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John Cunningham ( VC 1916 ) John Cunningham VC ( 28 June 1897 – 21 February 1941 ) 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 . John was born in Swains Yard off Manley Street , Scunthorpe and was the eldest son of Charles and Mary Cunningham . Cunningham was 19 years old , and a private in the 12th ( Service ) Battalion , ( the " Hull Sportsmen ' s " Pals battalion ) , The East Yorkshire Regiment , 31st Division during the First World War , at the Battle of the Somme , when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . His Victoria Cross is displayed at York Regimental Museum , England . John was married to Eva Harrison in Jun 1917 at Hull and had two children , Annie who died in infancy and John who was born in 1920 at Hull . John Cunningham died 20 February 1941 at 5 Beaufort Terrace Campbell Street Hull aged 43 years and his funeral took place in Hull on 24 February 1941 , John is buried in grave No : 17509 , compartment No ; 180 at the Western Cemetery Hull .
Philip Sturley Air Marshal Philip Oliver Sturley CB , MBE , FRAeS ( born 9 July 1950 ) is a former senior commander in the Royal Air Force . Flying career . Educated at St Ignatius ' College in London and Southampton University , Sturley was commissioned in the Royal Air Force in 1972 . He became Director of Air Staff Briefing and Co - ordination at the Ministry of Defence in 1990 , Station Commander at RAF Cottesmore in 1992 and Secretary to the Military Committee at NATO Headquarters in 1994 . He went on to be Air Officer Commanding No . 38 Group in 1998 , Assistant Chief of the Air Staff in 2000 and Chief of Staff to the Air North Commander in 2003 before retiring in 2005 . He served as President of the Royal Air Forces Association from May 2005 to May 2011 .
USNS Big Horn ( T - AO - 198 ) USNS " Big Horn " ( T - AO - 198 ) is a of the United States Navy . " Big Horn " , the twelfth ship of the " Henry J . Kaiser " class , was laid down at Avondale Shipyard , Inc . , at New Orleans , Louisiana , on 9 October 1989 and launched on 2 February 1991 . She entered non - commissioned U . S . Navy service under the control of the Military Sealift Command with a primarily civilian crew on 21 May 1992 . She serves in the United States Atlantic Fleet . This ship was one of several participating in disaster relief after the 2010 Haiti earthquake . The Big Horn brought relief supplies to Haiti . During Operation Unified Response , Big Horn transferred 618 pallets of cargo and humanitarian assistance / disaster relief supplies and over 2 , 000 , 000 gallons of fuel . USNS Big Horn got underway from Naval Station Norfolk the day after the earthquake struck , arrived on scene in Haiti on January 17 and worked until being relieved by USNS Leroy Grumman on February 11 .
Banjarmasin War The Banjarmasin War ( in old spelling Bandjermasin War , Dutch " Expeditie naar de Zuider - en Oosterafdeling van Borneo " ) ( 1859 – 1863 ) was a colonial war for the restoration of Dutch authority in the eastern and southern section of Borneo . Background . 16th Century . Since 1606 the East United India Company maintained contacts with the island of Borneo . In 1635 the first contract was signed with the Sultanate of Banjarmasin for the provision of pepper - at the time , a luxury product in Europe and a major reason for the Dutch interest in this region . In following decades there were several skirmishes and armed clashes , especially related to such pepper contracts being unfulfilled . One of the most serious was the 1638 killing of 64 Dutch and 21 of their Japan ese partners , at Kota Waring in Bandjermasin . Early 19th Century . In 1809 Herman Willem Daendels , then governor of the Dutch East Indies , decided to abandon Bandjermasin , as maintaining a presence there was considered uneconomical . However , in 1811 the British , who took over the islands in the context of the Napoleonic wars , established a presence there , notably in Alexander Hare who established an independent state of Maluka on the S . Maluka river which runs into the Java Sea not far S . E . of the Barito . In December 1816 , British authority returned to the Dutch , who signed a new contract with the Sultan . Though he continued to reign , in January 1817 the Sultan ' s flag was replaced by the Dutch one . Effective power in the Sultanate was increasingly taken up by the Dutch Resident . Following years were marked by multiple small revolts , and by further unequal contracts being signed . Succession Crisis . In 1852 the Sultan ' s heir - apparent died , and the Dutch replaced him by the illegitimate grandson Tamjied Illah . In vain , Sultan Adam and many nobles in 1853 sent an embassy to Batavia , pointing out iniquities perpetrated by the Dutch - designated heir and appealing for the Dutch to recognize instead Hidayatullah - a younger but legitimate son . Sultan Adam died in 1857 and was succeeded by the illegitimate Tamjied Illah . There ensued a struggle for power between Tamjied Illah and Hidayatullah , which divided the population , much of which stood behind Hidayatullah and highly resented the Dutch sponsoring of Tamjied Illah . The Dutch Resident proved unfit for his job , underestimating the signs of an approaching uprising . The resistance of the population soon turned against Dutch authority , and began to take shape of a religious war . The fear and powerlessness of Tamjied Illah fed the riots , which assumed large dimensions . In response , the Dutch government embarked on intervention , sending Colonel Augustus Johannes Andresen , who on April 29 , 1859 assumed military command at to Bandjermasin . On May 1 he suspended the Resident and himself took up civil administration as well .
Albert d ' Amade Albert Gérard Léo d ' Amade ( 24 December 1856 - 11 November 1941 ) was a French General . In January 1908 he replaced General Antoine Drude in Morocco . In February 1915 , he received the Corps expéditionnaire d ' Orient and subsequently led them during the initial stages of the Gallipoli Campaign .
49th Indian Infantry Brigade The 49th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry formation of the Indian Army during World War II . It was formed in October 1941 at Bolarum in India . It was assigned to the 19th Indian Infantry Division . The brigade fought in the Burma Campaign and moved between a number of infantry divisions . It was with the 14th Indian Infantry Division between March and May - 1942 , the 23rd Indian Infantry Division between May 1942 and March 1944 , the 17th Indian Infantry Division between March and April 1944 and the served with the 23rd Division until the end of the war . The Brigade is currently a reserve formation on the Western Front .
Walter Schmidt ( SS officer ) Walter Schmidt ( 28 January 1917 – 28 July 2000 ) was an " Obersturmbannführer " ( Lieutenant Colonel ) in the " Waffen SS " during World War II . He was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak leaves , an award that recognized extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II . Walter Schmidt joined the SS in 1935 ( SS - Nr . 311 100 ) and was posted to the III . Battalion , SS Standarte " Germania " . He was later selected to become an officer , attending the " SS - Junkerschule " at Bad Tölz . Upon graduation he was promoted to " Untersturmführer " ( Second Lieutenant ) . He returned to the " Germania " as a platoon commander in the 4th Company , in time for the Polish Campaign . After that campaign he was given command of the " Panzerspähzuges " ( Armoured car platoon ) in the SS - VT Division , serving with them over the Battle of France . In June 1941 he was posted to the " Wiking " Division , and took part in the invasion of Russia , Operation Barbarossa . On 9 April he was awarded the German Cross in Gold and was given command of the III . Battalion , " Westland " , " SS Wiking " . Schmidt was awarded the Knight ' s Cross for his battalion ' s successful defense in the Izium sector . He then led his battalion out of the Cherkassy pocket , for which he was promoted to " Hauptsturmführer " ( Captain ) and was awarded the Oak leaves to his Knight ' s Cross . In November 1944 he was promoted again to " Sturmbannführer " ( Major ) and returned to the " SS - Junkerschule " in January 1945 as an instructor . In March 1945 , he was given command of the 96th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment , the 38th SS Division Nibelungen , which was formed from instructors and students from the " SS Junkerschule " . The regiment surrendered to the American forces on the 8 May 1945 . Schmidt survived the war and died on the 28 July 2000 in his home town of Bremen , Germany .
HMCS Patrician HMCS " Patrician " was a Thornycroft M - class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy . Built by Thornycroft & Company , Southampton , she was launched on 5 June 1916 as and served in the Royal Navy in World War I . She was decommissioned after the war but was reactivated in 1920 and outfitted for transfer to the Royal Canadian Navy . She was commissioned in the RCN on 1 November 1920 and renamed HMCS " Patrician " . HMCS " Patrician " departed for Halifax , Nova Scotia one month later in the company of her sister ship ( ex - ) and the cruiser ( ex - ) . The three ships were offered by the Royal Navy to replace the RCN ' s and . HMCS " Patrician " saw service with the RCN through the 1920s and was decommissioned and scrapped in 1929 .
RAF Deanland RAF Deanland is a former Royal Air Force advanced landing ground located west of Hailsham , East Sussex and north east of Brighton , East Sussex , England History . The airfield was heavily involved in the fight against the V - 1 flying bomb ' s ( with 185 destroyed ) and during D - Day where it is believed to be home of the first Supermarine Spitfire squadron to provide air cover . The landing ground was used by multiple units : Current use . In 2012 the airfield is still in use as a private airstrip .
Henry Jackson ( general ) Henry Jackson ( bapt . October 19 , 1747 - January 4 , 1809 ) was a Continental Army officer from Boston , Massachusetts during the American Revolutionary War . For most of the war he was colonel of Jackson ' s Additional Continental Regiment , which was redesignated the 16th Massachusetts in 1780 . He commanded the last regiment of the Continental Army , the 1st American , which was disbanded in 1784 . Jackson was a lifelong friend of Henry Knox another Continental Army officer , whose business affairs he was also heavily involved in . Life . Jackson was the youngest son of Joseph and Susannah ( Gray ) Jackson . Before the American Revolutionary War , he was an officer of the First Corps of Cadets in Boston , which was disbanded during the British occupation . After the evacuation , six former cadet officers organized a company of seventy - eight officers and men called the Boston Independent Company on 17 March 1776 , with Jackson as their commander . In January 1777 , the unit was taken into Continental service , designated Jackson ' s Additional Continental Regiment . He led his regiment in the Philadelphia campaign of 1777 , at Monmouth and Rhode Island in 1778 , and at Springfield , New Jersey in 1780 . In 1780 the regiment was taken into the Massachusetts Line and renamed the 16th Massachusetts Regiment . Jackson ' s regiment was disbanded in 1781 and Jackson was transferred to command the 4th Massachusetts Regiment . He received a brevet promotion to brigadier general on September 30 , 1783 and led Continental forces into New York City on the heels of the British evacuation in November . He was retained as commander the 1st American Regiment ( 1783 - 1784 ) , which was the only infantry unit still active after the dissolution of the Continental Army . Jackson was discharged from the Army on June 20 , 1784 when the 1st Regiment was disbanded and the standing army was reduced to only 80 soldiers . In 1783 Jackson became an original member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati . He later served as a Major General in the Massachusetts militia from 1792 until 1796 and was the agent supervising the building of the frigate USS " Constitution " at Boston in 1797 . He was a lifelong close friend of Major - General Henry Knox , and acted as his agent in his business affairs ( particularly those concerning Knox ' s vast land holdings in Maine ) while the General was Secretary of War . Other close associates included Hepzibah Swan of Boston , in whose household Jackson lived for some years . Unmarried , he died in Boston on January 4 , 1809 .
Battle of Miechów The Battle of Miechów took place on February 17 , 1863 , near Miechów in Małopolska , Poland ( at the time Congress Poland ) , during the January Uprising . Polish units under Apolinary Kurowski numbering around 2500 troops attacked the town in an attempt to gain control of the so - called " border triangle " - an area at the cross roads of the Austrian , Prussian and Russian partitions which would have allowed the insurgents access to supplies and troops from outside the Congress Poland where the uprising proper was taking place . They were hoping to surprise Russian troops . However , Russian garrison ( 2 companies , 550 men ) was stronger than expected by insurgents . Either the Russian commander guessed the intent , or the strategic plan of the Poles was somehow betrayed . As a result they bolstered their defenses . Initial engagements were favorable to the Poles . These included a successful charge by the Zouaves of Death , a unit organized by Francois Rochebrune and led by Wojciech Komorowski in this battle , on Russian positions in the local cemetery . However , charges by the Polish cavalry through the narrow streets of the town resulted in very high casualties in the face of concentrated fire from the Russians and eventually a panic of the Polish troops . According to contemporary Russian reports , 200 insurrectionists died . There were also some reports of atrocities , including the killing or burying alive of the wounded . As a measure of repression , the town was set on fire and local residents were forbidden to put it out . As a result of the engagement , Kurowski ' unit ceased to exist . Rochebrune reformed his Zouaves later in Kraków .
Asher Clayton Taylor Asher Clayton Taylor was a Brigadier General in the United States Army . Biography . Taylor was born in New York on 21 February 1842 . He married Mary Jane Braningan , who died in 1931 . Taylor died in 1922 and is buried with his wife at Arlington National Cemetery . Career . Taylor joined the 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War . Following the war he would be assigned to the 15th Infantry Regiment . Later he would be assigned to the artillery . He was a veteran of both the Civil War and the Spanish - American War .
95th ( Derbyshire ) Regiment of Foot The 95th ( Derbyshire ) Regiment of Foot was formed in 1823 when the 95th Rifles were redesignated as The Rifle Brigade . In 1881 , during the Childers Reforms , it was united with the 45th Regiment of Foot to form the Sherwood Foresters ( Derbyshire Regiment ) . History . The 95th Derbyshire was the sixth regiment to bear the number 95 . After its formation the 95th Derbyshire saw service in Malta , the Ionian Islands , Ceylon and China . Crimea . In 1854 the regiment was sent to the Crimea where war had broken out between the French , Turkish and British forces against Russia . The regiment saw action in some of the most heavy fighting of that war . It was in the forefront of the attack across the Alma River and on to the heights beyond . Due to the heavy casualties suffered in this attack the Regimental colours , normally carried by officers , was handed to Private James Keenan , who planted it triumphantly on the earthwork of the Great Redoubt . Just before the Battle of Inkerman an order was passed that colours were no longer to be carried into battle , but the 95th were in the front line positions when the Russian army attacked and were therefore the last British regiment to carry their colours in a major battle . After Inkerman the regiment was reduced to less than a hundred officers and men but continued to serve in the trenches which led to their nickname that : " there may be few of the 95th left but those are as hard as nails . " Sepoy Rebellion . Soon after the Crimean War ended the Sepoy Rebellion broke out in India in 1857 . The 95th Regiment was on its way to South Africa and was diverted to India . Over the next sixteen months it marched 3 , 000 miles through jungle and desert and fought in fourteen actions . Private Bernard McQuirt won the Victoria Cross at Rowa . The 95th remained in India until 1870 after which they returned to England before becoming the 2nd Battalion of the newly formed Sherwood Foresters . References in fiction . Captain Anthony Morgan gained the rank of Captain in the service of the 95th Regiment . He lived at Bunalun , Skibbereen , County Cork , Ireland . He is the central character in the novels of Patrick Mercer entitled " To Do and Die " ( set in the Crimea ) and " Dust and Steel " ( the Indian Mutiny ) . Morgan was , in fact , a real person
Bore evacuator A bore evacuator is a device on the gun barrel of an armoured fighting vehicle which helps prevent poisonous propellant gases from venting back into the vehicle ' s fighting compartment when the gun breech is opened to load another round . Bore evacuators are most often used on large - calibre tank gun s and self - propelled gun s . Without bore evacuators , hot gases and other combustion residue leaks into the tank ' s interior , depleting oxygen levels and filling it with a foul odour that can easily induce nausea and distract the crewmen from their tasks . The evacuator is a reservoir that holds the super - heated , high - pressure propellant gases produced by the firing of a shell , then releases them as the shell exits the barrel . When not in use , the atmosphere inside the barrel remains the same as the surrounding environment ; thus it is the same , or nearly so , inside the evacuator . As the shell passes through , an opening into the bore takes in the gases , containing them until the shell has exited , then releases them back into the barrel . The openings are angled toward the muzzle , so the stream of still fairly high pressure gas drags both combustion gas in the barrel and fresh air from the open breech toward the muzzle . This reduces the chances of these explosive propellants flowing backwards into the turret , causing combustion as they mingle with oxygen , though this can still happen if the evacuator is poorly designed , poorly maintained , or damaged . Unprotected bore evacuators damaged by bullets have caused considerable problems in past conflicts , but up - armouring solved this problem . Bore evacuators are a common feature of most modern tank s .
Naval Clemency and Parole Board The Naval Clemency and Parole Board ( NC & PB ) is a board established by the United States Department of the Navy to serve as executive agent for the United States Secretary of the Navy to decide questions of clemency and parole for members of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps who are convicted by a court - martial for a violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice . It is located at the Washington Navy Yard . The Navy Clemency and Parole Board was established by SECNAVINST 5815 _ 3J . NC & PB hearings are non - adversarial . The NC & PB is not the final say , and can ultimately be overridden by the Secretary of the Navy , and the Secretary takes special interest in cases involving an officer or a midshipman or issues of national security . In certain other cases , the NC & PB only makes recommendations to the Secretary , specifically issues where ( 1 ) any offense carrrying a maximum penalty of 10 years or more ; ( 2 ) any offense involving a victim under 16 years of age or the offender ' s spouse ; and ( 3 ) cases where a release might lead to Congressional or media interest . The NV & PB is a member of the Secretary of the Navy Council of Review Boards and is overseen by the Assistant Secretary of the Navy ( Manpower and Reserve Affairs ) .
RMS Britannia RMS " Britannia " was an ocean liner of the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company , later known as Cunard Steamship Company . She was launched on 5 February 1840 , at the yard of Robert Duncan & Company in Greenock , Scotland . The ship and her sisters , " Acadia " , " Caledonia " , and " Columbia " , were the first ocean liners built by the company . Description and service . " Britannia " was a large ship for the period , 207 feet ( 63 m ) long and 34 feet ( 10 . 3 m ) across the beam , with three masts . She had paddle wheels and her two - cylinder side - lever engine ( from Robert Napier ) had a power output of about 740 indicated horsepower . She was relatively fast for the time : her usual speed was about , but she could do better if the winds and currents were favourable . She had a tonnage , or carrying capacity , of 1 , 154 tons ( by the Builder ' s Old Measurement ) . She was capable of carrying 115 passengers with a crew of 82 . On her maiden voyage , starting on 4 July 1840 , she made Halifax , Nova Scotia from Liverpool , England in 12 days and 10 hours , continuing on to Boston , Massachusetts . Her first homeward run from Halifax to Liverpool was made in just under 10 days at an average speed of about , setting a new eastbound record which lasted until 1842 . She was joined by her sister ship " Acadia " in August 1840 , by " Caledonia " in October 1840 and by " Columbia " in January 1841 . All four ships could carry 115 passengers and 225 tons of cargo . The dining saloon was a long deck - house placed on the upper deck and there was also a ' ladies only ' saloon . The fare to Halifax was 35 guineas , which included wines and spirits as well as food . In January 1842 Charles Dickens travelled to the United States on " Britannia " . He was seasick for most of the voyage and returned home on a sailing ship . As " Barbarossa " in German service . In March 1849 she was sold by Cunard to the German Confederation Navy and was renamed SMS " Barbarossa " . She had nine guns fitted , and was the flagship of the Reichsflotte under Karl Rudolf Brommy in the Battle of Heligoland . In June 1852 she was transferred to the Prussian Navy and used as a barracks ship at Danzig . In May 1880 she was decommissioned from the Prussian Navy and in July 1880 she was sunk as a target ship . Film depiction of RMS " Britannia " . The funding and first crossing of " Britannia " were key plot elements in a Warner Brothers film released in 1941 as " Atlantic Ferry " in the U . K . , and " Sons of the Sea " in the U . S .
List of current dependent territory leaders This is a list of current heads of government of dependencies and autonomous entities , i . e . territories that do not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a State . They are listed by the alphabetical order of the dependent territory . Current dependent territory leaders . Seven sovereign states possession one or more dependent territories : the United States , France , the United Kingdom , Australia , New Zealand , the Netherlands , and Norway .