside the lodges as an insult to Kondo . ) On April 10 ( lunar calendar February 23 ) , the Rōshigumi arrived at Kyoto and the group stayed in Yagitei , a Mibu village outside Kyoto . Surprisingly , Kiyokawa suddenly commanded the group to return to Edo when they had just arrived in Kyoto . By then , he had secretly submitted a letter to the imperialists stating that his Rōshigumi were to work only for the Emperor . Thirteen members dissented and stayed in Kyoto , including Kondo and Serizawa , and became the founding members of the Shinsengumi . In response , a government official made spies out of Rōshigumi members Tomouchi Yoshio and Iesato Jiro , forcing them to stay in Kyoto and join Serizawa and Kondo ' s group in order to keep an eye on them . Other dissident members of the Rōshigumi returned to Edo and became the founding members of the " Shinchōgumi " ( the Shinsengumi ' s brother league in Edo ) with Okita Rintaro ( Okita Soji ' s brother - in - law ) as a commander .
Arthur Edward Grassett Lieutenant - General Sir Arthur Edward Grassett KBE CB DSO MC ( 1888 – 1971 ) was a Canadian born and educated soldier who served with the British Army in Canada , England , India and China . Education . He was born 1888 . He was the eldest son of A W Grassett of Toronto , Ontario . He was educated at Upper Canada College in Toronto , Ontario . He enrolled at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston , Ontario in 1906 , remaining there until 1909 as student # 729 . He was College Battalion Sergeant Major from 1908 to 1909 . Military service . Grassett was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1909 . He served with distinction during World War I and attended Staff College , Camberley in 1920 followed by Imperial Defence College in 1921 . He served on operations on the North West Frontier of India from 1921 and then as a General Staff Officer at the Staff College from 1935 . As a Brigadier , he served on the General Staff in the Head Quarters of Northern Command from 1937 and was appointed Commander of British Troops in China in 1938 . He served in World War II as General Officer Commanding 48th ( South Midland ) Division from 1941 and was made General Officer Commanding - in - Chief of VIII Corps on the South Coast of England from November 1941 . In 1944 he was posted to the War Office and he was with SHAEF from 1944 to 1945 . He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jersey and Colonel Commandant Royal Engineers in 1945 and retired in 1947 . Awards and recognition . He was awarded an MC in 1915 and a DSO in 1919 . He was also MID five times . He was awarded an CB in 1940 . He was knighted in 1945 . Family . In 1935 , he married Joan Mary , who was the daughter of JK Foster of Egton Manor , Yorkshire .
Sergey Biryuzov Sergey Semyonovich Biryuzov ( ) ( August 21 , 1904 – October 19 , 1964 ) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union and Chief of the General Staff . Biography . Biryuzov was born in Skopin , in the province of Ryazan . A member of the CPSU since 1926 , he joined the Red Army in the 1920s and was steadily promoted to become the commander of a battalion before going to the Frunze Military Academy in 1934 . He graduated in 1937 , after which he became the Chief of Staff of a rifle division . In 1939 he was made Chief of Operations for the Kharkov Military district , a position he held until August 1939 , after which he became the commanding officer of the 132nd Rifle Division . Biryuzov commanded this unit for the next three years , a rarity among Soviet generals , especially during World War II – as Soviet generals rarely held command positions for longer than a few months at most . Biryuzov ’ s division was a part of Southwestern and Bryansk Front s . Biriuzov was a fine division commander , often leading his division personally into battle . Within the first year of Operation Barbarossa ( June 1941 ) , Biryuzov had been wounded five times , two times rather severely . In April 1942 , he was made the Chief of Staff of the 48th Army , which was a part of Bryansk Front . He commanded this unit until November 1942 , when he was made the Chief of Staff of the 2nd Guards Army . He was in this position until April 1943 , helping to lead this powerful unit during Operation Saturn , when 2nd Guards Army helped crush the German 6th Army after the Germans had been surrounded during the Battle of Stalingrad . In April 1943 , he was made the Chief of Staff of the Southern Front , where he was a valuable aid to the Southern Front commander , Fyodor Tolbukhin . On October 20 , 1943 , Southern Front was renamed 4th Ukrainian Front . Biryuzov remained the Chief of Staff until May 1944 when he was transferred to 3rd Ukrainian Front , along with Tolbukhin . In October 1944 , Biryuzov was transferred to command the 37th Army , which was a part of 3rd Ukrainian Front . He held this position through the end of the war , until May 1946 . In these command positions , Biriuzov helped plan and carry out the expulsion of all German forces from the Ukraine , and then helped plan and carry out the liberation of Bulgaria and Yugoslavia . After these commands , Biryuzov was made the Head of the Soviet Military Mission in Bulgaria , a position he held until 1947 . Between 1947 and 1955 , Biryuzov held numerous command positions , but he didn ’ t remain in any position too long . On March 11 , 1955 , Biriuzov was given the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union . Between April 1955 and April 1962 , Biryuzov was the Commander in Chief of the National Air Defense Force . After this , he was made Commander in Chief of the Strategic Missile Force , and in 1963 , he was made the Chief of the General Staff . On October 19 , 1964 , Biryuzov and 32 others were killed when their Ilyushin Il - 18 crashed against mount Avala near Belgrade . The urn containing his ashes is buried in the Kremlin . Soviet medals and foreign orders
Zimri ( king ) Zimri or Zambri ( ; ) was a king of Israel for seven days . William F . Albright has dated his reign to 876 BCE , while E . R . Thiele offers the date 885 BCE . His story is told in " 1 Kings " , Chapter 16 . He was a commander who murdered king Elah at Tirzah , and succeeded him as king . However , Zimri reigned only seven days , because the army elected Omri as king , and with their support laid siege to Tirzah . Finding his position untenable , Zimri set fire to the palace and perished . Omri became king only after four years of war with Tibni , another claimant to the throne of Israel . The name Zimri became a byword for a traitor who murdered his master . When Jehu led a bloody military revolt to seize the throne of Israel , killed both Jehoram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah , and entered the citadel of Jezreel to execute Queen biblical , she greeted him with the words : " Is it peace , Zimri , you murderer of your master ? " ( 2 Kings 9 : 31 ) . In John Dryden ' s " Absalom and Achitophel " , the character of Zimri stands for the Duke of Buckingham .
USS Brule ( APA - 66 ) USS " Brule " ( APA - 66 ) was a " Gilliam " - class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II . Arriving late in the war , she took part in the invasion of Iwo Jima , 19 February to 26 March 1945 , and carried out subsequent transport missions . Construction . " Brule " was named after a county in South Dakota . She was launched 30 June 1944 by Consolidated Steel at Wilmington , California , under a Maritime Commission contract ; sponsored by Miss Patricia Moreell , daughter of Vice Admiral Ben Moreell . " Brule " was acquired by the Navy on 31 October 1944 , and commissioned the same day , Commander E . Fluhr , USNR , in command . Operational history . World War II . " Brule " joined Transport Squadron 16 and departed San Pedro 26 November 1944 for Pearl Harbor . In December 1944 was in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands , in preparation for the assault on Iwo Jima . As the task force left for the assault , Brule lost one of her new turbine engines as was forced to return to Pearl Harbor for rapid repair ; Brule caught up with the invasion force on D - plus - 4 , 24 February , and remained off the island through the remainder of the battle , taking some of the few surviving Japanese prisoners off the island and carrying them in her brig to custody . From April 1945 until the cessation of hostilities " Brule " carried troops and supplies between various bases in the Bonins , Marianas , Marshalls , Philippines , and Solomons . After hostilities . After the war ' s end , " Brule " operated with the 7th Fleet during the occupation of Korea and China . In November 1945 " Brule " became a unit of the Operation Magic Carpet fleet , tasked with bringing returning servicemen home from the war . Operation Crossroads . While at Yokosuka , during one of her voyages , " Brule " was ordered to prepare for assignment to the target fleet for Operation Crossroads , the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll . She completed her run from Yokosuka to Pearl Harbor and then commenced preparation for the operation . " Brule " survived the atomic bomb tests at Bikini and following the test period was decommissioned and maintained for radiological and structural studies . She was destroyed by sinking 11 May 1948 .
Burgtor The Burgtor , built 1444 in late Gothic style , was the northern city gate of Hanseatic Lübeck , now in Germany . It is one of two towered gates remaining from the medieval fortifications , the other being the more famous Holstentor . The Baroque helmet - like roof was added in 1685 .
HMS Guadeloupe ( 1763 ) HMS " Guadeloupe " was a 28 - gun sixth - rate " Coventry " - class frigate of the Royal Navy . The ship was designed by Sir Thomas Slade , and was initially contracted to be built with the Pembrokeshire shipwright John Williams of Neyland ; however he became bankrupt , and the order was transferred to the Plymouth Naval Dockyard . She served during the American War of Independence , and was scuttled in the York River , Virginia on 10 October 1781 to prevent the French capturing her . The French subsequently salvaged and commissioned her . She served until being deleted from their navy lists at Rochefort in 1786 .
USS Cherokee ( 1859 ) The USS " Cherokee " was a 606 ton screw steam " gunboat " in the US Navy during the American Civil War ship . The ship later served in the Chilean Navy . Captured blockade runner . The ship was built in 1859 at Renfrew , Scotland , for commercial employment . Under the name " Thistle " she was used as a blockade runner and in late January 1863 successfully ran through the Federal blockade into Charleston , South Carolina , a favorite port for blockade runners at the time . She ran aground while attempting to leave port a month later . The ship was salvaged , sold to another owner and renamed " Cherokee " . On 8 May 1863 , she again attempted to an outbound passage , but was captured by . Prior to delivery to the Boston Prize Court on 7 July , she was used in the search for the Confederate raider CSS Tacony . US Navy Service . After condemnation , Cherokee was purchased by the Government , outfitted at Boston Navy Yard , and commissioned 21 April 1864 , Acting Volunteer Lieutenant J . F . Nickels in command . " Cherokee " sailed from Boston 11 May 1864 , bound for duty off the coast of North Carolina with the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron . In addition to contributing to Union victory by cutting the Confederacy off from overseas sources of supply , this squadron repeatedly bombarded coastal defenses , and cooperated with the Army in amphibious expeditions up the many bays , inlets , and rivers of the serrated coast . " Cherokee ' s " operations included the capture of blockade runner Emma Henry 8 December 1864 , and bombardments at Fort Fisher , North Carolina in December and January 1865 . She participated in the two assaults that finally captured Fort Fisher , thus closing the port of Wilmington , N . C . , to blockade - running . On 30 January she was ordered close inshore at New Inlet to reconnoiter the Half Moon Battery , where she discovered a large party of Confederates approaching the fortifications recently secured by Union troops . " Cherokee " threw heavy fire ashore , which drove the Confederates away after three determined rushes at the Union lines . In February 1865 , " Cherokee " joined the East Gulf Blockading Squadron , and patrolled against blockade runners between Key West and Havana until the close of the war . " Cherokee " was sent north after the conclusion of the Civil War and was decommissioned at Boston 23 June 1865 , and sold there 1 August 1865 . Chilean Navy . In 1866 " Cherokee " returned to civilian trades . In 1868 the steamer was sold to the Chilean Government . She served Chile ' s Navy for a decade under the name Ancud and spent another decade as a merchant vessel . The former Cherokee sunk off Chiloé Island , Chile , on 25 August 1889 .
Thomas Henry Sage Thomas Henry Sage VC ( 8 December 1882 – 20 July 1945 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . He was 34 years old , and a private in the 8th Battalion , The Somerset Light Infantry ( Prince Albert ' s ) , British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 4 October 1917 at Tower Hamlets Spur , east of Ypres , Belgium , Private Sage was in a shell - hole with eight other men , one of whom was shot while throwing a bomb which fell back into the shell - hole . Private Sage , with great presence of mind , immediately threw himself on it , and so saved the lives of several of his comrades , although he himself was severely wounded .
John J . Tolson John J . Tolson III was a Lieutenant General in the United States Army . During the Vietnam War , he helped implement the airmobile concept use of helicopters in combat with the 1st Cavalry Division ( Airmobile ) . His division played crucial roles during the Tet Offensive at Hue and Quang Tri in January 1968 , in the relief of the Marine Khe Sanh Combat Base in March 1968 , as well as the massive air assault into the A Shau Valley in April 1968 .
Battle of Texel ( 1694 ) The Battle of Texel was a sea battle fought during the Nine Years ' War on 29 June 1694 , when a force of 7 French ships , under Jean Bart , recaptured a French convoy , which had earlier that month been taken by the Dutch , and captured 3 ships of the 8 - ship escorting force under Hidde de Vries . De Vries was captured by the French , but shortly after died of wounds . Context . In 1692 and 1693 there were massive harvest failures in France , leading to acute famine and epidemics . From 1693 to 1694 over 2 million people died . < br > Therefore France needed to import large quantities of grain from neutral countries like Poland , Sweden and Denmark . On May 29 , 1694 , Jean Bart was instructed to sail to Norway , to escort a huge fleet of 120 ships full of grain to France . The convoy didn ' t wait for the arrival of Bart ' s squadron and left under the protection of 3 neutral warships ( 2 Danish and one Swedish ) . The battle . The convoy was immediately captured by the Dutch without a shot being fired . Jean Bart searched for the convoy and found it on June 29 at 3 : 00 a . m . before the Dutch island of Texel . Despite having fewer guns than the Dutch , at 5 : 00 a . m . Jean Bart attacked the Dutch flagship of Hidde de Vries . After a fierce battle which lasted only half an hour , the " Prins Friso " was captured , with Hidde Sjoerds de Vries severely wounded and taken prisoner . Two other Dutch ships were also taken , with the remaining five fleeing to their harbor . The Dutch losses amounted to 100 killed , 129 wounded and 455 prisoners . Jean Bart repaired the damage to his ships and took the convoy to Dunkirk , where it arrived on July 3 , received by an enormous crowd celebrating their hero . On July 5 , Jean Bart , his son François Cornil and his brother - in - law were invited to Versailles and congratulated by King Louis XIV in person . Jean Bart was raised into the nobility on August 4 , 1694 . Hidde Sjoerds de Vries died of his wounds on July 1 , 1694 . References . Haws , Duncan ; Hurst , Alexander Anthony ( 1985 ) . The Maritime History of the World : A Chronological Survey of Maritime Events from 5 , 000 B . C . Until the Present Day , Supplemented by Commentaries . Brighton , Sussex : Teredo Books . ISBN 978 - 0 - 903662 - 10 - 9 .
Lance naik Lance naik ( L / Nk ) is the equivalent rank to lance corporal in the Pakistan , Bangladesh and Indian Armies and before 1947 , in the British Indian Army , ranking below naik . In cavalry units the equivalent is acting lance daffadar . Like British lance corporals , each wears a single rank chevron .
Thomas Alderson Thomas Hopper Alderson GC ( 15 September 1903 – 28 October 1965 ) was the first person to be directly awarded the George Cross shortly after its creation in 1940 . He was an Air Raid Precautions ( ARP ) warden in Bridlington . He was fifth of six children . He went first to his local village school and then continued his schooling at Elwick Road senior boys ' school , West Hartlepool , becoming Head Boy . During World War I he witnessed the bombardment of West Hartlepool by the German High Seas Fleet on 16 December 1914 . After leaving school at 15 he first worked as an office boy and a draughtsman , and then undertook an engineering apprentice ship . He joined the Merchant Navy , becoming a first engineer . Following the birth of his daughter in 1935 he became an engineer for West Hartlepool council . He moved to Bridlington in 1938 as works supervisor for the Corporation . Local authorities were responsible for air raid precautions and trained their own workforces in rescue work . Alderson attended an anti - gas school at Easingwold , near York , and became an instructor in the subject . He worked as part - time Air Raid Warden , leading a detachment of rescue and demolition parties in Bridlington . The coastal town was soon attacked by Luftwaffe bombers , and residential areas were hit . On three occasions in August 1940 he led rescue teams and entered dangerous buildings to rescue trapped civilians . He was the first person to receive the newly instituted George Cross from the King , and in a radio broadcast of the time insisted that his award was for all the rescue parties in Bridlington . This interview can be heard in full on " The Blitz " , an audiobook CD of wartime recordings . In 1946 he joined the East Riding of Yorkshire County Council workforce as an assistant highways surveyor . He then joined the new Civil Defence Corps , this time to protect the civilian population from nuclear warfare , rather than conventional bombs . On 28 October 1965 he died of lung cancer in Northfield hospital at Driffield , Yorkshire . His George Cross is on display at the Imperial War Museum where it can be seen with a medal from the RSPCA , awarded later in the war for rescuing two horses from a burning stable . Citation . The " London Gazette " citation appeared in a supplement to the issue of 27 September 1940 , dated 30 September 1940 :