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154th Tennessee Infantry Regiment The 154th Regiment , Tennessee Infantry was an infantry regiment from Tennessee that served with the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War . Notable battles that it fought in include Shiloh and Chickamauga . The 154th Tennessee Regiment was a pre - war organization . Raised in 1842 , it was first organized as a Tennessee Militia Regiment and was assigned the Tennessee number 154 . It retained that designation when the old militia system was abandoned by Tennessee in 1859 and the regiment became a social organization by taking out a charter of incorporation on March 22 , 1860 . When war was declared little more than a year later , the 154th reorganized in Randolph , Shelby County and sought to retain its old number 154 . As it was known as the " oldest of the old " , it received permission to add the appellation " Senior " to its regimental number to indicate it predated regiments with lower numbers . The 154th ( Senior ) Tennessee Infantry served with distinction in the Army of Tennessee , taking part in the battles of Shiloh , Chickamauga , Resaca , Spring Hill and Nashville among others . The 154th surrendered at Greensboro , North Carolina , on May 2 , 1865 . 154th Senior Tennessee Infantry Company K inc was organized in the late 1970s in Northwest Indiana and Northern Illinois . One of the founding members and the first Captain was Nick Medich . Many members of the 154th today have been members from the earliest days of the company . The 154th is one of the premier reenactng groups in the Midwest . References . 154th Tennessee Infantry reenacting group
HMS Ajax ( 1767 ) HMS " Ajax " was a 74 - gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , launched on 23 December 1767 at Portsmouth Dockyard . She was designed by William Bateley , and was the only ship built to her draught . She saw extensive action in the War of American Independence , taking part in the Battles of Cape St . Vincent , the Chesapeake , St . Kitts and the Saintes . She was sold in 1785 .
Jhanda Singh Dhillon Maharaja Jhanda Singh Dhillon ( died 1774 ) was a famous royal Sikh warrior of the late 18th century . Moreover , he was Maharaja of Amritsar , Lahore , Multan , Chiniot , Jhang , Bhera , Rawalpindi , Hasan Abdal , Sialkot and Gujrat . Under Jhanda Singh ' s leadership and statesmanship he increased the army ' s strength by 40 % from 12000 to 20000 regular horsemen and accompanied by a huge increase in territory . Under his leadership the Dhillon family became the dominant de facto ruling power of Punjab . His father was the legendary Hari Singh Dhillon , one of the most powerful , admired and famous of all the Sikh warriors of the time . He also had a famous warrior brother Ganda Singh Dhillon . Jhanda Singh appointed his younger brother Ganda Singh as the commander in chief of the forces . Jassa Singh Ramgarhia was one of the closest friends of Jhanda Singh .
William Compton , 4th Marquess of Northampton Admiral William Compton , 4th Marquess of Northampton , KG ( 20 August 1818 – 11 September 1897 ) , known as Lord William Compton from 1828 to 1877 , was a British peer and naval commander . Northampton was born at York Place , Marylebone , London , the second son of Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton , 2nd Marquess of Northampton , and his wife Margaret ( née Douglas - Maclean - Clephane ) . He entered in the Royal Navy in 1831 , served during the First Opium War with China ( 1839 – 42 ) , and retired from the active list in 1856 as Captain . He was subsequently promoted Rear Admiral in 1869 , and Admiral in 1888 on the retired list . In 1877 he succeeded his elder brother in the marquessate and entered the House of Lords . Northampton was honoured in 1885 when he was made a Knight of the Garter . He assumed in 1851 by Royal license the additional surname of Maclean and in 1878 upon succeeding to the titles that of Douglas . Lord Northampton married Eliza , daughter of Admiral the Hon . Sir George Elliot , in 1844 . She died in 1877 . Together they had five daughters and three sons . Their eldest daughter , Katrine , married Francis Cowper , 7th Earl Cowper . Their eldest son Charles John Spencer Compton , Earl Compton , died in 1887 , without heirs . Lord Northampton survived his wife by twenty years and died in September 1897 , aged 78 . He was succeeded in his titles by his second son William .
4th Guards Infantry Division ( German Empire ) The 4th Guards Infantry Division ( " 4 . Garde - Infanterie - Division " ) was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I . The division was formed on May 18 , 1915 . It was part of a wave of new infantry divisions formed in the spring of 1915 . The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I . It was a division of the Prussian Guards and hence recruited from all over the Kingdom of Prussia . The division was formed primarily from the excess infantry regiments of regular infantry divisions which were being triangularized . The division ' s 5th Guards Infantry Brigade was transferred from the 3rd Guards Infantry Division , and came to the division with the 5th Foot Guards and the 5th Guard Grenadiers . The 93rd Reserve Infantry Regiment came from the 1st Guards Reserve Division . Combat chronicle . After formation , the division entered the line north of Przasnysz , where it remained until July 1915 . It then participated in the Gorlice - Tarnów Offensive , breaking through at Przasnysz and fighting in the follow - on battles to the lower Narew and then to the upper Narew . Continuing the offensive , it crossed the Neman River in September 1915 and fought in the Battle of Vilnius . The division then went into reserve and was transferred to the Western Front . It arrived in the trenchlines in Flanders and the Artois in October and remained there until the end of the year . After four months in reserve , it returned to the line in Flanders and the Artois in April 1916 . It fought in the Battle of the Somme until November 1916 , and then remained in the line on the Somme until March 1917 . The division then fought in the Battle of Arras and remained in the line in Flanders and the Artois until September 1917 , when it entered the Battle of Passchendaele . In 1918 , it participated in the German Spring Offensive , fighting in the First Battle of the Somme ( 1918 ) , also known as the Second Battle of the Somme ( to distinguish it from the 1916 battle ) . It remained in the line until July , when it went to a quieter sector in Lorraine to rest . In late July and August , it fought in the Second Battle of the Marne . It remained in the line until the end of the war . Allied intelligence rated the division as a first class fighting division . Order of battle on formation . The 4th Guards Infantry Division was formed as a triangular division . The order of battle of the division on May 19 , 1915 was as follows : Late - war order of battle . The division underwent relatively few organizational changes over the course of the war . Cavalry was reduced , artillery and signals commands were formed , and combat engineer support was expanded to a full pioneer battalion . The order of battle on March 8 , 1918 was as follows :
157th Ohio Infantry The 157th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 157th OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 157th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus , Ohio and mustered in May 15 , 1864 for 100 days service under the command of Colonel George Wythe McCook . The regiment left Ohio for Baltimore , Maryland , May 17 and was assigned to Tyler ' s Command , VIII Corps . Duty in the defenses of Baltimore and at Fort Delaware guarding Confederate prisoners until September . The 157th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service September 2 , 1864 at Camp Chase . Ohio National Guard . Over 35 , 000 Ohio National Guardsmen were federalized and organized into regiments for 100 days service in May 1864 . Shipped to the Eastern Theater , they were designed to be placed in " safe " rear areas to protect railroads and supply points , thereby freeing regular troops for Lt . Gen . Ulysses S . Grant ’ s push on the Confederate capital of Richmond , Virginia . As events transpired , many units found themselves in combat , stationed in the path of Confederate Gen . Jubal Early ’ s veteran Army of the Valley during its famed Valley Campaigns of 1864 . Ohio Guard units met the battle - tested foe head on and helped blunt the Confederate offensive thereby saving Washington , D . C . from capture . Ohio National Guard units participated in the battles of Monacacy , Fort Stevens , Harpers Ferry , and in the siege of Petersburg . Casualties . The regiment lost 10 enlisted men during service , all due to disease .
Walther Krause Walther Krause ( 31 December 1890 – 25 October 1960 ) was a highly decorated Generalleutnant 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 . Walther Krause was captured by American troops in May 1945 and was held until June 1947 .
USCGC Reliance ( WMEC - 615 ) USCGC " Reliance " ( WMEC - 615 ) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter . She is the first of the 210 ' Medium Endurance Cutter Fleet and the fourth Revenue Cutter / Coast Guard Cutter to bear the name Reliance . Constructed by Todd Shipyards in Houston , Texas and commissioned in 1964 , she was originally homeported in Corpus Christi , Texas . Her duties included offshore oil rig inspections , fisheries , counter drug , alien migrant interdiction and marine pollution patrols and of course , Search and Rescue . " Reliance " has been homeported in Yorktown , Virginia , Port Canaveral , Florida and New Castle , New Hampshire . She is currently stationed at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery , Maine .
USS Portland ( LPD - 27 ) USS " Portland " ( LPD - 27 ) , will be the 11th " San Antonio " - class amphibious transport dock ship of the United States Navy , and will be named in honor of the city of Portland , Oregon . " Portland " keel was laid down on 2 August 2013 , at the Ingalls Shipbuilding yard in Pascagoula , Mississippi . The ship ' s sponsor is Bonnie Amos , wife of U . S . Marine Corps Commandant Gen . James Amos .
Battle of Dobrynichi The Battle of Dobrynichi took place on 21 January 1605 between the armies of False Dmitriy I and Fyodor Mstislavsky near the village of Dobrynichi ( today ' s Bryansk Oblast in Russia ) . Prelude . Fyodor Mstislavsky commanded an army of some 20 , 000 soldiers , while False Dmitriy I had some 23 , 000 men at his disposal . The impostor found out that Boris Godunov ' s army had been deployed near a small village of Dobrynichi and made a decision to attack it at once , first sending his men to set the village on fire . The Russian patrol , however , was able to capture the incendiaries and warn the rest of the army of the oncoming enemy forces , thus , giving the Russian army some time to prepare for the battle . The battle . False Dmitriy I attacked the Russian regiment on watch with his main forces ( consisting of Polish choragiew s and Russian cavalry ) and threw it back to Dobrynichi . His plan was to force the right flank of the Russian army to retreat beyond the Sev River . Fyodor Mstislavsky ordered his right flank ( consisting of German and Dutch mercenaries and Russian cavalry ) to assume the offensive in order to stop and overrun the enemy . The impostor ’ s cavalry was able to press the mercenaries and throw back the Russian cavalry . Then , he attacked the center of Mstislavsky ’ s army , namely the Streltsy , who had been dislocated in Dobrynichi . The latter met Dmitriy ’ s cavalry with gunfire from harquebus es and cannon s and put them to flight . At the sight of the fleeing cavalry , unmounted Zaporozhian Cossacks on the right flank of Dmitriy ’ s army decided that the battle had been lost and followed suit . The Russian cavalry decided to counter - attack the fleeing enemy horsemen and foot soldiers and crushed them completely . Dmitriy ’ s reserve , consisting of an unmounted unit of the Don Cossacks and artillery , was surrounded and almost utterly destroyed . The Russian army chased the remains of the impostor ’ s forces for 8 km , but he managed to retreat to Rylsk .
V Corps ( Ottoman Empire ) The V Corps of the Ottoman Empire ( Turkish : " 5 nci Kolordu " " or " " Beşinci Kolordu " ) was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army . It was formed in the early 20th century during Ottoman military reforms . Formation . Order of Battle , 1911 . With further reorganizations of the Ottoman Army , to include the creation of corps level headquarters , by 1911 the V Corps was headquartered in Salonika . The Corps before the First Balkan War in 1911 was structured as such : Balkan Wars . Order of Battle , October 19 , 1912 . On October 19 , 1912 , the corps was structured as follows : Order of Battle , November 12 , 1912 . On November 12 , 1912 , the corps was structured as follows : Order of Battle , November 16 , 1912 . On November 16 , 1912 , the corps was structured as follows : World War I . Order of Battle , August 1914 . In August 1914 , the corps was structured as follows : Order of Battle , November 1914 , Late April 1915 . In November 1914 , Late April 1915 , the corps was structured as follows : Order of Battle , Late Summer 1915 , January 1916 . In Late Summer 1915 , January 1916 , the corps was structured as follows : Order of Battle , August 1916 . In August 1916 , the corps was structured as follows : Order of Battle , December 1916 , August 1917 . In December 1916 , August 1917 , the corps was structured as follows :
John M . Burns ( sailor ) John M . Burns ( born 1835 , date of death unknown ) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U . S . military ' s highest decoration , the Medal of Honor , for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay . Born in 1835 in Hudson , New York , Burns was still living in that state when he joined the Navy . He served during the Civil War as a seaman on the . At the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5 , 1864 , " Lackawanna " engaged the at close range and Burns was severely wounded in the arm and back by flying debris . After receiving medical attention , he returned to his post and helped supply gunpowder to " Lackawanna ' s " artillery pieces for the remainder of the battle . For this action , he was awarded the Medal of Honor four months later , on December 31 , 1864 . Burns ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : On board the U . S . S . " Lackawanna " during successful attacks against Fort Morgan , rebel gunboats and the ram " Tennessee " in Mobile Bay , on 5 August 1864 . Although severely wounded and sent below under the surgeon ' s charge , Burns promptly returned to his station and assisted the powder division throughout the prolonged action which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram " Tennessee " and in the damaging and destruction of Fort Morgan .
Marc Wicks Regimental Sergeant Major ( RSM ) Marc Wicks is a former Corps Regimental Sergeant Major of the Royal Marines who went on to serve as Senior Enlisted Advisor to NATO ' s Allied Command Transformation . Career . He was born in Devon and educated at Audley Park Secondary Modern School in Torquay . He joined the Royal Marines in March 1983 . He served with 42 Commando in Plymouth . He also served in Norway and qualified as a Military Ski Instructor . In 1984 he deployed to Northern Ireland on Operation Banner and in 1988 he volunteered to return to Northern Ireland for OP INTERNET . After completing a Physical Training Instructor First Class Course , qualifying at the top of his class . In 1998 he becoame the Physical Training Advisor at US Marine Corps Officer Candidate School in Quantico , Virginia . While there he was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal After passing the Regimental Sergeant Majors Board he was appointed as the RSM of 42 Commando Royal Marines in March 2005 . He completed numerous exercises , deployed to Norway and served in Afghanistan on OP HERRICK 5 . On his return from operations he was assigned as the RSM of Command Support Training , where he was responsible for the training of all future Warrant Officers in the Royal Marines He was then selected to serve as the Corps Regimental Sergeant Major till June 2011 when he assumed his position at NATO . Wicks took over the role as ACT senior enlisted leader from Command Sergeant Major Ludek Kolesa , from the Czech Republic who held the post from 2007 - 2011 , after selection from candidates from all NATO countries Honours and Awards . He has received the following medals :
Derek Anthony Seagrim Lieutenant Colonel Derek Anthony Seagrim VC ( 24 September 1903 – 6 April 1943 ) 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 . His VC was earned during the North Africa Campaign His brother was Hugh Seagrim GC . He and his brother have the distinction of being the only siblings awarded the Victoria Cross and George Cross ( both posthumously ) . Life . Born in Bournemouth , Dorset on 24 September 1903 , Derek was the third of five sons , one of his younger brothers was Hugh Seagrim GC , giving these two brothers the distinction of being the only siblings to receive the Victoria Cross and George Cross . His father was the Reverend Charles Seagrim , rector of Whissonsett in Norfolk and he was educated at the Norwich School , Norwich , where Derek and his younger brother Hugh also attended later . He received his commission into the Green Howards in 1923 and served in Jamaica , Palestine and China . He completed a three - year tour with the King ' s African Rifles in East Africa and , in 1939 , returned to the 1st Battalion the Green Howards in Palestine as Intelligence Officer . At the outbreak of World War II , he was an Air Liaison Officer in East Africa before working on the staff for the Greek Campaign between 1941 - 42 . He was given command of 7th Battalion the Green Howards at El Alamein in October 1942 . When he was 39 years old , Derek Seagrim was made a temporary lieutenant colonel in the 7th Battalion , The Green Howards ( Alexandra Princess of Wales ' s Own Yorkshire Regiment ) . He died at a military hospital near Sfax on 6 April 1943 after being severely wounded at the Battle of Wadi Akarit . He is buried in Sfax War Cemetery , Tunisia , Plot XIV Row C Grave 21 . Derek Anthony Seagrim ' s medals are on display at the Lord Ashcroft Gallery in the Imperial War Museum in London .
Louis de Cazenave Louis de Cazenave ( October 16 , 1897 – January 20 , 2008 ) was , at the time of his death , the oldest surviving French veteran of World War I . De Cazenave became the oldest poilu following the death of 111 - year - old Maurice Floquet on November 10 , 2006 . He was also the oldest living Frenchman , as of August 23 , 2007 , and became the fourth - oldest man in Europe and the eleventh - oldest man in the world on December 11 , 2007 until his own death just 40 days later . Following the death of de Cazenave , Italian native Lazare Ponticelli became the last officially recognized French veteran of the First World War , until his own death on March 12 , 2008 . Two further French veterans , Fernand Goux and Pierre Picault , died later in 2008 , but neither was officially recognised as the last French veteran of the war by the government of France because they served fewer than three months . Biography . Louis de Cazenave was born and raised in Saint - Georges - d ' Aurac in the Auvergne region of south central France . When he turned nineteen years old , at the end of 1916 , he was mobilized into the military . He found himself in various units before being assigned to the colonial infantry front in the 5th Senegalese Tirailleur Battalion and fought in the Battle of Chemin des Dames . At the end of the war , de Cazenave returned to Haute - Loire and married in 1920 to Marie , a postmistress with whom he had three sons . He became a railwayman , joining the predecessor to the SNCF . His experiences led him to become a convinced pacifist ; later on , he participated in the strikes and demonstrations of the Popular Front in 1936 before going into retirement in 1941 . During the Nazi occupation of France , he subscribed to the banned left - wing libertarian journal " La Patrie Humaine " and was imprisoned by the pro - Nazi regime . Although at first refusing any decorations , de Cazenave accepted the Légion d ’ honneur in 1995 , along with several other veterans . He died at his family home in Brioude at age 110 .
USS Vixen ( 1861 ) USS " Vixen " ( 1861 ) was acquired by the Union Navy from the Coast Survey on 26 August 1861 for use as a reconnaissance vessel during the American Civil War ; and was later commissioned on 31 July 1862 . Coastal Survey operations . " Vixen " left New York City bound for Port Royal , South Carolina , in October 1861 with orders to conduct survey work along the southern coast en route . Escorted by and , she entered Port Royal Sound on 4 November to place buoys in the channel preparatory to Flag Officer Samuel F . Du Pont ' s planned attack there , and drew scattered fire from the Confederate naval squadron under Commodore Josiah Tattnall . The vessel conducted local surveys following the Union capture of the sound on the 7th , and reconnoitered Saint Helena Sound , South Carolina , on the 24th . In early December , a second survey was taken of St . Helena and , on the 18th , , " Seneca " , and " Vixen " took possession of North and South Edisto Rivers , South Carolina , and drove a Confederate force from Rockville , South Carolina . " Vixen " became disabled in January 1862 and was sent to the New York Navy Yard for repairs . Union Navy operations . " Vixen " — commissioned by the Union Navy on 31 July 1862 — left the navy yard in August for Port Royal and duty with the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron . She arrived on the 12th and , on the 16th , received orders to report to the blockade at Ossabow Sound , Georgia . The gunboat participated in the expedition against the Confederate works at Pocotaligo , South Carolina , on 21 to 23 October , and returned to the New York Navy Yard shortly thereafter . Here , she was decommissioned on 8 November to be repaired and returned to the Coast Survey . Career after service with the Union Navy . The historical record detailing the remainder of " Vixen ' s " career is incomplete . However , after her transfer to the Coast Survey , she conducted numerous explorations of the rivers and inlets along the coast of Florida in early 1863 and 1864 . She also participated in several routine patrol and reconnaissance expeditions along the southeastern coast during this time .
Jimmy Davies ( RAF officer ) Flight Lieutenant James William Elias " Jimmy " Davies DFC ( 1913 – 1940 ) was the first American - born airman to die in World War II combat , being shot down and killed on 27 June 1940 . Although born in the United States , his family moved to Wales before the start of the war so he appears in the official records as British . Davies joined the Royal Air Force in 1936 and by 1939 was flying the Hawker Hurricane monoplane fighter with 79 Squadron at RAF Biggin Hill . The squadron was soon in action and by the end of June 1940 Davies had already claimed six German aircraft shot down and two shared . On 27 June 1940 , he was due to be presented with the Distinguished Flying Cross from the King when he was sent as an escort to protect six aircraft on a reconnaissance mission to the French port of St Valery . The three Hurricanes were attacked by three Messerschmitt Bf 109 s over the English Channel ; one of the Hurricanes escaped and one pilot bailed out into the sea , but Davies was killed . His name is inscribed on the Air Forces Memorial at Runnymede for airmen with no known grave .