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William Young ( veteran ) William Alexander Smillie Young , also known as Sandy Young , ( 4 January 1900 – 24 July 2007 ) was , at age 107 , one of the last surviving British veterans of the First World War . He later emigrated to Australia , and was the last known veteran of the Royal Flying Corps , in which he served as a radio operator . Young was born in Lanarkshire , Scotland , the eldest of the six children of Robert Craig Young . His family moved to Hayes in Middlesex when he was 13 , when his father became the manager of a Scots Jams factory , and he was educated at the county school in Southall . Young joined a scheme set up by Lord Derby , Secretary of State for War , under which people of less than 18 could sign up to show their readiness to join the army or the air force when they turned 18 ( later replaced by conscription under the Military Service Act 1916 ) . He was not keen to join the infantry , as the casualty rate was so high ; instead , on his 18th birthday in 1918 , Young signed up for the RDFC at its recruiting centre in Shepherds Bush . He was assigned to the wireless section , and trained in Farnborough . As a corporal radio operator , Young was assigned to the 14th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery , near Baupaume in France . His job was to take the messages sent via morse code from observation plane s and pass the location of the target to a forward observation officer , who could then call down a bombardment from the brigade ' s 25 - pounder field gun s . He continued to serve in this role through the British offensive later that year , until the Armistice . Young caught the Spanish flu that winter . After he recovered , he was assigned to a unit of the Army of Occupation near Cologne . Young was demobilised in August 1919 . He studied for a degree in chemistry at East London College ( now Queen Mary , University of London in the University of London ) , later working in chemical factories in Argentina . Young married May Thompson in 1934 , and they had one son . He was working as the manager of a tannin extract company at Sandakan in North Borneo when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941 . His family escaped to Australia , but Young was captured after the Japan ese took North Borneo in January 1942 , and interned in a camp at Berhala Island near Sandakan . He was later moved to Batu Lintang camp near Kuching in Sarawak , where he was held as a civilian internee until the camp was liberated in 1945 . After the Second World War , Young returned to Sandakan before emigrating to Australia . He became the manager of a tannin extract factory near Perth , Western Australia , retiring in 1970 . Along with other survivors of the First World War , Young was awarded the Légion d ' honneur by the French Government in 1998 . Upon the death of William Roberts on 30 April 2006 , he became the last surviving member of the Royal Flying Corps before it joined with the RNAS to become the RAF . Young died in his sleep in Perth , aged 107 , and was survived by his son , Alan , his wife May having predeceased him .
Henry Ruthven Moore Admiral Sir Henry Ruthven Moore ( 29 August 1886 – 12 March 1978 ) was the last British admiral to command Home Fleet during World War II . He served in that post from 1944 to 1945 . Naval career . Moore joined the Royal Navy in 1902 . He served in World War I taking part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916 . After the War he joined the staff of the Royal Naval College , Greenwich and then became Naval Assistant Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence . Between 1928 and 1930 he commanded the cruisers HMS " Caradoc " and HMS " Dauntless " . He was appointed Deputy Director of Plans in 1930 and then took command of the cruiser HMS " Neptune " in 1933 . He went on to be Chief of Staff for the Home Fleet in 1936 and Chief of Staff to the Commander - in - Chief , Portsmouth in 1938 . He served in World War II initially as Commander of 3rd Cruiser Squadron and then as Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff from 1940 . He became Vice Chief of the Naval Staff in 1941 and Commander - in - Chief of the Home Fleet in 1944 . After the War he was appointed Head of the British Naval Mission in Washington D . C . and then became the first Chairman of the Military Staff Committee of the United Nations Security Council in 1946 . His final appointment was as Commander - in - Chief , The Nore in 1948 . He retired in 1951 .
Land Information and Communications Services Group The Land Information and Communications Services Group ( LICSG ) of the British Army is one of the four Territorial Army ( TA ) units which constitute Central Volunteer Headquarters Royal Signals ( CVHQ ) , the others being 81 Signal Squadron ( Volunteers ) , the Land Information Assurance Group ( LIAG ) and the Full Time Reserve Service . Members of CVHQ are considered to be Subject Matter Experts ( SMEs ) with current commercial and military skills and experience in either information assurance ( IA ) or information and communications services ( ICS ) . It is a multi - cap - badged unit and has members who have served with the Royal Navy ; Army units : Royal Artillery and Infantry Units and the Royal Air Force . The LICSG provides Critical National Infrastructure ( CNI ) support in line with both the National Cyber Security Strategy and ISO 27001 ( a compliance standard for Information Security Management ) , offering specialist expertise and advice at every stage of the development and management of ICS . Key functions which it can undertake include : The LICSG can help bring about the following effects for a Defence organization :
Soviet minesweeper T - 119 T - 119 was a minesweeper of the Soviet Navy during World War II and the Cold War . She had originally been built as USS " Aspire " ( AM - 146 ) , an , for the United States Navy during World War II , but never saw active service in the U . S . Navy . Upon completion she was transferred to the Soviet Union under Lend - Lease as " T - 119 " ; she was never returned to the United States . The ship was renamed several times in Soviet service and was scrapped on 4 November 1966 . Because of the Cold War , the U . S . Navy was unaware of this fate and the vessel remained on the American Naval Vessel Register until she was struck on 1 January 1983 . Career . " Aspire " was laid down on 1 November 1942 at Tampa , Florida , by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co . ; launched on 27 December 1942 ; sponsored by Mrs . F . M . Arenberg ; and completed on 29 September 1943 . She was transferred to the Soviet Navy that same day as " T - 119 " . She was never returned to U . S . custody . In Soviet service , the ship was renamed " TB - 24 " on 11 July 1956 , and " VTR - YYAO " on 8 June 1966 . She was eventually scrapped on 4 November 1966 . Due to the ongoing Cold War , the U . S . Navy was unaware of this fate . They had reclassified the vessel as " MSF - 146 " on 7 February 1955 , and kept her on the American Naval Vessel Register until she was struck on 1 January 1983 .
10th Armoured Division ( United Kingdom ) The 10th Armoured Division was a British Army armoured division active from 1941 – 44 and 1956 - 57 . It was formed from the 1st Cavalry Division , a 1st Line Yeomanry unit . The 1st Cavalry Division had been serving in Palestine . The division was converted from cavalry to armour and redesignated from 1 August 1941 . History . The divisional sign was a fox ' s mask , representing the hunting tradition of the formation ' s cavalry and Yeomanry units . The division was originally under command of HQ British Troops Palestine and Transjordan , but transferred to Ninth Army when the headquarters was redesignated on 1 November 1941 . It later was transferred into Egypt , serving under HQ Middle East , XXX Corps , Eighth Army , and X Corps . The division fought at the Battles of Alam Halfa and El Alamein . It was disbanded on 15 June 1944 in Egypt . 10th Armoured Division was also briefly active after the war ended in Libya in the 1950s , incorporating 25th Armoured Brigade , but was disbanded in July 1957 . The 25th Armoured Brigade was formed in 1952 to provide an operational headquarters for the troops in Libya . The Royal Scots Greys arrived in Libya in 1952 , and stayed until 1955 . Other units of the brigade from 1952 were the 4th / 7th Royal Dragoon Guards , 1st Battalion , Grenadier Guards , 1st Battalion , East Surrey Regiment , and the 14th / 20th King ' s Hussars . In May and June 1956 the brigade was hastily expanded to division status as 10th Armoured Division , with the intention of invading Egypt from the west during the Suez Canal Crisis . Planning was halted when it was found that such an invasion was banned under the terms of Britain ' s treaty with Libya . The Armoured Brigade Signals Squadron was expanded to 10th Armd Div Signals in May – June 1956 , based in Tripoli . It began to wind up in April 1957 , and disbanded completely in September 1957 . General Officer Commanding . Four men served as the General Officer Commanding of the division during the Second World War .
Military deployment Military deployment is the movement of armed forces and their logistical support infrastructure around the world . United States . The United States Military defines the term as follows : Deployment encompasses all activities from origin or home station through destination , specifically including intra - continental United States , intertheater , and intratheater movement legs , staging , and holding areas . Deployments consist of men and women who leave their families and their homes with other soldiers ( Airmen , Marines , Sailors ) and go to another country and earn combat pay . These deployments can last anywhere from 90 days to 15 months . In the United States Army , members receive what is known as a combat patch to wear on their uniforms ( ACU ' s ) and Dress Uniforms ( Class A ' s ) . In most of the world ' s navies , a deployment designates an extended period of duty at sea . The United States Navy recognizes those who complete deployments with a special decoration known as the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon . Redeployment is known as the return of Soldiers in a combat zone to their prior station ( i . e . where they are stationed with families , where they were prior to deploying ) . The time between deployments is known as dwell time . Nuclear weapons . In New START : The term " deployed launcher of ICBMs " means an ICBM launch er that contains an ICBM and is not an ICBM test launcher , an ICBM training launcher , or an ICBM launcher located at a space launch facility . The term " deployed ICBM " means an ICBM that is contained in or on a deployed launcher of ICBMs . The term " deployed launcher of SLBMs " means an SLBM launcher installed on a submarine that has been launched , that contains an SLBM , and is not intended for testing or training . The term " deployed SLBM " means an SLBM that is contained in a deployed launcher of SLBMs . The term " deployed heavy bomber " means a heavy bomber equipped for nuclear armaments , other than a test heavy bomber or a heavy bomber located at a repair facility or at a production facility .
Hu Jingyi Hu Jingyi 胡景翼 ( 1892 – 1925 ) , Chinese general , warlord and military governor of Henan ( 1924 – 25 ) during the Warlord Era of China . Hu Jingyi was born on 4 June 1892 , Fuping County , Shaanxi . He joined the Chinese Revolutionary Alliance in 1910 . Following the Wuchang Uprising in 1911 , Hu led a revolt in Shaanxi . He became a general of Kuomintang forces during the " Second Revolution " against Yuan Shikai ' s dictatorship in 1913 . He held several posts in the Shaanxi army in the following decades . During the Second Zhili – Fengtian War in the autumn of 1924 , Feng Yuxiang betrayed the Zhili clique when he led his army from the battlefield to execute the Beijing coup , where he detained its leader President Cao Kun , and reorganized his forces as the Guominjun . Hu was named the deputy commander - in - chief and the commander of the 3rd Army as well as governor of Henan . The Soviets decided to assist Feng with advisors and assistance in arming the Guominjun with the intent of forming another movement like the KMT in North China . In return for arms Feng and Hu gave the Russian and Chinese Communists a free hand in their territories . Feng and Hu sent 25 high - ranking officers to the Soviet Union for military training . However following Hu ' s sudden death in office on 10 April 1925 , he was succeeded by Yue Weijun . Stanford University Press , 1994 , ISBN 0 - 8047 - 2142 - 4 .
Ghadr - 110 The Ghadr - 110 ( Persian : قدر - 110 , meaning " intensity " ) is a medium - range ballistic missile designed and developed by Iran . The missile has a range of 1 , 800 km to 2 , 000 km . The Iranian Armed Forces first displayed the missile to the public at an annual military parade to mark the Iran - Iraq war . The Ghadr - 110 is an improved version of the Shahab - 3A , also known as the Ghadr - 101 . It is believed to have a liquid - fuel first stage and a solid - fuel second stage , which allowes it to have a range of 1 , 500 km . The Ghadr - 110 has a higher maneuverability and a shorter set up time than the Shahab - 3 . Its set - up time is 30 minutes while the older Shahab - 3 has a set - up time of several hours . The missile has been manufactured entirely in Iran at the top - secret Hemmat Missile Industries Complex .
Battle of Amba Alagi The Battle of Amba Alagi was the first in a series of battles between General Baratieri and Emperor Menelik during the First Italo - Ethiopian War . Amba Alagi was one of Baratieri ' s forward positions , left in charge to Major Toselli as well as 2 , 000 Eritrean Askari . On 7 December 1895 , the Ras Makonnen , Ras Welle Betul and Ras Mengesha Yohannes commanded an assault of Menelik ' s vanguard that annihilated the Italians and killed Major Toselli . However , the defeat at Amba Alagi did have a silver lining for Baratieri . Prime Minister Crispi ' s shocked cabinet agreed to advance another 20 million lire ( £80 , 000 ) to ensure that a disaster could be stopped .
AN / PVS - 14 The AN / PVS - 14 Monocular Night Vision Device ( MNVD ) is in widespread use by the United States Armed Forces as well as NATO allies around the world . It uses a third generation image intensifier tube , and is manufactured by Litton Industries ( Now L - 3 Warrior Systems ) as well as the ITT Corporation ( Now ITT Exelis ) . It is often used ' hands free ' using a head harness or attached to a combat helmet such as the PASGT , Advanced Combat Helmet , or Marine Lightweight Helmet . It can also be used as a weapons night sight . In addition , it was part of the equipment fielded in the U . S . Army ' s Land Warrior program . The PVS - 14 is used by the Law Enforcement community under the name " Night Enforcer NEPVS - 14 " . Morovision Night Vision is the Law Enforcement distributor of the NEPVS - 14 for ITT Exelis . The designation AN / PVS translates to Army / Navy Portable Visual Search , according to Joint Electronics Type Designation System guidelines .
11th Krajina Division The 11th Krajina Division ( ) was a Yugoslav Partisan division that fought against the Germans , Independent State of Croatia ( NDH ) and Chetniks in occupied Democratic Federal Yugoslavia during World War II . The term " krajiška " in its name refers to Bosanska Krajina . As part of the Partisan 5th Corps it spent August 1944 engaged in hard fighting against the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar ( 1st Croatian ) in eastern Bosnia .
Ouvrage Saint Ours Nord - est Ouvrage Saint Ours Nord - est is a lesser work ( " petit ouvrage " ) of the Maginot Line ' s Alpine extension , the Alpine Line . The ouvrage consists of two infantry blocks . The associated underground support galleries are arranged with a short gallery connecting Blocks 1 and 2 , with parallel stubs at Block 2 . While it is listed in some sources as an " ouvrage " owing to its construction by CORF , it is more like an infantry " abri " or shelter .
Sergio Balanzino Sergio Silvio Balanzino ( Bologna , 20 June 1934 ) is an Italian diplomat . He studied as a Brittingham Foreign Scholar at the University of Wisconsin in Madison 1956 - 57 . After graduating in Law from the University of Rome La Sapienza he joined the Italian foreign service in 1958 . He served as the Italian ambassador to Canada from May 1990 to January 1994 . He then became the Deputy Secretary General of NATO before briefly becoming acting Secretary General twice . Firstly by replacing Manfred Wörner on August 13 , 1994 after the latter resigned in the last stages of cancer . He was then replaced by Willy Claes on October 17 , 1994 who resigned on alleged corruption charges on October 20 , 1995 . Balanzino , who had gone back to being Deputy , again took over the reins until he was replaced on December 5 , 1995 by Javier Solana . He now teaches in the springtime at the Loyola University Chicago Rome Center .
6th Division ( Singapore ) The 6th Singapore Division commonly known as 6th Division is a combined arms division of the Singapore Army . History . The 6th Singapore Division was formed on 1 October 1976 as a reserve division to manage and train National Service units . In November 1992 , 6th Singapore Division became a combined arms division as part of the SAF ' s reorganisation .
Battle of Poona The Battle of Poona took place on 25 October 1802 near Pune between the rival factions of the Maratha Confederacy . The forces of the Scindia ( Shinde ) and the Peshwa Bajirao II were attacked by the Holkars . While the British East India Company was not involved in the battle , its outcome and aftermath led to the Second Anglo - Maratha War . In May 1802 , Maharaja Yashwantrao Holkar marched towards Pune to solve the disputes . He conquered Sendhwa , Chalisgaon , Dhulia , Malegaon , Parol , Ner , Ahmednagar , Rahuri , Nashik , Sinnar , Dungargaon , Jamgaon , Pharabagh , Gardond , Pandharpur , Kurkumb , Narayangaon , Baramati , Purandhar , Saswad , Moreshwar , Thalner , and Jejuri . On Sunday , 25 October 1802 , on the festival of Diwali , Yashwantrao Holkar defeated the combined armies of Scindia and Peshwa at Hadapsar , near Pune . The battle took place at Ghorpadi , Banwadi and Hadapsar . Maharaja Yashwantrao Holkar had ordered his army not to attack first and wait until 25 cannonballs were fired from other side ; when the 25 cannonballs were fired , Maharaja Yashwantrao Holkar ordered his army to attack . As soon as he won the war , he ordered his army not to harm the civilians of Pune . The Peshwa , when he learned that he was defeated , fled from Pune via Parvati , Wadgaon to Sinhagad . Maharaja Yashwantrao Holkar asked the Peshwa to return to Pune . If Maharaja Yashwantrao Holkar had decided to arrest the Peshwa , he could have done so ; but he sent food to Peshwa so that he did not suffer . On 27 October 1802 , Peshwa Bajirao ( II ) , along with Chimnaji , Baloji , and Kunjir along with some soldiers of Scindia , went to Raigad and spent one month in Virwadi . He then went to Suwarnadurgh , and on 01 / 12 / 1802 , went to Bassein via a ship named Harkuyan . The British offered him enticements to sign the Subsidiary Treaty in return for the throne . After deliberating for over a month , and after threats that his brother would otherwise be recognised as Peshwa , Bajirao ( II ) signed the treaty , surrendering his residual sovereignty and allowing the English to put him on the throne at Poona . This Treaty of Bassein was signed on 31 December 1802 . Panse , Purandhare , and some other Maratha Sardars had requested the Peshwa to return to Pune and have a dialogue with the Holkars . Even Chimanaji was against signing a treaty with British . After conquering Pune , Yashwantrao Holkar took the administration in his hands and appointed his men . He freed Moroba Phadnawis , brother of Nana Phadnavis , Phadke , etc . , who were imprisoned by Bajirao ( II ) . He appointed Amrutrao as the Peshwa and went to Indore on 13 March 1803 . The British reinsted Bajirao ( II ) as the Peshwa at Pune on 13 May 1803 , but soon the Peshwa realised that he was only a nominal peshwa and that British had taken total control . ( Relevant information within the above posting )
Timeline of the Gallipoli Campaign This article presents the timeline of the Gallipoli Campaign . The period of the proper battle is considered to be 19 February 1915 to 9 January 1916 , however a number of events took place between August 1914 and January 1915 that are relevant to the battle . < / div >
William Brown ( soldier ) William Brown ( 1759 – 1808 ) was a soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War . He was born in Stamford and enlisted in the 5th Connecticut Regiment as a corporal on 23 May 1775 , and re - enlisted as a private on 9 April 1777 , for the duration of the war in the 8th Connecticut Regiment . He was promoted to corporal on 8 May 1779 , and to sergeant on 1 August 1780 , transferring with the consolidation of units to the 5th Connecticut Regiment on 1 January 1781 , and to the 2nd Connecticut Regiment on 1 January 1783 . He was awarded the Badge of Military Merit , one of only three people to be awarded the medal that later became the Purple Heart . No record of his citation has been uncovered , but it is believed that he participated in the assault on Redoubt No . 10 during the siege of Yorktown . After the war he moved west to a newly developed river town called Cincinnati , Ohio . He lived out his days there , his original tombstone was lost to time ; possibly stolen or destroyed . On 24 July 2004 , at a cemetery across the street from what is known as Lunken Airport , a new tombstone was laid out in remembrance to Sgt . William Brown .
Secretary of Defense Medal for the Global War on Terrorism The Secretary of Defense Medal for the Global War on Terrorism is a medal awarded by the United States Department of Defense . It was created and approved to recognize and honor the contributions and accomplishments of the civilian workforce of the Department of Defense in direct support of the armed forces , whose members are engaged in operations to combat terrorism . Heads of the Department of Defense Components have been delegated the authority to approve and administer the medal for their respective employees .