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8th Battalion , Ulster Defence Regiment The 8th ( County Tyrone ) Battalion , Ulster Defence Regiment was formed on 1 December 1971 using companies , based in the east of the county , of the 6th Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment . It was , along with the rest of the regiment , subsumed into the Royal Irish Rangers in 1992 to form the Royal Irish Regiment . History . Battalion HQ was based at Killymeal House , Dungannon , which was also home for the Commanding Officer and his family . The operations room was located in the stables . 5 companies were dispersed between Killymeal House and the rest of the battalion area . The first Commanding Officer was Lieutenant Colonel John Blackwell of the Royal Tank Regiment . On 7 November 1974 a gunman hijacked a van with its driver . A 500 lb bomb was placed in the van and the driver ordered to take it to the local UDR base , which was J Company , 8 UDR . This was known in the terminology of the time as a Proxy bomb . The base was prepared for such an attack , as were most bases . When the van arrived at their base , a sergeant from J Company grabbed his SMG and forced the van driver to put his vehicle into what was known as a " Critpit " ( named after its originator , Colonel I . R . Critchley , ( Black Watch ) , deputy commander of 3 Infantry Brigade . The Critpit was a deep pit , large enough to hold a lorry , and lined with sandbags . The bomb exploded less than an hour later but the only damage done was a few shattered windows in the base and surrounding area . Casualties . The first soldier from the new battalion was killed on 7 December 1971 . Lance Corporal Dennis Wilson , aged 31 J Company ) had taken to his bed at home with a cold . At 10 . 30pm three armed men forced entry to his farmhouse near Caledon , County Tyrone , 300 yards from the border with the Republic of Ireland . One of them held his family at gunpoint in a downstairs room whilst the other two went upstairs and killed him .
50 Squadron SAAF 50 Squadron SAAF was a South African Air Force squadron during World War II . History . 50 Squadron was formed on 1 December 1939 by amalgamating the SAAF ' s 17 , 18 and 19 Squadrons . During the East African Campaign 50 Squadron operated a ' shuttle service ' between the warzone in East Africa and South Africa as part of 1 Bomber Transport Brigade . The Brigade was re - designated 5 Wing in February 1941 , and continued to fly ' shuttle service ' flights between the Mediterranean and South Africa until after the war . The squadron operated Junkers F . 13FE , Ju - 86Z / K - 1 and Ju52 / 3M aircraft which had been requisitioned from the South African Airways at the outbreak of war . The eleven Ju52 ' s were assigned to 51 Flight , operating a shuttle service from Nairobi to Egypt , Middle East and South Africa .
Brian Spillett Brian Spillett GC ( 1937 - 16 January 1965 ) was posthumously awarded the George Cross , the highest British ( and Commonwealth ) award for bravery out of combat . Mr Spillet died of burns he received while trying to save a neighbour in Lodge Crescent , Waltham Cross , Hertfordshire . He was a Territorial Army Lance - Bombardier in P Battery , 289 Parachute Light Regiment , Royal Horse Artillery and in civilian life worked as a fitter . His George Cross was announced in a supplement to the London Gazette of 25 June 1965 , and dated 29 June 1965 . The London Gazette citation describes how Spillett became aware that there was a fire at a neighbouring house where three generations of a family lived . Spillett arrived , still only partly dressed , to learn that the father of the family was still in the house . The whole house was already well alight , but he went in despite being held back by other neighbours . He managed to fight his way upstairs but was unable to get through to the trapped man . He himself became trapped and had to escape the flames by jumping from a first floor window . Once the fire was over , he was found in the garden , badly burned and with other serious injuries . He was taken to hospital but died a week later .
William Cottnam Tonge William Cottnam Tonge ( April 29 , 1764 – August 6 , 1832 ) was a judge and political figure in Nova Scotia . He represented Hants County from 1793 to 1799 and from 1806 to 1811 and Newport township from 1799 to 1806 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly . He was born in Windsor , Nova Scotia , the son of Winckworth Tonge and Martha Grace Cottnam . He was trained as an attorney and served as deputy to his father , Nova Scotia ' s naval officer ; he succeeded his father in that post in 1792 . Tonge also was named a justice of the peace and served as judge in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for Hants County . In 1793 , he married Elizabeth Bonnell . Tonge suffered financial losses and was forced to sell much of the family property . Although he was able to secure some military contracts , his attempts to improve his finances through patronage were blocked by the lieutenant governor John Wentworth . In 1799 , Tonge was elected in a Halifax County seat as well as in Hants County ; his election was overturned because he held no property there and Michael Wallace , a supporter of Wentworth , was declared elected . Tonge became the centre of a dispute between the lieutenant governor and the assembly over control of expenditures in the province in the legislative session that followed . In 1805 , he became speaker following the resignation of Richard John Uniacke from that post . In 1806 , Wentworth dismissed Tonge from his post as provincial naval officer . Tonge ' s attempts to have himself reinstated were unsuccessful . However , the conflicts between Wentworth and the assembly led to the lieutenant governor being replaced in 1808 . Later that year , George Prevost , the new lieutenant governor , named Tonge deputy commissary general for a military expedition to the West Indies . He later settled in Georgetown , Guyana , where he died at the age of 68 . His daughter Grizelda Elizabeth Cottnam Tonge became a well - known local poet of the time .
USS St . George ( AV - 16 ) USS " St . George " ( AV - 16 ) was a in the United States Navy . " St . George " was laid down on 4 August 1943 by the Seattle - Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation , Tacoma , Washington , launched on 14 February 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . Alfred E . Montgomery ; and commissioned on 24 July 1944 , Capt . Robert G . Armstrong in command . World War II Pacific Theatre operations . After shakedown , " St . George " sailed from San Pedro , California , on 12 October 1944 to salvage a seaplane which had crashed at sea . She was diverted to Pearl Harbor after word was received that the plane had sunk . After four days in Pearl Harbor , the ship sailed on 22 October to tend seaplanes in support of the Central $ 3 drive . She stopped at Kwajalein between 29 October and 3 November , and then tended a squadron of aircraft at Eniwetok between 4 and 25 November . She moved frequently during the next four months , tending planes at Saipan between 28 November and 21 December ; at Kossol Passage , Palau Islands , from 24 December 1944 to 6 February 1945 , at Ulithi between 7 and 25 February , and at Saipan again from 27 February to 23 March . On 28 March , she arrived at Kerama Retto , Ryukyus , to support aircraft in the Okinawa operation . Under attack by Japanese aircraft . During one of the frequent air raids there the ship ' s gunners shot down an enemy plane on 29 April . A week later , she was hit by a kamikaze . Thanks to a warning from Louis ( Jack ) Norvelle Tickle , an airplane mechanic who had been on deck at the time and was able to spot the Japanese before they hit , only three men were killed . Unfortunately , her seaplane crane was destroyed . Nevertheless , the tender remained on station , using a barge crane to lift seaplanes for repairs ; and , in addition , provided repair support to destroyers and destroyer escorts . Post - War operations . She left Kerama Retto on 12 July for drydocking and repairs at Guam , returning on 21 August to Okinawa , where she rode out a typhoon on 16 and 17 September . On 20 September , the seaplane tender sailed to Wakayama Wan , Japan , where her aircraft provided surveillance of the Japan ese Inland Sea and supplied passenger , mail , and courier service between Tokyo , Sasebo , and Okinawa . While there , she rode out two more typhoons . The ship proceeded to Sasebo on 14 November and tended aircraft there from 16 November until starting home on 12 February 1946 . Post - War decommissioning . She arrived at San Diego , California , on 25 March 1946 and was decommissioned and placed in reserve there on 1 August 1946 . USS " St . George " was struck from the Navy list on 1 July 1963 and simultaneously transferred to the Maritime Administration ' s reserve fleet at Suisun Bay , California . She was reacquired by the U . S Navy on 11 December 1968 for sale to Italy as " Andrea Bafile " . Awards . USS " St . George " received one battle star for her World War II service .
Pork mutiny The Pork mutiny ( ) was an incident in Northern Finland in 1922 . On February 2 a group of armed Red Guard members crossed the Finnish - Soviet border near Kuolajärvi and Savukoski . They advanced to a logging yard owned by Kemijoki Oy . They arrested the heads of the yard and confiscated the cashbox . The incident derives its name from the fact that the leader of the Red Guardists , Frans Myyryläinen , stood on a crate that had formerly contained pork when he delivered his speech called the ' Declaration of Battle of the Red Guerrilla Battalion of the North ' . After the speech , some 300 workers joined the battalion and were armed and given money . The Battalion then made its way back to the border . On its way , it robbed a group of border guards and other workplaces . On February 7 , the battalion , by that time about 240 men , crossed the border back to the Soviet Union . Information of the incident was received at Rovaniemi only on February 5 , and the battalion managed to slip away before a group of the White Guard arrived . See also . Source : O Jussila , S Hentilä and J Nevakivi , " From Grand Duchy to Modern State : A Political History of Finland since 1809 " ( Hurst & Co , London , 1999 ) p . 140
Leap Castle Leap Castle is a castle in County Offaly , Ireland , about four miles north of the town of Roscrea on the R421 . There are varied accounts as to when exactly the main tower / keep was constructed ; ranging anywhere from the 13th century to the late 15th century , but most likely around 1250 AD . It was built by the O ' Bannon clan and was originally called " Léim Uí Bhanáin " ( as was the fertile land around the castle which was associated with the Bannon clan ) , or " Leap of the O ' Bannons " . The O ' Bannons were the " secondary chieftains " of the territory , and were subject to the ruling O ' Carroll clan . There is evidence that it was constructed on the same site as another ancient stone structure perhaps ceremonial in nature , and that that area has been occupied consistently since at least the Iron Age ( 500 BC ) and possibly since Neolithic times . The Annals of the Four Masters record that the Earl of Kildare , Gerald FitzGerald , tried unsuccessfully to seize the castle in 1513 . Three years later , he attacked the castle again and managed to partially demolish it . However , by 1557 the O ' Carrolls had regained possession . Following the death of Mulrooney O ' Carroll in 1532 , family struggles plagued the O ' Carroll clan . A fierce rivalry for the leadership erupted within the family . The bitter fight for power turned brother against brother . One of the brothers was a priest . The O ' Carroll priest was holding mass for a group of his family ( in what is now called the " Bloody Chapel " ) . While he was chanting the holy rites , his rival brother burst into the chapel , plunged his sword into his brother and fatally wounded him . The butchered priest fell across the altar and died in front of his family . In 1659 , the castle passed by marriage into the ownership of the Darby family , notable members of which included Vice - Admiral George Darby , Admiral Sir Henry D ' Esterre Darby and John Nelson Darby . The central keep was later expanded with significant extensions . However in order to pay for these extensions , rents were raised and much of the land accompanying the castle was sold . This is one theorised motivation for the burning of the castle during the Irish Civil War in 1922 . In 1974 the castle was bought by Australian historian Peter Bartlett whose mother had been a Banon . Peter , together with builder Joe Sullivan , did extensive restoration work on the castle up to the time of Peter ' s death in 1989 . Peter ' s biographical materials , including Leap Castle restoration details , are in the National Library of Australia . Source http : / / catalogue . nla . gov . au / Record / 1808770 . Since 1991 , the castle has been privately owned by Seán Ryan , who is undertaking restoration work . This castle was featured on the cover of several editions of the novel The Riders by the Australian author Tim Winton . Haunting . Legend has Leap Castle haunted by a supernatural entity known as an Elemental . The alleged entity is known as " It " . It has been visited by paranormal investigators from Living TV ' s " Most Haunted " in its first season .
Battle of Kondoa Irangi The Battle of Kondoa Irangi was a battle of the East African Campaign of World War I . Following successes at the battles of Latema Nek and Kahe , Entente forces under the overall command of General Jan Smuts continued their advance southwards into German East Africa . By April 17 , 1916 , General Van Deventer ' s 2nd Division had reached the vicinity of the town of Kondoa Irangi - where they made contact with a unit of German Schutztruppe . The 2nd Division succeeded in pushing the enemy back , and captured the town on April 19 . Entente casualties were minimal , whilst 20 Askari and 4 Germans were killed and 30 Askaris captured . Also found were 80 modern rifles with ammunition and a large herd of cattle . Despite low casualties , Van Deventer told the high command that the 2nd Division was exhausted and would be unable to continue the advance for some time . During its advance from Moshi , the division had lost more than 2 , 000 horses , mostly due to the Tsetse fly . Smuts then ordered van Deventer to consolidate his position at Kondoa Irangi , and reinforcements were brought up to aid this process . During this period , the rainy season began . This caused huge supply problems for the Entente force , as railway bridges were washed away by swollen rivers and roads became impassable . The 2nd Division was completely cut off , and was forced to scavenge for supplies around Kondoa . The result was a fall in health and morale . The German Attack . While Van Deventer was stuck in Kondoa , German commander Paul von Lettow - Vorbeck used the delay to hurriedly reinforce his positions around the town - bringing a large proportion of his total force in from Tjsambara . By early May , around 4 , 000 German troops had reached the area . The 2nd Division had by this point been weakened by illness and malnutrition and was reduced to just 3 , 000 men at Kondoa Irangi . The enemy assault began on May 7 , as Lettow - Vorbeck ' s companies advanced to within 6 miles of Kondoa . Van Deventer withdrew his outlying positions and prepared to defend the centre of the town itself . On May 9 the German attack commenced once again , starting with an assault on the south - east of the town which began at 7 : 30 pm . Four separate waves attacked , but all were repulsed with casualties by the 12 South African Regiment . In some places Germans reached the trenches themselves before being forced back by machine gun fire . The attack stopped in the early hours of May 10 , having failed to dislodge Van Deventer from the town . After the battle , Lettow - Vorbeck continued to occupy positions to the south of Kondoa for two months , launching sporadic raids on Van Deventer ' s supply columns and communications , and shelling Kondoa with artillery - including two heavy guns salvaged from SMS " Königsberg " . Van Deventer was unable to attempt an advance due to a lack of horses and the exhaustion of his whole division . General Smuts sent three further South African Regiments - the 10th , 7th and 8th , to secure the position . These men arrived on May 23 .
War Order No . 154 War Order No . 154 was issued during World War II at the end of November or the beginning of December 1939 . It was the first explicit instruction by the German Navy ( German : " Kriegsmarine " ) to use the tactics of unrestricted submarine warfare . The order . The order was as follows : Article 22 . The German Navy started World War II with Prize Rules which complied with Article 22 of the First London Naval Treaty . The Third Reich was indirectly bound to the Second London Naval Treaty of 1936 by the 1935 Anglo - German Naval Agreement and the Second London Naval Treaty affirmed that Article 22 of the 1930 treaty remained in force , and that " all other Powers [ were invited ] to express their assent to the rules embodied in this Article . " In general , Article 22 stated that merchant vessels which did not demonstrate " persistent refusal to stop " or " active resistance " could not be sunk without the ship ' s crew and passengers being first delivered to a " place of safety . " The ship ' s lifeboats were not a place of safety , unless other shipping or land was close at hand . On the very first day of the war , SS " Athenia " was sunk by U - boat " U - 30 " . Mistaking the " Athenia " for an " armed merchantman , " no opportunity was provided to the ship ' s crew or passengers to be first delivered to a " place of safety . " However , in the weeks that followed , as was laid out in the transcript of Dönitz ' s Nuremberg Trial , both the British and the Germans issued orders to their respective fleets which quickly made any initial compliance with Article 22 less and less possible . Nuremberg trial . War Order No . 154 , along with the " Laconia Order " of 1942 , were introduced by the prosecution at the post - war Nuremberg Trial of Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz . In the judgment it was found that by issuing these two orders , he caused Germany to be in breach of the Second London Naval Treaty of 1936 . However , as evidence of similar conduct by the Allies was presented at his trial , his sentence was not assessed on the grounds of this breach of international law .
USS Tacony ( SP - 5 ) The second USS " Tacony " ( SP - 5 ) was an armed yacht that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1918 . " Tacony " was built as the private wooden - hulled steam yacht " Sybilla II " in 1911 by the Mathis Yacht Building Company at Camden , New Jersey , for John F . Botz , III , of Essington , Pennsylvania . In 1917 , the U . S . Navy acquired her from her then - owner , Jacob S . Disston of the Tacony section of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , on a free lease for service in World War I and commissioned her as USS " Tacony " ( SP - 5 ) on 24 May 1917 . " Tacony " was assigned patrol duty in the 4th Naval District through the end of World War I . On 29 November 1918 , " Tacony " was returned to her owner .
Battle of Kōnodai ( 1564 ) In the second battle of Kōnodai , fought in 1564 , Hōjō Ujiyasu led his men to victory against Satomi Yoshihiro . Both Ujiyasu and Yoshihiro were the sons of the commanders at the first battle of Kōnodai , in which Hōjō Ujitsuna defeated the combined forces of Satomi Yoshitaka and Ashikaga Yoshiaki . Outnumbered 20 , 000 to 8 , 000 , Satomi fell back when the Hōjō vanguard advanced . But this was a feint , and an attempt to draw his enemy into a trap . However , Hōjō Ujiyasu expected a trap of this sort , and had sent his son Ujimasa with a small force to attack the Satomi rear , surrounding him . In the ensuing battle , Satomi saw his son Chokuro killed by Matsuda Yasuyoshi , a Hōjō retainer ; after the battle , feeling remorse at killing such a young boy , Matsuda entered the clergy . Hōjō Ujiyasu celebrated his victory with a poem :
193rd ( 2nd Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders ) Brigade The 193rd ( 2nd Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders ) Brigade was a formation of the British Army during the First World War . It was raised as a second line brigade , part of the 64th ( 2nd Highland ) Division , from those men in the Territorial Force who had not agreed to serve overseas . The second line infantry battalions had a minimum strength of 600 men .
Guy Laroche ( general ) J . R . M . G . ( Guy ) Laroche is a Brigadier - General in the Canadian Forces . Laroche enlisted in the Canadian Forces in 1979 . By 1980 he had completed his training as an infantry officer and was posted to the Royal 22 Régiment at CFB Valcartier , near Quebec City . Laroche is a graduate of Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College , Kingston , Ontario ; the Canadian Forces Staff College in Toronto , Ontario ; and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces , Washington , DC . Guy also holds a BA in Business Administration from the Université du Québec and a M . Sc . from the National Defence University , Washington , DC . Throughout his career , Laroche served with three battalions of the Royal 22 Régiment in a variety of positions and commanded the 1st Battalion . Laroche also served as a Squad Commander while attending the Royal Military College , in Ottawa as a Staff Officer for the Directorate of Land Information Resources ( DLIR ) in NDHQ , in Kingston , Ontario where he took a position with the Directing Staff at the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College , and in Valcartier as Base Personnel Services Officer and G3 of 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group . Laroche served on two occasions under the auspices of the United Nations in Cyprus ( 1981 and 1992 ) . He also served in Bosnia - Herzegovina twice ( 1997 and 1999 ) as Battle Group Commander and as Chief of Staff of the 5th Canadian Multinational Brigade . Finally , he served as a commander during the 1990 Native American crisis in Kahnawake , Canada . Laroche was promoted to the rank of Colonel in July 2004 , when he assumed the duties of J3 International at NDHQ . Following the changes in the Army transformation , Laroche was appointed J3 of Canadian Expeditionary Force Command . In July 2006 , he was chosen to be the Commander of the 5th Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group . As soon as he was promoted to his current rank of Brigadier - General in 30 March 2006 he was given the job of being Commander of Joint Task Force Afghanistan rotation four . In the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake Brigadier - General Laroche was appointed the commander of a 2000 - strong Canadian military assistance force . For his outstanding performance , he was awarded a second Meritorious Service Cross in October 2010 .