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Chiefs of Staff Committee The Chiefs of Staff Committee is composed of the most senior military personnel in the British Armed Forces . History . The Chiefs of Staff Committee was initially established as a sub - committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence in 1923 . It remained as such until the abolition of the CID upon the outbreak of World War II in 1939 . The initial composition of the committee was the professional heads of the three services , the First Sea Lord , the Chief of the Imperial General Staff and the Chief of the Air Staff . Each service head took turns being chairman of the committee . During World War II the committee was a sub - committee of the War Cabinet , and in addition to the three service chiefs , it had an additional member , in the person of General Sir Hastings Ismay , who acted as its secretary . Subcommittees of the Committee were also formed , including the Joint Planning Staff and Joint Intelligence Committee . The Chiefs of Staff committee was responsible for the overall conduct of the British military part of the war effort . When matters required joint Anglo - American decision , the Chiefs of Staff Committee members formed part of the Combined Chiefs of Staff , meeting in concert with their American counterparts , the Joint Chiefs of Staff . The Combined Chiefs of Staff were based in Washington , so for most of the time the Chiefs of Staff were represented at meetings by the British Joint Staff Mission . Following WWII , the Chiefs of Staff Committee was transferred to the Ministry of Defence . In 1955 the Government decided to create the post of Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee . The post came into existence on 1 January 1956 and the only incumbent was Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Dickson who served until 1 January 1959 when he became the first Chief of the Defence Staff . The CDS remained as chairman of the committee and was also recognized as the professional head of the British Armed Forces . In 1964 , the post of Chief of the Imperial General Staff was discontinued and the Army was thereafter represented by the Chief of the General Staff . Since then , the only major change has been the appointment of the Vice - Chief of the Defence Staff to act as a deputy to the CDS . Membership . The current membership of the Chiefs of Staff Committee is : References . < br >
23rd Light Dragoons The 23rd Light Dragoons was a cavalry regiment of the British Army . Raised in 1794 by Colonel William Fullarton . The regiment was disbanded a short time later in 1802 . It was reformed on 10 March 1803 by re - numbering the 26th Light Dragoons , but was again disbanded while at Radipole Barracks on 24 November 1817 . The 26th Light Dragoons had been raised in 1795 by Major - General Russell Manners . Notable officers that served in the regiment include Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby , Sir William Payne - Gallwey , 1st Baronet and Henry Fane .
Ernest George Horlock Ernest George Horlock VC ( also known as Ernest George Harlock ) ( 24 October 1885 – 30 December 1917 ) 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 . Born 24 October 1885 to John and Emily Horlock ; Horlock was 28 years old , married to Ethel , and a Bombardier in the 113th Battery , Royal Field Artillery , British Army during the First World War . Gallantry in battle . On 15 September 1914 at Vendresse , France , Horlock performed the service for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross . He later was promoted to Battery Sergeant Major . Horlock joined the Royal Field Artillery as a regular soldier before the First World War and for an unknown reason served as Harlock , possibly due to a clerical error on enlistment papers and subsequent records . His Victoria Cross was actually correctly engraved Horlock . His grave at Hadra Military Cemetery , Alexandria , bore the name Harlock until corrected by the Commonwealth Graves Commission in the late 1970s . Death at sea . In December 1917 Horlock was one of 2 , 500 troops who sailed from Marseille aboard the troop ship to join the Egyptian Expeditionary Force ' s Southern Palestine Offensive against the Ottoman Empire . On the morning of 30 December " Aragon " was no more than from her destination at the Port of Alexandria in Egypt when the German submarine torpedoed her , sinking her within 20 minutes . " Aragon " s escort , the destroyer , rescued 300 to 400 survivors , but then " UC - 34 " sank her as well . Horlock was one of 610 personnel killed in the attack . His body was recovered and buried in Hadra War Memorial Cemetery , Alexandria . Monument in Hampshire . On 24 May 2001 ( previously called Empire Day ) a memorial to E . G . Horlock , VC was unveiled in St John ' s parish church , Langrish , Hampshire . The event was attended by Horlolock descendants from all over the World . A contingent from 10 ( Assaye ) Battery ( the successor of 113th Battery and the holders of the medal ) was also present , in addition to members of Portsmouth Branch of the RAA and the RA Artificers ' Association . During the ceremony a tribute was given by the General Secretary , Lieutenant Colonel MG Felton , and the memorial was unveiled by Dame Mary Fagan , Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire .
David J . Naylor David Johnson Naylor ( November 14 , 1843 – February 7 , 1926 ) 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 on November 14 , 1843 , in Thompsonville , New York , Naylor was still living in that state when he joined the Navy . He served during the Civil War as a landsman on the . At the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5 , 1864 , he supplied gunpowder to one of his ship ' s Parrott rifle s as a powder boy . When his passing box , used to protect the powder as it was being carried , was shot from his hands and fell overboard into a small boat of the , Naylor retrieved the box and resumed his duties . For this action , he was awarded the Medal of Honor four months later , on December 31 , 1864 . Naylor ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : Served on board the U . S . S . " Oneida " in the engagement at Mobile Bay , 5 August 1864 . Acting as powder boy at the 30 - pounder Parrott rifle , Naylor had his passing box shot from his hands and knocked overboard where it fell in one of the " Galena ' s " boats which was under the bow . Jumping overboard , Naylor recovered his box , returned to his station and continued to carry out his courageous actions throughout the engagement which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram " Tennessee " and the damaging of Fort Morgan . Naylor died on February 7 , 1926 , at age 82 and was buried at River Bend Cemetery in Westerly , Rhode Island .
Westhall Castle Westhall Castle is a 16th - century L - plan tower house located to the north of Oyne , Aberdeenshire , Scotland . Built in the 16th century , the castle has been extensively added to in the 17th and 19th century . The estate was held by the Bishops of Aberdeen in the 13th century and passed to the Gordons during the Reformation .
Saur 1 The Saur 1 ( formerly " Zimbru 2006 " ) is an armoured personnel carrier developed by the Romanian company ROMARM in 2006 . Development . Late in 2006 , ROMARM completed the first prototype of a new multi - role amphibious armoured infantry fighting vehicle called Saur . In the past this has been referred to as the Zimbru 2006 . This has been developed as a private venture by ROMARM based on its considerable experience in the design , development and production of a wide range of wheeled vehicles for the home and export markets . The Saur 1 was first unveiled at Expomil 2007 . Saur 1 was developed to meet the requirements of the Romanian Army but as of late 2007 no production orders had been placed for the Saur . To meet an Urgent Operational Requirement ( UOR ) , the Romanian Ministry of National Defense has placed a contract with MOWAG of Switzerland for a total of 31 Piranha III ( 8×8 ) armoured vehicles with deliveries to run from 2007 through to 2008 . Description . The hull of the Saur 1 is of all - welded steel which provides the occupants with protection from small arms fire and shell splinters with the highest protection being given over the frontal arc . According to ROMARM , the vehicle has Level 1 anti - mine and ballistic protection . The SAUR 1 can be fitted with an add - on armour kit , raising the protection to Level 2 . Layout of the new Saur AIV is in line with more recent 8×8 developments in other countries with the driver ' s position towards the front on the left and the power pack to the right which makes the chassis easier to adopt for a wide range of battlefield missions . The troop compartment extends to the rear of the hull with the roof hatch arrangement depending on the mission . In a typical AIV role the commander would be seated to the rear of the driver and also be provided with a single - piece hatch cover . Both the driver ' s and commander ' s hatch covers open to the rear and to the immediate front are three periscopes for forward observation . The middle one can be replaced by a passive periscope for driving at night . The weapon station would be in the center of the roof with two hatches over the rear troop compartment which open outwards and can be locked in the vertical position . The troops would typically be seated on individual seats down either side facing inwards . The Saur 1 is capable of speeds in excess of 100 km / h . Variants . A new improved version , the Saur 2 was unveiled at the Black Sea Defence & Aerospace ( BSDA 2008 ) exhibition held in Bucharest in 2008 . The Saur 2 has a redesigned nose section and is fitted with a new engine and bigger wheels ;
No . 382 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron RAAF The No . 382 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron RAAF ( 382ECSS ) was a Royal Australian Air Force combat support squadron established in 1998 , and based at the RAAF Base Amberley , southwest of Ipswich , Queensland . It is a fully deployable unit which provides operational support to a forward operating base . Although its usual role was to supplement base services at RAAF Base Amberley , it had the capability to deploy to bare base and provide all the services to make it a fully operational base . In 1999 , the 382 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron spent three months with Peacekeeping forces in East Timor . The squadron repaired the Cakung airfield , the only airfield in East Timor capable of taking wide - body aircraft , which was vandalised when the Indonesia n military left East Timor . Once the 382 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron repaired the airfield , it was used as entry point for Interfet and humanitarian personnel and assistance . In 2003 , the Australian Defence Force commenced a $ 1 billion upgrade of its fleet of trucks , trailers and motorbikes , and the 382 Expeditionary Combat Squadron was chosen to receive the initial roll - out of the replacement fleet . The new vehicles included trailers used for transporting personnel and supplies , evacuating casualties , and communication systems . The 382 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron helped with clean up efforts in The Gap in Queensland after 16 November , 2008 , storms wreaked havoc on the area . In 2007 they spent 39 weeks in the Middle East . On 1 July 2010 changes to the structure of the Combat Support Group resulted in the functions of 382ECSS being integrated with No . 23 ( City of Brisbane ) Squadron at RAAF Amberley and 382ECSS being expanded to provide all support elements require by 23 SQN .
Thomas W . Chittum Thomas W . Chittum is an author , military analyst and former mercenary from New Jersey . He served in the U . S . Army during the Vietnam War . He fought in the Rhodesian War and the Croatian War of Independence . Chittum predicts that the United States will soon face Balkanization and a second Civil War based on racial conflicts . He also says that he plans to move to upstate New York because it would likely still be a Caucasian - controlled area after the American Southwest effectively becomes part of Mexico due to immigration by 2020 . Chittum was a speaker at the " First Annual Conference on Racial Separatism " organized in 1998 by Jeff Anderson which also featured Jared Taylor , Robert Brock , and Don Black .
Gordon Pritchard Gordon Alexander Pritchard ( 1 October 1974 – 31 January 2006 ) was a corporal in the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards regiment of the British Army who served in the Iraq War until he was killed in a bomb explosion in Umm Qasr . He was the 100th British soldier to die in the conflict . Pritchard was born in the British Military Hospital in Munster , Germany , the son of a serving Royal Scots Dragoon Guard . Pritchard and his family moved home frequently in his childhood , living in Catterick , Berlin , London , Fallingbostel and Düsseldorf . He was educated at Queen Victoria School , Dunblane and the King ' s School in Gutersloh , Germany . Pritchard joined the Royal Armoured Corps in 1992 aged 18 , and was assigned as a gunner to a tank squadron based in Warminster . In 1995 he was posted to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers , and was sent to Bosnia in 1996 . He became a husband and father before being posted to Kosovo in 2000 , he later returned to England to become a highly capable instructor at the Army Training Regiment in Winchester . He returned to active duty in January 2004 , taking command of a Challenger 2 tank in The Desert Rats or the UK 7th Armoured Brigade . He was sent to Iraq and was deployed to Umm Qasr in October 2005 , and on 31 January the following year he was killed when his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb that also injured three other soldiers .
George H . Morgan George Horace Morgan ( January 1 , 1855 – February 14 , 1948 ) was an American cavalry officer and Medal of Honor recipient . He was the son of a Civil War general , George N . Morgan , and graduated from West Point , the U . S . Military Academy , in 1880 . Morgan served in all the United States ' wars from the Indian Wars to World War I . He was wounded by an Apache in the Battle of Big Dry Wash in the Arizona Territory in 1882 , for which he received the Medal of Honor . The bullet remained near his heart for over 60 years until it shifted in 1948 and caused his death . He is the namesake of Camp Morgan in Bosnia . Three other men , First Lieutenant Frank West , Second Lieutenant Thomas Cruse and First Sergeant Charles Taylor were also awarded Medals of Honor in this action . West and Cruse are also Academy graduates . Death and burial . Morgan attained the rank of Colonel , and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Second Lieutenant , 3d U . S . Cavalry . Place and date : At Big Dry Wash , Ariz . , July 17 , 1882 . Entered service at : Minneapolis , Minn . Birth : Canada . Date of issue : July 15 , 1892 . Citation : Gallantly held his ground at a critical moment and fired upon the advancing enemy ( hostile Indians ) until he was disabled by a shot .
Wolf Heinrich von Baudissin Wolf Heinrich von Baudissin or Bauditz ( 1579 – 1646 ) was a distinguished Protestant German cavalry commander who rose to the rank of field marshal during the Thirty Years ' War . He was a member of the Baudissin family , an old noble family of Lusatian - Silesian origin . Born in Luppa , Upper Lusatia , Baudissin entered Danish service when he was 28 , being promoted to Oberst in 1625 . He fought under Ernst von Mansfeld and led his troops after the death of Mansfeld in 1626 . After the Treaty of Lübeck Baudissin entered the service of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden as a field marshal , leading Swedish forces at Werben , in Westphalia , and near Cologne . He captured Bingen , besieged Spanish troops at Nimburg , and sacked in the town of Andernach in 1633 . The following year he entered the service of the Electorate of Saxony as a Generalfeldmarschall and was defeated by the Swedes at Dömitz . Baudissin was severely wounded during a siege of Magdeburg in 1636 and forced to retire . He subsequently became a Saxon diplomat to Denmark and Poland . Baudissin married Sophie von Rantzau and became part of the German nobility of Holstein . He died in Luppa .
Edward Alexander Walker Edward Alexander Walker ( October 2 , 1864 – October 24 , 1946 ) was a Sergeant serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Boxer Rebellion who received the Medal of Honor for bravery . Biography . Walker was born October 2 , 1864 in Huntley , Scotland to David Walker and Barbara Cooper . In 1868 his family immigrated to the United States . After entering the Marine Corps he was sent as a private to China to fight in the Boxer Rebellion . He received the Medal of Honor for his action in Peking , China from on June 20 - July 16 , 1900 . In 1904 he married Mary Owens and together they lived in Pennsylvania until 1922 when he retired from the Marine Corps . They never had any children and after retirement they moved to San Jose , California . He was an active member of First Methodist Church , the Army and Navy Legion of Valor , the Marine Corp League , Wheaton Camp , United Spanish War Veterans of San Jose and Major Randolph T . Zane Post 344 , Veterans of Foreign Wars until his death . He was killed in an auto accident October 24 , 1946 in San Jose , California . The pallbearers at his funeral were members of the United Spanish War Veterans and the Marine Corp League conducted the services . He is buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park San Jose , California and his grave can be found in the oak hill mausoleum , main corridor west , grave 489 . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Sergeant , U . S . Marine Corps . Born : 2 October 1864 , Huntley , Scotland . Accredited to : New York . G . O . No . : 55 , 19 July 1901 . Citation : In the presence of the enemy during the battle of Peking , China , 20 June to 16 July 1900 . Throughout this period , Walker distinguished himself by meritorious conduct .
Funkspiel Funkspiel ( ) was the name given to a counter - espionage operation carried out by Nazi counter - intelligence during the Second World War . It consisted of using captured and " turned " ( meaning forced to work for the Nazis ) clandestine radio operators in France to send false messages back to the enemy ( the United Kingdom in particular ) , and allowed the Nazi services to intercept Allied military information , transmit disinformation to the enemy and to fight resistance movements . So , Nazi counter - intelligence " played " ( pretended to be ) a resistance movement , with a script for the piece written by the Gestapo or the Abwehr . The last faked message that the Nazis exchanged with London in this operation was this : " Thank you for your collaboration and for the weapons that you sent us " . However , the Nazis did not know that the British intelligence services knew about the Nazi stratagem at least two weeks before this transmission . Thus , if the Nazis had been able to gain certain benefits from the operation , the strategy was later used against them and from May 1944 onwards the operation was no longer a success . A similar funkspiel , called Operation Scherhorn , was executed by the Soviet NKVD against the Nazi secret services from August 1944 to May 1945 . Funkspiel also referred to a technique of U - boat radio operators who would synchronously vary the frequency transmission knob to confuse any Allied personnel that happened to pick up the same channel .
XV Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps The XV Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps / XV Bavarian RK ( ) was a corps level command of the Royal Bavarian Army , part of the German Army , in World War I . History . The Corps was formed on 1 September 1914 as the temporary Corps Eberhardt named for its commander General der Infanterie Magnus von Eberhardt , military governor of Strasbourg , then in the German Imperial territory of Alsace - Lorraine . On 1 December 1914 it was established as XV Reserve Corps and on 1 September 1916 it was renamed as XV Bavarian Reserve Corps . It was still in existence at the end of the war in Armee - Abteilung A , " Heeresgruppe Herzog Albrecht von Württemberg " on the Western Front . Commanders . Korps Eberhardt / XV Reserve Corps / XV Bavarian Reserve Corps had the following commanders during its existence :
Seagnat The Seagnat Control System ( sometimes spelled SeaGnat or Sea Gnat ) is a decoy system used on many NATO warships to safeguard against incoming missile s . Each unit consists of six launchers that can be loaded with different rounds , depending on the threat : The rounds are launched as decoys to trick incoming missiles into missing the ship or to prematurely detonating . The Active Decoy Round has three phases : a low g rocket motor to project it away from the ship , a drogue to slow the round , and a para - sail wing that allows the decoy to slowly maneuver as it descends to the water . The device is 125mm diameter by 1m long . It is powered by a thermal battery and its on - board computer allows the transmitters to radiate in either deception mode or noise ( smart or barrage ) . Range is up to 500m from the ship .
Otto Schumann Otto Schumann ( 1886 – 1952 ) was a German general , who held the rank of SS - Gruppenführer during World War II . Biography . Otto Schumann was born in Metz , Lorraine , on 11 September 1886 . During the First World War , he served in the German Army as an officer . He was awarded the Iron Cross Ist class . After the war , he served as " Kreisrat " , a county counselor , in East Prussia . Then , he became police officer . Otto Schumann joined the NSDAP in 1933 and the SS in 1939 with the rank of " SS - Standartenführer und Oberst der Polizei " . When World War II broke out , Schumann served in Stettin ( Wehrkreis II ) , as " Standartenführer " . On May 1940 , he was transferred to The Hague in the Netherlands and promoted " SS - Oberführer " . On 30 January 1941 , Otto Schumann was promoted " SS - Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei " . From December 1942 to September 1943 , Otto Schumann served in Münster ( Wehrkreis VI ) . On August 1943 , Otto Schumann was promoted to the rank of SS - Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Polizei . On February 1944 , Schumann was sent to Vienna , where he stayed until October 1944 . Then , he took command of the of " SS - Oberabschnitt West " , in Düsseldorf . Otto Schumann died in Detmold , North Rhine - Westphalia , in 1952 .
French frigate Aconit ( F 713 ) The Aconit is a second - line multi - mission stealth frigate of the French " Marine Nationale " . Initially to be named , she is now the fourth French vessel named after the FNFL corvette . She took part in the Action of 9 April 2009 .
Rapp - class patrol boat The " Rapp " class torpedo boats were a class of six torpedo boat s built in Norway for the Royal Norwegian Navy from 1952 to 1956 . They were the first Norwegian - built torpedo boats after World War II , and were designed in light of experience from operations in this war . The boats were slightly larger than the Elco class . All six boats were built by Westermoen Båtbyggeri og Mek Verksted , Mandal , with the first , " Rapp " launched on 7 May 1952 and completed on 18 November 1952 . The five remaining boats were completed between 1953 and 1956 . All six boats were stricken in 1970 . The class was designed , constructed and scale tested by Harald Henriksen in 1946 . The same design was used for 16 patrol boats delivered to the Swedish navy . Henriksen later designed the Storm class , the Snøgg class and the Hauk class .