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John Banister ( lawyer ) John Banister ( December 26 , 1734 – September 30 , 1788 ) was an American lawyer and an American Revolutionary War patriot from Petersburg , Virginia . The son of John Banister and grandson of John Banister , the naturalist , he was educated at Middle Temple in London , England , admitted on September 27 , 1753 . He was a member of the Virginia Convention in 1776 . He also served in the House of Burgesses ( 1765 – 1775 , 1777 ) , the Continental Congress ( 1778 – 1779 as a delegate , where he was a framer of and signed the Articles of Confederation ) , and the Virginia House of Delegates ( 1776 – 1777 , 1781 – 1783 ) . During the Revolutionary War , he was a Major and Lt . Colonel of cavalry in the Virginia line militia ( 1778 – 1781 ) . General and Commander - in - Chief , George Washington regarded him highly as witnessed by a letter he wrote to him from Valley Forge . In 1781 he aided in supplying his militia and in repelling the British from his state . Much of his personal property was lost . British forces under General Phillips would commonly stop at his home in Battersea , in Petersburg , Virginia . He was well informed on current affairs and an established writer . Banister was married three times . His first was to Elizabeth Munford in 1755 , and his marriage was to Elizabeth " Patsy " Bland , the daughter of Theodorick Bland of Cawsons and the sister of Colonel Theodorick Bland ( see also the Richard Bland topic ) . His urban villa in Petersburg was built in 1768 in a five - part Palladian style . A notable feature of the interior is a Chinese style staircase . In 1782 he was listed in Dinwiddie County records with 3 free males , 46 Negros adults , 42 Negros under age , 28 horses , 126 cattle and one chairiott ; Francis and Abram Ford were listed as ' overseer ' . He is buried in the family plot at " Hatcher ' s Run " , the family estate in Dinwiddie County , Virginia .
Polish Independent Highland Brigade The Polish Independent Highland Brigade ( ) was a Polish military unit created in France in 1939 , after the fall of Poland , as part of the Polish Army in France . It had approximately 5 , 000 soldiers trained in mountain warfare and was commanded by General Zygmunt Szyszko - Bohusz . It was named after the region of Podhale in southern Poland . In February it was assigned to the Anglo - French expeditionary corps prepared to be sent to Finland . Eventually in May and June 1940 it took part in the Allied campaign in Norway and fought with distinction in the Battles of Narvik . After the beginning of hostilities on the Western Front , the brigade was withdrawn to France , where it fought in the defence of Brittany . Disbanded , some of its soldiers were evacuated to Britain and Egypt , while others joined the French resistance .
Siege of Trebizond ( 1222 – 23 ) The Siege of Trebizond in 1222 – 1223 was an unsuccessful siege of Trebizond , the capital of the namesake empire , by the Seljuq Turks under a certain Melik . The latter is usually identified with the Sultan of Iconium , Kayqubad I ( r . 1220 – 1237 ) , but also with the Seljuq emir of Bayburt Mugit al - Din Tughril Shah , or with one of Kayqubad ' s sons . According to the late 14th - century " Miracles of Saint Eugenius " ( Trebizond ' s patron saint ) , the city was close to being captured , but was saved by an unusually severe winter . The Seljuq assaults were repulsed , and their army was annihilated on its retreat through the attacks of the Matzoukaites , fierce mountain tribes under Trebizond ' s rule . The failure of the siege led to the termination of Trebizond ' s vassal status to the Sultanate of Iconium , which had been in place since 1214 . Trebizondian independence , however , would last only until the Battle of Yassıçemen in 1231 , in whose aftermath Trebizond again acknowledged Seljuq suzerainty .
Lansing Hoskins Beach Lansing Beach ( June 18 , 1860 – April 2 , 1945 ) was a U . S . Army officer who served for a time as Chief of Engineers . Early life . Born in Dubuque , Iowa , Beach graduated third in the United States Military Academy class of 1882 and was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers . Military career . Beach developed plans for the reconstruction of the Muskingum River locks and dams soon after Ohio ceded the state - built improvements to the federal government in 1887 . From 1894 to 1901 he worked on public improvements in the District of Columbia , serving as Engineer Commissioner there in 1898 – 1901 . As Detroit District Engineer in 1901 – 05 , he oversaw harbor improvements as far west as Duluth . Beach supervised improvements along the Louisiana Gulf Coast in 1908 – 12 and in Baltimore in 1912 – 15 . He also oversaw the entire Gulf Division in six of those seven years and the Central Division in 1915 - 20 . In the latter capacity and as Chief of Engineers , he oversaw construction of the huge Wilson Locks and Dam on the Tennessee River . Beach also served on the Mississippi River Commission and the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors . After his four - year tour as Chief of Engineers , he retired on June 18 , 1924 . After retirement , General Beach served as consulting engineer for various business interests in the United States and Mexico . He was President of the American Society of Military Engineers , and a member of the International Water Commission from 1924 to 1930 . He died in Pasadena , California . References . " This article contains public domain text from "
Dudley Howard Ridout Major - General Sir Dudley Howard Ridout KBE , CB , CMG ( 1866 – 3 May 1941 ) was a British soldier of the Royal Engineers . Background . He was born in 1866 . His father , Major Joseph B . Ridout was a British soldier who served on the Bhutan expedition with the 80th Regiment 1864 - 5 . His father had been on the staff of the Hythe School of Musketry and was the captain of cadets at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston , Ontario Canada . His grandfather Thomas Gibbs Ridout was deputy assistant commissary general during the War of 1812 and a cashier of the Bank of Canada from 1822 to 1861 . Education and career . Dudley Ridout graduated at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston , Ontario and was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1885 . He was an intelligence officer in South Africa from 1900 to 1902 . He served in World War I and was transferred to Singapore Command where from 1915 to 1921 he was General Officer Commanding the Troops in the Straits Settlements and a member of the Executive and Legislative Councils there . He retired in 1924 . He died in 1941 in the London borough of Richmond upon Thames and was buried in Richmond Cemetery , Section 8 , grave number 9479 . Legacy . Ridout Row , the row of two terraces of eight small four roomed cottages with an outdoor courtyard on the ground of RMC , was named in honour of Dudley Howard Ridout ' s father , Captain Joseph Bramley Ridout . The Ridout Row was renovated and currently houses the Canadian Defence Academy Head Quarters . Family . Dudley Howard Ridout ' s father Captain Joseph Bramley Ridout was the first Captain of Cadets at the RMC from 1876 to 1882 . Dudley Howard Ridout ' s grandfather was the Assistant Commissary - General during the War of 1812 . Dudley Ridout was married to Lady Maud Ridout .
Volksgrenadier Volksgrenadier was the name given to a type of German Army division formed in the Autumn of 1944 after the double loss of Army Group Center to the Soviets in Operation Bagration and the Fifth Panzer Army to the Allies in Normandy . The name itself was intended to build morale , appealing at once to nationalism ( " Volk " ) and Germany ' s older military traditions ( " Grenadier " ) . Germany formed 78 VGDs during the war . " Volksgrenadiers " and " Volksgrenadier " divisions should not be confused with the " Volkssturm " , which is an entirely different entity . History and Organisation . The strategic emergency and concomitant manpower shortage resulting from the losses in mid - 1944 required the creation of infantry divisions that economized on personnel and emphasized defensive strength over offensive strength . The " Volksgrenadier " divisions met this need by using only six line infantry battalion s instead of the normal nine for infantry divisions — already a common reality for many existing divisions . The units also had a higher proportion of submachineguns and light automatic weapons and thus relied more on short - range firepower than in standard German Army infantry units . Automatic weapons like the new " wonder weapon " " Sturmgewehr 44 " and anti - tank weaponry like the single shot panzerfaust were also used by " Volksgrenadier " units . They were organized around small cadres of hardened veteran soldiers , NCOs and officers and then bulked out with anything the Replacement Army could get its hands on . " Jobless " personnel of the shrinking Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe , wounded soldiers from broken formations returning to duty from hospitals , older men who would have been considered too old or too unfit for the peacetime army and teenagers were recruited into the ranks . Battle . " Volksgrenadier " divisions participated in the Battle of the Bulge , the defense of the Siegfried Line and Eastern Front , and in the final battles in Germany . Some divisions acquitted themselves very well and fought tenaciously while others were rushed into battle with a minimum of training and thus performed very poorly . Several " Volksgrenadier " divisions , especially those made up of " jobless " Wehrmacht personnel drawn from the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe , often displayed high motivation and morale which resulted in surprisingly good cohesion and military effectiveness against the Reich ' s enemies in the last eight or so months ( about October 1944 through May 1945 ) of the war in Europe .
Simón Bolívar ( barque ) Simón Bolívar is a training vessel for the Venezuelan Navy . She sails from the home port of La Guaira and is a frequent participant in tall ship events . She is named after Simón Bolívar , the liberator of Bolivia , Colombia , Peru , Ecuador , Panama and Venezuela . Design . " Simón Bolívar " was built in the Spanish shipyard of Astilleros Celaya in Bilbao ( Spain ) . She is one of four similar barques built as sail training vessels for Latin American navies ; her half - sisters are the Mexican " Cuauhtémoc " , the Colombian " Gloria " and the Ecuadoran " Guayas " . She was launched in Bilbao on 21 November 1979 . History . She was commissioned on 12 August 1980 . She participated in Operation Sail in 1986 and again in 2000 , visiting New York on both occasions . She formed part of the French " Voiles de la liberté " in 1989 , " Armada de la liberté " in 1994 and " Armada du siècle " in 1999 . In 1995 she won the golden prize in the international Americas ' Sail tall ship race . From 2002 until 2008 she was in refit at Diques y Astilleros Nacionales Compañía Anónima state shipyard in Puerto Cabello . She participated in Velas Sudamerica 2010 , an historical Latin America n tour by eleven tall ships to celebrate the bicentennial of the first national governments of Argentina , Venezuela , Colombia , Chile and Mexico . In 2011 she travelled to the Azores , Bremerhaven , Saint Petersburg and Cadiz , sailing from her homeport of La Guaira on 25 February and returning on 15 June . It is classified as a Class A Tall Ship by the International Sail Training Association and has the MMSI number 735059037 .
HMS Kangaroo ( 1795 ) HMS " Kangaroo " was an 18 - gun brig - sloop of the " Diligence " class in the Royal Navy , built in 1795 at Rotherhithe , England . In October 1795 she was commissioned under Commander Courtenay Boyle . On 16 October 1798 HMS " Kangaroo " , in company with the rasée frigate ( ex ship - of - the - line ) " Anson " , engaged and captured the French 18 - pounder frigate " Loire " off Blacksod Bay , Ireland . Because " Kangaroo " served in the navy ' s Egyptian campaign ( 8 March to 8 September 1801 ) , her officers and crew qualified for the clasp " Egypt " to the Naval General Service Medal , which the Admiralty issued in 1847 to all surviving claimants . She was sold in February 1802 .
HMS Kinross HMS Kinross was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy . Kinross was a member of the Admiralty ' s modified design of Hunt minesweepers , which are known variously as the ' Aberdare class ' or ' Aberdare group ' . Loss . At the time of her loss HMS Kinross was serving with the Mediterranean Fast Minesweeper Flotilla . Casualties . 12 members of the ships company were lost , with most casualties incurred in the ships engine & boiler rooms .
Whipsnade Tree Cathedral Whipsnade Tree Cathedral is a 9 . 5 acre ( 38 , 000 m² ) garden in the village of Whipsnade in Bedfordshire , England . It is planted in the approximate form of a cathedral , with grass avenues for nave , chancel , transept s , chapels and cloister s and " walls " of different species of trees . The Tree Cathedral was planted by a Mr Edmond K . Blyth as an act of " Faith , hope and reconciliation " in response to his memories of World War I . As a cadet at Sandhurst in 1916 Blyth had made close friends called Arthur Bailey , John Bennett and Francis Holland who were all killed prior to the end of the war . In 1930 he paid a visit to Liverpool Cathedral , which was then under construction . Blyth wrote : " As we drove south through the Cotswold hills on our way home . . . I saw the evening sun light up a coppice of trees on the side of a hill . It occurred to me then that here was something more beautiful still and the idea formed of building a cathedral with trees . " Work began in 1932 and continued in stages . The site became overgrown during World War II , but development recommenced after the end of the war . The first religious service at the site was held in 1953 , and services continue to this day . In 1960 the Tree Cathedral was accepted as a gift by the National Trust . The independent Whipsnade Tree Cathedral Fund is responsible for the religious use of the site . Services have been conducted by many different denominations . The village of Whipsnade contains houses named after Mr Blyth ( Blythswood ) and his friends Arthur Bailey and John Bennett ( Bailey Cottage and Bennetts Cottage ) . The Tree Cathedral contains chapels meant for each of the four seasons . Trees . The cathedral incorporates the following trees . The site also includes a number of notable shrub s including Berberis , Cotoneaster , Dogwood , Flowering Currant , Holly , Hazel , Lilac , Laurustinus , Laurel , May , New Zealand Holly , Philadelphus , Privet , Rhododendron , and Wild Rose .
Peter Högl Peter Högl ( 19 August 1897 – 2 May 1945 ) was a German officer holding the rank of SS - Obersturmbannführer ( lieutenant colonel ) who spent time in the Führerbunker in Berlin at the end of World War II . Early life and career . Högl was born near Dingolfing in Bavaria . After he left school he worked as a miller in Landshut until he joined the 16th Bavarian Infantry Regiment in 1916 ; there , he then saw active service in World War I and reached the rank of Unteroffizier . He left the army in 1919 and joined the Bavarian police , transferring to the criminal police in 1932 . Nazi career . He joined the SS and became a member of Adolf Hitler ' s bodyguard in 1933 and attained the rank of SS - Obersturmführer ( first lieutenant ) in 1934 . From April 1935 he became the deputy to Johann Rattenhuber in the Reichssicherheitsdienst ( Reich Security Service - RSD ) and was appointed Chief of Department 1 ( responsible for the personal protection of Hitler ) . In this capacity he was posted to the Obersalzberg , Munich and Berlin . From November 1944 forward , he was stationed in Berlin and held the title of Criminal Director . Beginning in January 1945 , Högl spent time in the Führerbunker located below the Reich Chancellery gardens in central Berlin . In April 1945 , it became a de facto Führer Headquarters during the Battle of Berlin , and ultimately , the last one of Hitler ' s headquarters . Capture of Hermann Fegelein . On 27 April , Högl was sent to find Heinrich Himmler ' s liaison man in Berlin , SS - Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen - SS Hermann Fegelein who had left the bunker complex . Högl caught Fegelein at his apartment apparently preparing to flee Berlin with his Hungarian mistress to Sweden or Switzerland . Fegelein had cash , forged passports and was wearing civilian clothes . Högl also uncovered a briefcase containing documents with evidence of Himmler ' s attempted peace negotiations . Fegelein , by that time was Eva Braun ' s brother - in - law . A military tribunal was ordered by Hitler to court - martial Fegelein . Waffen - SS General Wilhelm Mohnke presided over the tribunal which , in addition to General Johann Rattenhuber , included Generals Hans Krebs and Wilhelm Burgdorf . On the evening of 28 April , the BBC broadcast a Reuters news report about Himmler ' s attempted negotiations with the western Allies via Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden . Hitler thereafter condemned Fegelein to death . Death . After Hitler ' s death on 30 April , Högl , Ewald Lindloff , Hans Reisser , and Heinz Linge carried his corpse up the stairs to ground level and through the bunker ' s emergency exit to the bombed - out garden behind the Reich Chancellery . There , Högl witnessed the cremation of Hitler and Eva Braun . On the following night of 1 May , Högl joined the break - out from the Soviet Red Army encirclement . After midnight on 2 May 1945 , he was wounded in the head while crossing the Weidendammer Bridge and died of his injuries . Högl was 47 years old .
Stuart Skeates Major General Stuart Richard Skeates CBE is a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in August 2013 . Military career . Educated at King ' s College London , Skeates was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1989 . He served in the Bosnian War , took part in the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and then served as Military Assistant to the General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland in the final years of Operation Banner . He became Commanding Officer of 26th Regiment Royal Artillery in Gütersloh , then Deputy Commander of 52nd Brigade ( deployed as Task Force Helmand ) and then Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff Operations for Afghanistan and Pakistan at Permanent Joint Headquarters . He became Commander of 19th Light Brigade in December 2009 , Deputy Commander of I Marine Expeditionary Force ( Forward ) in 2011 and Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in August 2013 .
Spring R . Rice Major - General Sir Spring Robert Rice ( 11 July 1858 – 11 August 1929 ) , KCMG , CB , was a British Army general who served on the staff of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War . He entered the Royal Engineers in 1877 , and was promoted to Captain in 1888 . He was appointed the adjutant of the School of Military Engineering in 1892 , and promoted Major in 1896 . During the South African War he commanded 23rd Field Company RE , deployed to Ladysmith ; during the Siege of Ladysmith , he acted as the commanding officer of the Royal Engineers . In 1901 , he designed a simple and inexpensive blockhouse , which saw extensive use . For his services during the War , he was mentioned in despatches four times , won the Queen ' s Medal with two clasps and the King ' s medal with two clasps , and was given a brevet promotion to Lieutenant - Colonel . He left the School of Military Engineering in 1905 , and was appointed the chief engineer in charge of coastal defences for Southern Command in 1909 , with the rank of colonel . In 1911 he was appointed as the chief engineer of Aldershot Command , holding this post until 1914 . On the outbreak of the First World War , he was appointed to the post of Brigadier - General Royal Engineers in I Corps , the senior engineering officer of the corps . He was promoted to Major - General in 1915 for distinguished service , and in February 1916 he was appointed Engineer - in - Chief of the entire BEF , succeeding G . H . Fowke . He picked up the trial project to form the Royal Engineer tunnelling companies , forming them into a distinct branch within the Corps . He was transferred to the Forts Garrison Command in 1917 , a posting he held for the remainder of the war . He retired in 1919 , having been mentioned in despatches a further six times , awarded the KCMG and the Croix de Guerre , and made a Commandeur of the Order of Leopold for his wartime service .
Battle of Honey Hill The Battle of Honey Hill was the third battle of Sherman ' s March to the Sea , fought November 30 , 1864 , during the American Civil War . It did not involve Major General William T . Sherman ' s main force , marching from Atlanta , Georgia , to Savannah , but was a failed Union Army expedition under Maj . Gen . John P . Hatch that attempted to cut off the Charleston and Savannah Railroad in support of Sherman ' s projected arrival in Savannah . Engagement . Hatch ' s expeditionary force left Hilton Head , South Carolina , for Boyd ’ s Neck ( above Beaufort ) on November 28 . It consisted of 5 , 000 men — two brigades of the Coast Division of the Department of the South , one naval brigade , and portions of three batteries of light artillery . They steamed up the Broad River in transports to cut the Charleston and Savannah Railroad near Pocotaligo . Due to a heavy fog the troops were not disembarked from the transports until late the following afternoon , and Hatch immediately started forward to cut the railroad near Grahamville . However , the expedition maps and guides proved worthless and Hatch was unable to proceed on the right road until the morning of November 30 . At Honey Hill , a few miles from Grahamville , he encountered a Confederate force of regulars and militia , under Col . Charles J . Colcock , with a battery of seven guns across the road . Determined attacks were launched by U . S . Colored Troops including a brigade led by Alfred S . Hartwell that included the 54th Massachusetts and 55th Massachusetts . The position of the Federal force was such that only one section of artillery could be used at a time , and the Confederates were too well entrenched to be dislodged . Fighting kept up until dark when Hatch , realizing the impossibility of successfully attacking or turning the flank of the enemy , withdrew to his transports at Boyd ’ s Neck , having lost 89 men killed , 629 wounded , and 28 missing . The Confederate casualties amounted to eight killed and 39 wounded . First Lt . O . W . Bennett and Capt . George E . Gouraud were awarded the Medal of Honor . Confederate order of battle . General Gustavus W Smith Reinforced during battle by Gen Beverly H . Robertson Casualties . In a report of Hatch December 1864 summarized the Union losses : The Confederate losses were reported by Lt Col C . C . Jones in his " Siege of Savannah " as 4 killed and 40 wounded . The " Savannah Republican " newspaper on Dec 1 , 1864 reported " between eighty and one hundred killed and wounded "
Treaty of Baden The Treaty of Baden was the treaty that ended formal hostilities between France and the Holy Roman Empire , who had been at war since the start of the War of the Spanish Succession . It was signed on 7 September 1714 in Baden , Switzerland , and complemented the treaties of Utrecht and of Rastatt , by which Emperor Charles VI accepted the Utrecht Treaty on behalf of the Habsburg Monarchy . In the Baden Treaty , the terms of peace between France and the Holy Roman Empire — formally incomplete — were agreed , and thereby the last of the many conflicts within the War of the Spanish Succession was ended . The treaty was the first international agreement signed on Swiss territory . In the margins of the conference , the signatories also secretly agreed to a Catholic union to intervene in favour of the Catholic cantons defeated at nearby Villmergen two years previously , as a result of which the Peace of Aarau had ended Catholic hegemony within the Confederacy .