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Royal Berkshire Militia The Royal Berkshire Militia was a militia regiment in the United Kingdom from 1759 to 1881 , when it was amalgamated into The Princess Charlotte of Wales ' s ( Berkshire Regiment ) . A Berkshire Militia was embodied at Reading during the English Civil War , but with no formal connection to the later regiment . The regiment was organised in 1759 , as the Berkshire Militia , and designated " Royal " the following year . It was embodied in 1778 , at which time it was ranked the 34th regiment of militia , and remained active for five years . It was regularly re - ranked through its embodiment , becoming the 11th in 1779 , 25th in 1780 , 29th in 1781 , and 20th in 1782 . It was embodied again in 1793 for the French Revolutionary Wars , ranked as the 30th . With the resumption of hostilities in 1803 , it was embodied as the 37th , and disembodied in 1816 following the peace . In 1833 , it was ranked as the 7th . It saw service during the Crimean War , being embodied in 1855 and volunteering for garrison service in the Mediterranean , being embodied again in late 1857 and finally disembodied in 1858 . In 1881 , under the Childers Reforms , the regiment was transferred into The Princess Charlotte of Wales ' s ( Berkshire Regiment ) as the 3rd Battalion . This was embodied during the South African War in 1900 . It was disembodied in mid - 1901 . During the Haldane Reforms in 1908 the battalion was transferred to the Special Reserve , and was embodied on mobilisation in 1914 for the First World War . As with all Special Reserve battalions , it served as a regimental depot , and was disembodied following the end of hostilities in 1919 , with personnel transferred to the 2nd Battalion . The battalion nominally remained in existence throughout the Second World War , but was never activated , and was finally disbanded in 1953 .
Land Battle of Vella Lavella The Battle of Vella Lavella was fought from 15 August – 9 October 1943 between Japan and the Allied forces from New Zealand and the United States . Vella Lavella is an island located in the Solomon Islands that had been occupied by Japanese forces . The Allies successfully recaptured the island . Barakoma Airfield on Vella Lavella was later the homebase of VMF - 214 " Blacksheep " and its CO Major Gregory " Pappy " Boyington .
Romuald Traugutt Romuald Traugutt ( 16 January 1826 – 5 August 1864 ) was a Polish general and war hero , best known for commanding the January Uprising . From October 1863 to August 1864 he was Dictator of Insurrection . He headed the Polish national government from October 17 , 1863 to April 20 , 1864 , and was president of its Foreign Affairs Office . Before the uprising he was a Lt . Colonel ( " podpułkownik " ) in the Russian army where he had won distinction in the Crimean War . He retired from the army in 1862 and became involved with conservative Polish nationalists . After leading a partisan unit in the initial rebellion , he became leader of the rebel forces in October 1863 . After the uprising failed , he was sentenced to death by the Russian regime and hanged near the Warsaw Citadel on 5 August 1864 , aged 38 , together with other rebel commanders ( Rafał Krajewski , Józef Toczyski , Roman Żuliński and Jan Jeziorański ) . The Roman Catholic Church is considering his beatification due to his overwhelming devotion to God and his sacrifice for his homeland . Remembrance . In 1916 a monument was raised in Warsaw on the site of his execution , and in 1925 the area around it was dedicated as Traugutt Park . In 1945 , he was honored on the first postage stamp of the newly re - emerged Republic of Poland as part of a three stamp set honoring national heroes . He had been earlier honored on a stamp in the 1938 set for the 20th anniversary of Poland ’ s independence after World War I . Poland issued additional stamps in his honor in 1962 and 1963 . He was also commemorated on the Polish 20 zloty banknote of the 1980s . The high school in Częstochowa is named after him , and a memorial column to him was erected in 1933 in Ciechocinek .
William Sully Beebe William Sully Beebe ( February 14 , 1841 – October 12 , 1898 ) was a Union officer who received the Medal of Honor on June 30 , 1897 for his action at Cane River Crossing , Louisiana on April 23 , 1864 . Born in Ithaca , New York , Beebe graduated from West Point in 1863 , receiving his commission in the ordnance branch . He was a First Lieutenant at Cane River Crossing . He continued serving in the Army until resigning in January 1874 . He rejoined the Army at the start of the Spanish - American War in June 1898 , and served as an ordnance officer on the staff of general James F . Wade . Beebe contracted yellow fever while in Cuba and died later that year . Medal of Honor citation . Voluntarily led a successful assault on a fortified position .
Protector ( RWS ) The M151 PROTECTOR Remote Weapon Station is a remotely - controlled weapons station ( RWS ) that can be mounted to vehicles and stationary platforms . It is manufactured by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace of Norway and Thales Group of France . Overview . The system consists of a stabilized firing platform , a fire control system and control grips . Several weapons can be mounted to the platform , such as : The system also features 4 M6 Smoke Grenade Dischargers . Specifications ( excluding weapons and ammo ) : Versions . Several versions of PROTECTOR have been developed with more than 15 , 000 units sold around the world in service with more than a dozen countries . M153 PROTECTOR . M153 PROTECTOR is designed to meet CROWS II requirement . Specifications ( excluding weapons and ammo ) : PROTECTOR Lite . PROTECTOR Lite is a light weight version for 7 . 62 mm machine gun with 200 round of ammo carried . Specifications ( excluding weapons and ammo ) : PROTECTOR Super Lite . PROTECTOR Super Lite is the lightest version currently available , and is a light weight man portable system that can be operated both remotely and manually . The Super Lite is fully stabilized and adaptable to any wheeled , tracked or stabilized platform , including tripods . Specifications ( excluding weapons and ammo ) : PROTECTOR Medium Caliber RWS . PROTECTOR Medium Caliber RWS is designed as a vehicle turret for 20 to 50 mm autocannons , with coaxial machinegun of 5 . 56 to 7 . 62 mm . Specifications ( including weapons and ammo ) : Sea PROTECTOR . Sea PROTECTOR is developed for naval applications . Specifications ( excluding weapons and ammo ) : Dynamic performance PROTECTOR Dual RWS . PROTECTOR Dual RWS is an extension of the existing RWS family that includes the use of two weapons . This innovative system also provides a dual user functionality ( Gunner / Commander ) . The coaxial weapon is mounted on the same axis as the main gun , the system automatically compensates for the parallel axis between the sights and the axis . Switching between weapons is intuitive and happens by simply pushing a button depending on mission need . PROTECTOR with Non Lethal Effectors . PROTECTOR with Non Lethal Effectors is designed to close a capability gap in peace keeping , peace enforcement and humanitarian operations as well as today ' s asymmetric warfare . PROTECTOR Nordic . PROTECTOR Nordic is claimed by the Norwegian remote weapon station developer as the most technically advanced PROTECTOR RWS ordered to date , and is a key element in the foundation for cooperation in the Nordic material programs . The extended functionality includes the Day Camera VIS 95 with 95 field of view and the Infrared Aim Laser ( 850 nm ) , both developed by KONGSBERG . PROTECTOR NM221 . PROTECTOR NM221 includes internal ammunition feed .
Cocklepark Tower Cocklepark Tower is in the hamlet of Cockle Park , Northumberland , England some to the north of Morpeth . This was a three - storied tower - house which was built in the 15th century . It was later extended by the addition of a domestic building . It was in use until recently but it is now unsafe . The University of Newcastle is planning to develop this building as part of the overall development of Cockle Park farm into the Centre for Renewable Energy from Land ( CREEL ) Creel home page .
August Hirt August Hirt ( April 28 , 1898 – June 2 , 1945 ) , an SS - Hauptsturmführer ( captain ) , served as a chairman at the Reich University in Strasbourg during World War II . Working with the Ahnenerbe division , Wolfram Sievers , Bruno Beger and Hirt together collected human skeletons from among the Dachau inmates in order to create an anatomical specimen collection specifically of Jews . In 1943 , Hirt had 79 Jewish men , 30 Jewish women , 2 Poles , and 4 " Asians " selected among the inmates at Auschwitz . These people were sent to Natzweiler - Struthof on July 30 , 1943 . Here they were gassed , by Josef Kramer , on August 17 and August 19 , 1943 . Their bodies were returned to Hirt at the anatomical laboratory of the Reich University in Strasbourg for preparation as an anthropological display , where they were re - discovered after the liberation . Some speculate that the Asian victims were in fact Soviets , and there is mention that Hirt used this opportunity to test the effects of mescaline as a poison . In the book , “ Die Namen der Nummern “ ( The Names of the Numbers ) , Hans - Joachim Lang describes this mass murder . He also recounts in detail the story of how he was able to determine the identities of 86 victims , 60 years after they were murdered . Hirt committed suicide before he could be tried for war crimes . Some of his records prepared for the trial are in possession of the US National Archives , including " Photocopies of certificates of proof of ancestry , in connection with research on prisoners in the Konzentrationslager Natzweiler , . . . Feb . 9 - Nov . 3 , 1942 . Partial copies of slips for the admittance of prisoners into the Konzentrationslager Natzweiler , medical examinations on prisoners , and a death certificate , Dec . 9 , 1942 - Aug . 9 , 1944 . Feb . 9 , 1942 - Aug . 9 , 1944 " .
163rd Battalion ( French - Canadian ) , CEF The 163rd ( Canadien - Francais ) Battalion , CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War . Based in Montreal , Quebec , the unit began recruiting in late 1915 throughout the province of Quebec . In May 1916 , the battalion sailed for Bermuda , where it remained on garrison duty until late November of the same year . After arriving in England , the battalion was absorbed into the 10th Reserve Battalion on January 8 , 1917 . The 163rd ( Canadien - Francais ) Battalion , CEF had one Officer Commanding : Lieut - Col . H . DesRosiers . The battalion is perpetuated by Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke . References . Meek , John F . " Over the Top ! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War . " Orangeville , Ont . : The Author , 1971 .
Ning Hai - class cruiser The Ning Hai class were a pair of light cruiser s in the Chinese fleet before World War II . Ning Hai ( ) , the lead ship of the class , was laid down in Japan while the follow - on , Ping Hai ( ) , was laid down in China and completed with Japanese assistance to a slightly modified design that included the deletion of seaplane facilities ( " Ning Hai " has a small hangar for two seaplanes ) . While " Ning Hai " was quickly commissioned , tensions between China and Japan plagued the efforts to complete the " Ping Hai " . Both served as flagships of the Republic of China Navy , with " Ping Hai " taking over the role from its older sister ship since April 1937 . The ROCN had an ambitious plan to procure a larger and more - powerful command cruiser and then to reassign the two vessels as scouts / flagships of submarine flotillas , but the outbreak of war with Japan put an end to all related efforts ( including the acquisition of submarines ) . " Ning Hai " and " Ping Hai " were sunk in defense of the Kiangyin Fortress , Yangtze River , near Nanking by Japanese aircraft ( of which the two ships shot down four ) on September 23 , 1937 , but then refloated by the Japanese . Originally they were to be transferred to the puppet government of Wang Jing - Wei , but the Japanese then had a change of heart and outfitted them first as barracks hulks and ultimately as escort ships Ioshima ( " Ning Hai " ) and Yasoshima ( " Ping Hai " ) in 1944 .
Sidney Phillips Sidney C . Phillips , Jr . ( born September 2 , 1924 ) is a retired family practice physician from Mobile , Alabama who is most widely known to the public as one of the collaborators who provided source material and interviews for the making of Ken Burns ' PBS documentary film " The War " and the HBO miniseries " The Pacific " . His recollections revolve around his time as a young man fighting in the Pacific War as a United States Marine . Biography . Phillips was born in Mobile , Alabama , the second child after his sister Katharine . A younger brother , John , followed . Their father , Sidney , was a US Army veteran of the Battle of Argonne Forest and became a teacher , then the principal of Murphy High School . Phillips , a 1941 Murphy High School graduate , volunteered to enlist in the US Marines at age seventeen on December 8 , 1941 , then was inducted later that month after gaining parental permission . He served with How Company , 2nd Battalion , 1st Marines , 1st Marine Division and saw combat as an 81mm mortarman in a number of battles including the Battle of the Tenaru during the Guadalcanal Campaign and the Battle of Cape Gloucester . He reported that his mortar crew observed effective fire control discipline with one example being a firefight on Cape Gloucester where they were able to provide light high explosive rounds through the jungle canopy only fifteen yards in front of their own lines . Phillips reported that after his overseas duty he enrolled in V12 , a program designed to educate young men so they could become US Navy officers . However his four year US Marine Corps enlistment expired on December 31 , 1945 , freeing him to return to Mobile . He had decided while at Cape Gloucester to become a physician so he followed by enrolling in Spring Hill College , then went to medical school to become a family physician . In April , 1946 he married the former Mary Houston ; his best man was Eugene Sledge . He enlisted in the reserves while at Spring Hill , then was finally discharged in April , 1948 . He lives quietly in Alabama , after completing a long career and finally retiring . He reports that Sledge ' s widow and sons introduced him to Ken Burns ' writing team , then later the HBO writers , so that he was able to provide needed information about the lives of Marines in combat for the making of " The Pacific " . Media presentation . Phillips is the author of the book " You ' ll be Sor - ree " , an accounting of his experiences in the US Marines . As a surviving veteran of World War II battles including the Guadalcanal Campaign and the Battle of Cape Gloucester he has provided valuable documentary interviews describing his recollections of the Pacific Theater of Operations . ( See oral history preservation . ) His character was played by actor Ashton Holmes in the HBO miniseries " The Pacific " . References . http : / / www . marinesidphillips . com /
Château de Beynac The Château de Beynac is a castle situated in the " commune " of Beynac - et - Cazenac , in the Dordogne " département " of France . The castle is one of the best - preserved and best known in the region . This Middle Ages construction , with its austere appearance , is perched on top of a limestone cliff , dominating the town and the north bank of the Dordogne River . History . The castle was built in the 12th century by the barons of Beynac ( one of the four baronies of Périgord ) to close the valley . The sheer cliff face being sufficient to discourage any assault from that side , the defences were built up on the plateau : double crenellated walls , double moats , one of which was a deepened natural ravine , double barbican . The oldest part of the castle is a large , square - shaped , Romanesque keep with vertical sides and few openings , held together with attached watch towers and equipped with a narrow spiral staircase terminating on a crenellated terrace . To one side , a residence of the same period is attached ; it was remodelled and enlarged in the 16th and 17th centuries . On the other side is a partly 14th century residence side - by - side with a courtyard and a square plan staircase serving the 17th century apartments . The apartments have kept their woodwork and a painted ceiling from the 17th century . The " Salle des États " ( States ' Hall ) has a Renaissance sculptured fireplace and leads into a small oratory entirely covered with 15th century frescoes , included a Pietà , a Saint Christopher , and a Last Supper in which Saint Martial ( first bishop of Limoges ) is the maître d ' hôtel . At the time of the Hundred Years ' War , the fortress at Beynac was in French hands . The Dordogne was the border between France and England . Not far away , on the opposite bank of the river , the Château de Castelnaud was held by the English . The Dordogne region was the theatre of numerous struggles for influence , rivalries and occasionally battles between the English and French supporters . However , the castles fell more often through ruse and intrigue rather than by direct assault , because the armies needed to take these castles were extremely costly : only the richest nobles and kings could build and maintain them . The castle was bought in 1962 by Lucien Grosso who has restored it . Visitors to the castle can see sumptuous tapestries showing hunting and other scenes from the lives of the lords of the period . The Château de Beynac has been listed as a " monument historique " by the French Ministry of Culture since 1944 . Beynac castle has served as a location for several films , including " Les Visiteurs " by Jean - Marie Poiré , in 1993 , " La Fille de d ' Artagnan " by Bertrand Tavernier , in 1994 , " Ever After " by Andy Tennant , in 1998 , and " " by Luc Besson , in 1999 . The village of Beynac below the chateau , also served as a location for the film " Chocolat " by Lasse Hallström , in 2000 .
Albatros C . IX The Albatros C . IX was a two - seated German military reconnaissance biplane from 1917 . It was built by Albatros Flugzeugwerke . It did not have a central strut between the upper wing and the fuselage , which was uncommon during the time . Also unusual was that the top wing was swept , while the lower wing was straight . Only three of these aircraft were built . Manfred von Richthofen used one for personal transport , such as going to meet Kaiser Wilhelm II in May 1917 .
Fort Beauregard ( Virginia ) Fort Beauregard was a Civil War era rectangular earthen fort located on a promontory above Tuscarora Creek just southeast of Leesburg , Virginia , in the present - day USA . Built in the winter of 1861 - 1862 following the Battle of Ball ' s Bluff , it was one of three forts built by Confederates to defend Leesburg against possible invasion . Fort Beauregard commanded the southern eastern approaches to the town , including the Old Carolina Road and the Alexandria and Winchester Turnpike ( present day Virginia State Route 7 ) . The fort may have been only partially constructed , and was never occupied by Confederates in force before Leesburg was evacuated in the spring of 1862 . The fort was occupied by Union forces for a brief period in the summer of 1862 . Most of the fort was destroyed in the early 1990s by the development of a subdivision . The subdivision incorporated civil war themes relating to the fort destroyed in its construction , including naming streets Beauregard Dr . and Fortress Cir . .
Rogožarski R - 313 The Rogozarski R - 313 ( Рогожарски Р - 313 in Serbian ) was a two - seat twin - engined monoplane designed as a fighter / light bomber / reconnaissance aircraft in Yugoslavia before World War II . It was designed and built at the Rogozarski factory in Belgrade . Design , construction and development . The Rogozarski R - 313 was a two - seater twin - engined fighter / light bomber / reconnaissance aircraft . It was powered by two in - line Walter Sagitta IIR engines , both fitted with a compressor ; each was capable of 493 hp . The elliptical , wooden fuselage was covered in plywood which was also used to ' skin ' the round - tipped , trapezoidal wings . The engine nacelles also housed the landing gear . The tail - wheel was , like the main landing gear , retractable . The fuel tank was located in the centre section between the wings . The reconnaissance variant of this aircraft was due to be equipped with a camera , a radio , a fixed 20mm cannon and a single FN 7 . 9mm machine gun , flexibly mounted . As a light bomber , the plane would carry four 106 kg ' Stankovic ' bombs inside the fuselage . Operational history . This aircraft did not get beyond the prototype stage . However , such characteristics as speed , rate of climb and distance required for take - off compared favourably with contemporary fighters . Only the relative lack of engine power let it down . Adopting the more powerful Daimler Benz DB 601 or the Rolls - Royce " Merlin " was discussed but came to nothing with the outbreak of war . A total of 25 aircraft were planned , both reconnaissance and light bomber versions . The prototype became part of 603 training squadron which was located at Grab , near Trebinje during the April war . It was damaged and abandoned attempting to take - off from Grab on 12 April 1941 . A month later , the Germans took control and sold the machine to the Croats who had taken over the ' Ikarus ' factory . They renamed the aircraft " Независни " ( " Independent " ) ; after repairs , a test flight was carried out on 19 May 1942 . Sabotage was then detected , so serious that further repairs could not be carried out . Thus ended the plane which was popular in literature as the " Yugoslav moskito " Although it was designed and built long before its legendary counterpart .
John Barrett ( Irish soldier ) John Barrett ( died 1693 ) was a colonel and head of the barony of the Cork Barrett family . Col . Barrett is noted for raising a regiment of infantry for King James ' army in Ireland . In 1691 the Williamite confiscation deprived Barrett , the head of the family at that time , of . He was killed in the French service at the Battle of Landen , alongside fellow Jacobite Patrick Sarsfield , in 1693 . History . A Catholic , Barrett sat as a Member of the Borough of Mallow in the National Parliament of 1689 . He raised a regiment for King James II during the onset of the Williamite War in Ireland . In 1690 he was the Military Governor of Waterford where he controlled his Cork regiment and another regiment of foot soldiers from the town . Following the Jacobite defeat at the Battle of the Boyne the Williamite army marched upon Waterford where he was forced to surrender the town , under stipulation of returning to Cork with his men and arms . There his regiment became a portion of the Jacobite garrison of Cork . Following the Siege of Cork he was taken prisoner by Marlborough and placed upon the Breda Man - of - war where he was to be delivered to England . During his transfer there was an accidental lighting of a powder magazine sinking the vessel . He and a number of other prisoners escaped to shore . After the Treaty of Limerick he traveled to France where he served as Colonel in the Irish " Gardes du Roi Jaques " and fought at the Battle of Landen . There he led his regiment as the first corps to force an opening in the Williamite entrenchment but was killed in battle .