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Alex Lees Alex Lees ( 11 July 1911 – 22 April 2009 ) was a British World War II veteran , who , as a POW , took part in planning the Great Escape . Escape . He was one of the " gardeners " at Stalag Luft III who disposed of earth from the three tunnels by mixing it with the dirt outside . Lees told a newspaper : " " It was just like the way it was portrayed in The Great Escape movie . I had been given the job of looking after the garden and I would take the dirt out to the vegetable patch , rake away the top soil , dump the earth and then cover it back up . The German guards never suspected a thing . " " However , as he was not an officer , he was not given the opportunity of joining those who escaped from the camp and so remained in the prison until it was liberated at the end of the war . Miscellaneous . Prior to his capture he had served as a driver with the Royal Army Service Corps in Greece . After the war he worked as an insurance underwriter and started a family . Death . He died on 22 April 2009 , aged 97 , in Paisley , Renfrewshire , Scotland , UK .
USS Charles P . Cecil ( DD - 835 ) USS " Charles P . Cecil " ( DD / DDR - 835 ) was a , the only ship of the United States Navy to be named after Rear Admiral Charles P . Cecil . She was launched on 22 April 1945 by Bath Iron Works , Bath , Maine ; sponsored by Mrs . C . P . Cecil ; and commissioned on 29 June 1945 with Commander W . Outerson in command . Service history . " Charles P . Cecil " arrived at San Diego , her home port , on 20 November 1945 , and almost at once sailed on a tour of $ 3 duty which found her operating as part of Joint Task Force One in the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll , as well as supporting occupation forces with operations in Japanese waters . She returned to San Diego on 9 August 1946 , and took part in exercises off the west coast until on 26 August 1947 , when she cleared for her second deployment to the Far East . She touched at many Pacific islands as well as calling at ports in China , Japan and Okinawa before her return to San Diego on 5 May 1948 . Reclassified DDR - 835 on 18 March 1949 , " Charles P . Cecil " left San Diego astern on 4 April 1949 , bound for Newport , Rhode Island , and assignment to the Atlantic Fleet . First from Newport , and from December 1950 , from Norfolk , Virginia , " Charles P . Cecil " operated through 1960 with the Atlantic Fleet , taking part in midshipmen training cruises , periodic deployments to the Mediterranean , and the overhauls and refresher training necessary to maintain her readiness . She participated in a long list of NATO operations , in waters ranging from those north of the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean . Her tours of duty with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean included one which coincided with the Suez Crisis of fall 1956 , during which she took up watchful patrol in the eastern Mediterranean . From January 1959 , when she was fitted with highly complex electronic computational and tracking equipment , " Charles P . Cecil " concentrated on air defense experiments and exercises , contributing to the development of advanced techniques . Her training , however , continued to include the areas such as anti - submarine warfare and amphibious operations required of the versatile destroyer . " Charles P . Cecil " participated in thirteen Mediterranean cruises , two Middle East cruises , and two Vietnam cruises ; She was one of the first ships on the Cuban Quarantine Line in the fall of 1962 , where she was the principal unit that challenged a Russian submarine and forced her to surface . In July 1973 " Charles P . Cecil " was assigned to naval reserve squadron COMDESRON TWO EIGHT and homeported in New London , Connecticut . " Charles P . Cecil " was struck from the United States Navy ' s rolls of fighting ships on 1 October 1979 and subsequently sold to Greece and renamed " Apostolis " on 8 August 1980 . She served with the Hellenic Navy until she was decommissioned in 1993 . She was scrapped in March 2003 .
Chilean destroyer Almirante Condell ( 1912 ) The Almirante Condell was a destroyer which served with the Chilean Navy through World War I and World War II . She was the second ship in the Chilean Navy to bear this name . The Chilean Navy ordered six ships from J . Samuel White in 1911 . These destroyers were larger and more powerful than contemporary British destroyers . The " Condell " was built by the United Kingdom as part of a six - ship " Almirante Lynch " class of destroyers , of which only two ships were delivered before the outbreak of war . Those two ships served in the Chilean Navy until 1945 . This ship was named after Admiral Carlos Condell , Chilean sailor , hero of the War of the Pacific .
Spike bayonet A spike bayonet , also known as a " pigsticker " in informal contexts , is a blade attachment for a firearm taking the form of a pointed spike rather than a knife . Most early musket bayonets were of this type . From around 1800 knife - or sword - style bayonets began to appear , which could also be wielded by hand . In the early 20th century spike bayonets reappeared , often folding or stowed under the barrel for compactness , such as on the French MAS - 36 , Russia n SKS and German FG 42 . The spike bayonet was also used on the Russian Mosin – Nagant . The Lee - Enfield No . 4 bayonet or Pig - Sticker , was a short spike ( but fixed conventionally ) , and was unpopular due to its length . Spike bayonets have not been popular with armies since World War II , apart from perhaps China , who attached them to their AK - 47 and SKS variants ( Type 56 and Type 63 ) , until the introduction of the Type 81 assault rifle , which uses a knife bayonet , in the 1980s .
Battle of Wuyuan The Battle of Wuyuan ( March 16 – April 3 , 1940 ) was a Chinese counterattack that defeated the Japanese invasion of the Wuyuan area . This happened in reaction to the Chinese 1939 - 40 Winter Offensive in Suiyuan during the Second Sino - Japanese War . The Japanese call it 第２次後套作戦 , The second battle of Wuyuan . By the 28th of January 1940 the Japanese had built up forces from 26th Division at Baotou sufficient to launch the 第１次後套作戦 or " First battle of Wuyuan in Inner Mongolia " to recover lost territory and move west to take Wuyuan which fell on February 3 and Linhe further west on the 4th of February . Units . Japanese Forces : Mongolia Garrison Army 駐蒙軍 - Noasaburo Okabe Chinese Forces : 8th War Area - Deputy Commander Fu Zuoyi Course of the Battle . On March 16 , 1940 as the Japanese were pressuring its New 4th Division west of Linhe , the rest of the Chinese 35th Corps with the New 31st Division and a regiment of the Garrison Brigade , secretly moved east along the Wu - chia River . On the night of the 20th they entered Wuyuan by surprise and after a seesaw fight over the strongpoint captured the city at 1600 hours on the 21st . The Japanese garrison retreated northward . Chinese forces then moved on to capture a strongpoint around Hsin - an - chen on the 22nd . This cut the road along the Yellow River to Wu - yuan . In an attempt to recover the situation the Japanese sent 600 troops from Dashetai via Siyitang , in 80 trucks to make a forced crossing of the Wu - chia River at Ta - tsai - chu 10 km north of Wuyuan . For three days they fought the 101st Division without success . By the 25th they had been reinforced to 3 , 000 men and made the crossing with artillery and air support . Wu - yuan again fell to the Japanese on the 26th and the Chinese fell back to the banks of Fang - chi - chu [ ? ] and continued their attacks at Xin ' an , Xishanzui , Xixiaozhao , and Man - ko - su [ ? ] . Muslim Generals Ma Hongkui and Ma Hongbin defended west Suiyuan , especially in Wuyuan in 1940 against the Japanese . Ma Hongbin commanded the Muslim 81st corps and incurred heavy casualties , but after fierce fighting eventually repulsed the Japanese and defeated them . Unable to withstand the pressure of Chinese attacks , the Japanese at Wuyuan retreated on March 30 and 31 . On April 1 a guerrilla force and cavalry column recaptured Wuyuan and the 11th Provisional Division recaptured Wu - pu - lang - kou [ ? ] . On April 3 Cavalry recovered Xishanzui as the Japanese retreated to the east .
Sa ' d ibn Mua ' dh Sa ’ d ibn Mu ' adh ( Arabic : سعد ابن معاذ ) was a chief of the Banu Aus tribe in Medina and later converted to Islam . Sa ' d was one of the chief of the Banu Aus , one of the two clans ( non Jewish ) settled in Medina . Biography . Sa ' d adopted Islam in 622 ( 1 AH ) , when Muhammad arrived in Medina , then known as Yathrib . He was among the leading figures among the Ansar , as Muhammad had dubbed the people of Aws and Khazraj from Medina who converted to Islam . Sa ' d was an intimate friend with Umayah ibn Khalaf . When Sa ' d was in Mecca , he used to stay with Umayah , and when Umayah was in Medina , he used to stay with Sa ' d . Prior to the Battle of Badr , Sa ’ d had visited Mecca once to perform his Umra with his non - Muslim friend Umayah ibn Khalaf , when they came across Abu Jahl . They had an argument , and as it became heated , Sa ' d threatened Abu Jahl with stopping the Meccan trade route to Syria and informed Umayah that his life was threatened by Muhammad . After the Battle of the Trench in 627 ( 5 AH ) , when Medina was unsuccessfully besieged by a Meccan army , the Muslims accused the Jewish Banu Qurayza of treacherous dealings with the enemy . They laid siege to their stronghold and the Banu Qurayza surrendered unconditionally after several weeks of siege . Several members of the Banu Aus pleaded for their old Jewish allies and agreed to Muhammad ' s proposal that one of their chiefs should judge the matter . Muhammad appointed Sa ' d , the Banu Qurayza agreed to his appointment . Sa ' d had been wounded in the earlier battles , and was on the verge of death . He declared that they be judged by the laws of their own religion ( Judaism ) . Invoking Torah law , Sa ' d decreed that all adult male members of the tribe should be executed and all women and children enslaved . Sa ' d succumbed to the wounds and died after returning to Medina . Legacy . Muslim view . He dutifully served as a member of the Muslim community and even commanded military campaigns for the Prophet during his lifetime . Saad is said to have been a stern , just and passionate man , willing to impulsively fight for what he believed in . In Muslim history , he is well regarded as a noble companion who enjoyed a close relationship with the Prophet . Narrated Jabir : I heard the Prophet saying , " The Throne ( of Allah ) shook at the death of Sad bin Muadh . " Through another group of narrators , Jabir added , " I heard the Prophet : saying , ' The Throne of the Beneficent shook because of the death of Sad bin Muadh . " [ Sahih Bukhari : Volume 5 , Book 58 , Number 147 ]
Tibby Cotter Albert " Tibby " Cotter ( born 3 December 1883 in Sydney , died 31 October 1917 in Beersheba ) was an Australian cricketer who played in 21 Tests between 1904 and 1912 . Arguably the best fast bowler through the first decade of the 20th century he had a reputation for breaking stumps . Early moving film of his action clearly shows a slinging action that was to cause controversy in England . While regarded as the fastest of his era in Australia ( his pace saw him nicknamed " ' Terror ' Cotter " by English fans ) he did not always have the control to back it up , hitting W . G . Grace on the body with a full toss on his first tour of England . He took eight or more wickets in a match four times from his 21 Tests and his strike rate of 52 ranks up with the best . Cotter missed the tri - nations tour to England in 1912 when he was among the six players who refused to tour due to a dispute with the Board of Control . He was never to play for Australia again . Cotter joined the Australian Imperial Force ( AIF ) in April 1915 , aged 31 . The enlistment of a former sporting champion was seen as powerful publicity for the AIF recruiting campaign . Despite having no great riding ability , he was accepted into the 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment ; he took a late part in the Gallipoli campaign . Later he transferred to the 12th Light Horse and was commended for his “ fine work under heavy fire ” during the second battle of Gaza . The official history remarked : “ he behaved in action as a man without fear ” . He declined promotion . On 31 October 1917 the 4th Light Horse Brigade , of which the 12th Regiment was part , captured Beersheba by a brilliant cavalry - style charge . Cotter was there as a stretcher - bearer . At the end of the charge , as troops dismounted to engage the enemy , a Turk shot Cotter dead at close range .
62nd Infantry Division Marmarica The 62nd Infantry Division Marmarica was an Infantry Division of the Italian Army during World War II . The " Marmarica " Division was sent to Libya in October 1939 . It took part in the Italian invasion of Egypt in September 1940 . It was destroyed at Bardia in January 1941 , during the British counter - attack ( Operation Compass ) . Libya . The " Marmarica " Division was part of the Italian forces that invaded Egypt Battle of Marmarica the division was located at Sidi Omar to the south of Sollum . After the British counter - attack what remained of the Division was located at Bardia . On 3 January 1941 , The British resumed the offensive . As the Allied forces advanced , several large Italian units were surrounded , cut off from supply , and defeated . After some hard fighting , one position after another surrendered . The Australians captured Bardia on 5 January , taking 45 , 000 prisoners and 462 guns for a loss of 130 dead and 326 wounded of their own . However the fighting was fierce . An Australian historian later wrote that " in parts their defence was most efficient and often extremely brave . "
Antoni Jakubski Antoni Władysław Jakubski ( ; 1885 – 1962 ) was a Polish zoologist and explorer . Jakubski was born in Lemberg ( Lwów ) , Galicia , Austria - Hungary ( now Lviv , Ukraine ) on 28 March 1885 . He studied zoology from Prof . Józef Nusbaum - Hilarowicz at the Lwów University where he received a habilitation in 1917 . In 1909 - 1910 , he traveled to East Africa , becoming , on 13 March 1910 , the first Pole to climb Mount Kilimanjaro . He crossed Tanganyika on foot , traveling from the Indian Ocean to the lakes Nyasa and Rukwa in order to study their fauna . During the First World War , Jakubski fought in the Polish Legions . For his military service , he was awarded with a fifth class Virtuti Militari order and a Cross of the Valiant . From 1919 to 1939 , he worked at the Poznań University . In 1923 , he set up the Maritime Fishing Laboratory at Hel on the Baltic Sea . After the Second World War , during which he was an inmate of Nazi concentration camps , Jakubski settled in the United Kingdom where he was employed in the British Museum . He died in London on 20 May 1962 . Jakubski ' s area of research comprised faunistics , zoogeography , comparative anatomy and history of zoology . His works include :
Friedrich Hauber Friedrich Hauber ( 1 March 1916 – 5 October 1944 ) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Fallschirmjäger during World War II . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Friedrich Hauber was killed on 5 October 1944 in an automobile accident in Italy . < div class = " references - small " >
USS Nokomis ( SP - 609 ) USS " Nokomis " ( SP - 609 ) was a yacht purchased by the U . S . Navy during World War I . She was outfitted as a patrol craft with 3 - inch guns , and assigned to protect commercial shipping in the North Atlantic Ocean from German submarine s and Q - ship s . Post - war she was returned to the U . S . and decommissioned . Subsequently , she was placed back into service as a survey vessel , a role she maintained for nearly two decades before again being decommissioned and struck from the Navy List . Built in Delaware . The first ship to be so named by the U . S . Navy , " Nokomis " was a yacht built as " Nokomis II " by Pusey & Jones , Wilmington , Delaware , in 1914 . The Navy purchased the yacht from Horace E . Dodge of Detroit , Michigan 1 June 1917 . The ship was renamed " Nokomis " 19 November 1917 and was commissioned at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , on 3 December 1917 . World War I service . North Atlantic Ocean duty . Fitted out at Philadelphia , " Nokomis " sailed for Bermuda 19 December with a French submarine chaser in tow . She departed Bermuda for Brest , France , 8 January 1918 , stopping en route at the Azores and Leixões , Portugal . Operating with the U . S . Patrol Squadron for the remainder of the war , she helped protect American troop transport s approaching the coast of France . " Nokomis " spent the rest of the conflict on patrol and escort duty off western France , and remained in European waters for several months after the November 1918 Armistice brought an end to the fighting . Reclassified as a survey ship . Terminating this duty in 1919 , " Nokomis " returned to the United States in August . Reclassified PY – 6 in 1920 , the yacht decommissioned at New York City 25 February 1921 . Outfitted as a ship ' s tender for the Naval Governor of Santo Domingo in July 1921 , she did not assume this duty , but conducted surveys in Mexican and Caribbean waters under direction of the Hydrographic Office . Final decommissioning . Returning to Norfolk , Virginia , 24 September 1934 , " Nokomis " decommissioned 15 February 1938 and was struck from the Navy Register 25 May 1938 .
Felix Becker Felix Becker ( 8 November 1893 – 29 December 1979 ) was a highly decorated Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
Miles Hunt - Davis Brigadier Sir Miles Garth Hunt - Davis , GCVO , CBE ( born 1938 ) was the Private Secretary to His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh until 2010 . He was born in Johannesburg , South Africa , and educated at St Andrew ' s College , South Africa . After attending the Mons Officer Cadet School , he joined the 6th Queen Elizabeth ' s Own Gurkha Rifles in 1962 . He served in Borneo and Malaysia 1964 - 1966 . In 1969 - 1970 he attended the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College ( psc ( CAN ) ) , and was promoted to Major in 1971 . From 1974 - 1976 he was Brigade Major of the 48th Gurkha Infantry Brigade . Promoted Lieutenant - Colonel in 1976 , he was Commandant of the 7th Duke of Edinburgh ' s Gurkha Rifles . In 1979 - 1980 he was the Chief Instructor , Tactics Wing , of the School of Infantry , and 1980 - 1982 General Staff Officer Grade 1 ( GSO1 ) Tactics at the School . From 1982 - 1983 he was instructor at the Staff College , Camberley ( psc ) . In 1985 - 1987 he was Commander British Gurkhas , Nepal , and from 1987 – 1990 , based in Hong Kong , he commanded the Brigade of Gurkhas . He retired in 1991 . Since leaving the British Army Brigadier Hunt - Davis has been Colonel of the 7th Duke of Edinburgh ' s Gurkha Rifles ( 1991 - 1994 ) , and Chairman of the Gurkha Brigade Association ( 1991 – 2003 ) . Hunt - Davis joined the Household of the Duke of Edinburgh as Assistant Private Secretary in 1991 . He was promoted to Private Secretary in 1993 . He retired in 2010 . Hunt - Davis was made a MBE in 1977 , and advanced to CBE in 1990 . He was made a CVO in 1998 and promoted to KCVO in 2003 and GCVO in 2010 .
George Fraser Kerr George Fraser Kerr VC , MC & Bar , MM , ( 8 June 1895 – 8 December 1929 ) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest military award given to British and Commonwealth forces for gallantry in the face of the enemy . Enlisting in September 1914 , Kerr became a lieutenant in the 3rd ( Toronto ) Battalion , Canadian Expeditionary Force , during the First World War . On 27 September 1918 at Bourlon Wood , France , 23 year - old Kerr performed an act of bravery for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the battle of the Canal du Nord . Lieutenant Kerr acted with conspicuous bravery and leadership during operations , giving timely support by outflanking a machine - gun which was impeding the advance . Later , when the advance was again held up by a strong point , and being far in advance of his company , he rushed the strong point single - handed , capturing four machine - guns and 31 prisoners . He later achieved the rank of Captain . Further information . He died of Carbon monoxide poisoning and is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery , Toronto , Canada ( plot 14 , section 36 . Lot 6 - E 1 / 2 ) . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa , Canada .
USNS Spearhead ( JHSV - 1 ) USNS " Spearhead " is the first ship in the , to be operated by the Military Sealift Command and christened on 17 September 2011 . History . Construction of " Spearhead " began on 22 July 2010 , when the ship ' s keel was laid at the Austal facility in Mobile , Alabama in a ceremony that included officials from the US Navy , the US Army , the state of Alabama and the city of Mobile . At the time , " Spearhead " was intended for service with the US Army in the 7th Sustainment Brigade as USAV " Spearhead " . " Spearhead " was launched on 8 September 2011 , though she did not enter the water until several days later ; her launch was the moving of the vessel from the shed where she was constructed onto a floating drydock . At the time , she was scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in early 2012 , a delay from the original target of September 2011 . " Spearhead " was christened on 17 September 2011 . Her sponsor was a former Army officer , Kenneth Wahlman ; as part of the ceremony , his daughter Catherine Wahlman ( Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Corps of Cadets class of 2013 ) broke a bottle of champagne across " Spearhead " ' s bow . " Spearhead " , after delivery to the Navy in early 2012 , will undergo sea trials and tests , and in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013 is planned to begin operations , homeported at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek . She will be crewed by civilian sailors from the Military Sealift Command , and her first captain will be Douglas D . Casavant , Jr . In August 2012 " Spearhead " made a " clean sweep " of her acceptance trials . " Spearhead " was formally delivered to the Navy on 5 December 2012 , eight months late and $ 31 million over budget . Role . " Spearhead " , as well as other ships of her class , are built to a modular design that allows them to be rapidly refitted with various equipment within a bay depending on the mission at hand . " Spearhead " is planned for non - combat missions , such as transportation of troops or equipment . Specifications . " Spearhead " is long , in beam and has a draft of . She has space for 41 crewmembers , though under normal conditions will sail with 22 , as well as sleeping accommodations for up to 150 people and an additional 312 seats for troop transport . She is powered by four MTU 20V8000 M71L engines , each with a power of , driving four Wärtsilä WLD 1400 SR waterjets through ZF 60000NR2H reduction gears . This allows for a maximum speed of and a service speed of . There are also facilities for one helicopter .
76th Brigade ( United Kingdom ) The 76th Brigade was a formation of the British Army . It was raised as part of the new army also known as Kitchener ' s Army and assigned to the 25th Division and served on the Western Front during the First World War .