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Alexander Wright ( VC ) Alexander Wright VC ( 1826 – 28 July 1858 ) was an Irish 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 . Details . He was about 29 years old , and a private in the 77th ( East Middlesex ) Regiment of Foot ( later The Middlesex Regiment ( Duke of Cambridge ' s Own ) ) , British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 22 March 1855 at the Siege of Sebastopol , in the Crimean Peninsula , Private Wright distinguished himself in repelling a sortie . On 19 April he showed great bravery at the taking of the Russian Rifle Pits and was particularly noticed for the encouragement he gave the other men while holding the Pits under very heavy fire ; he was wounded in this action . He again showed great courage on 30 August 1855 , and throughout the war . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Princess of Wales ' s Royal Regiment ( Queen ' s and Royal Hampshires ) Museum in Dover Castle , England .
Leonard A . Abercrombie Leonard Anderson Abercrombie ( 1832 – 1891 ) was a lawyer , Confederate States Army officer , and a Texas state senator . Early life . Leonard A . Abercrombie was born in Macon County , Alabama , on December 1 , 1832 , He was educated in Alexandria , Virginia , and read law in Tuskegee , Alabama . Law career . He was admitted to the bar in 1854 but later that same year he moved to Madison County , Texas , and then to Huntsville . In 1860 , he was elected prosecuting attorney for Galveston , Grimes , Harris , Montgomery , and Walker counties . American Civil War service . From January 28 until February 4 , 1861 , Abercrombie represented Walker County as a delegate to the state Secession Convention . During the American Civil War he served as lieutenant colonel of Col . Henry M . Elmore ' s Twentieth Texas Infantry . This regiment , organized in the spring of 1862 , was composed mostly of middle - aged men . It was assigned to guard duty on the Texas Gulf coast from Galveston to the Sabine River and did not see action outside of the state . It did , however , play an important role in the Confederate recapture of Galveston in January 1863 ( See the Battle of Galveston ) . Postbellum . After the war , Abercrombie returned to his legal practice at Huntsville and was elected to represent the Ninth District as a state senator in the Twentieth Legislature . He was reelected to a seat in the Twenty - first Legislature . Personal life . He was married to Lavinia Chilton in Tuskegee , Alabama . They had seven children . Death . He died in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , on December 23 , 1891 , and his body was returned to Huntsville for burial .
Capitulation in the Netherlands and Denmark The Capitulation in North West Germany , the Netherlands and Denmark was an official ceremony at the end of World War II that marked the surrender of all German forces in northwestern Germany , Denmark and Holland to the 21st Army Group , under the command of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery , on 4 May 1945 . The ceremony took place on Lüneburg Heath , Lower Saxony , Germany .
MV Empire MacDermott MV " Empire MacDermott " was a bulk grain ship built as a Merchant Aircraft Carrier ( MAC ship ) . She served with the British Merchant Navy during the Second World War , with rudimentary aircraft handling facilities operated by a Fleet Air Arm " air party " . " Empire MacDermott " was built by William Denny and Brothers , Dumbarton , Scotland . She spent most of her time on the Atlantic convoy routes , providing air cover and transporting desperately needed grain to the UK . After the end of the , she was handed over to Buries Markes Ltd , London in 1947 and returned to merchant service the following year under the name " La Cumbre " . She was sold on again in 1959 , this time to Canero Cia Nav . S . A . , Panama . They sailed her as " Parnon " under the Greek flag until 1969 , when they sold her to Southern Shipping & Enterprises , Hong Kong . They renamed her " Starlight " , and sailed her under the Somalia n flag . She was then transferred to the China Ocean Shipping Co , Peking in 1975 , and by 1991 she had been deleted from Lloyd ' s Register .
HMS Kangaroo ( 1900 ) HMS " Kangaroo " was a B - class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy , with the given pendant number of P02 . She was laid down by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company at Jarrow - on - Tyne on 29 December 1899 and built on speculation , launched on 8 September 1900 and completed in July 1901 . She was commissioned in August 1901 for service on the Mediterranean Station . Outside of this tour in the Mediterranean HMS Kangaroo spent most of her duty time around home water . HMS Kangaroo was finally sold for scrap to M . Yates on 23 February 1920 , but was resold to Thomas W . Ward and broken up at Milford Haven in June 1920 . Specifications . With a crew complement of 63 , HMS Kangaroo ' s displacement was about 400 tons and could reach speeds of 30 Knots with its 6 , 200HP Reed boiler engines . Armaments included a 12 pound gun and 2 torpedo tubes . References .
SC convoys The SC convoys were a series of North Atlantic convoys that ran during the battle of the Atlantic during World War II . They were east - bound slow convoys originating in Sydney , Cape Breton ( which was designated as such by the Allied navies to avoid confusion with Sydney , New South Wales ) ; from there they sailed to ports in the UK , mainly Liverpool . The Royal Canadian Navy base responsible for the Sydney operations was HMCS Protector . The first convoy , SC - 1 , departed Sydney Harbour on 15 August 1940 . For a time after the entry of the United States into the war the point of origin was switched to New York , but congestion problems there resulted in a further move , this time to Halifax , Nova Scotia . However , the SC designation was retained throughout . SC convoys ran from August 1940 until May 1945 , although they were suspended during the summer of 1944 when a number of escort groups were diverted to cover the Normandy landings . During this period all east - bound traffic sailed in the HX series , which ran as Fast or Slow convoys , and whose sizes were effectively doubled . A total of 177 SC convoys ran during the campaign , totalling 6 , 806 ships . Only 3 failed to complete the passage : SC 52 suffered an attack shortly after leaving port , and was forced to return ; and SC 62 and SC 63 were both scattered by appalling weather conditions which forced those ships to proceed independently . Of these formations , 29 ( around 20 % ) were attacked ; they saw the loss of 145 ships ( though this number does not include stragglers , perhaps the same number again ) and a further 18 lost in marine accidents ( perhaps 340 in total ; around 5 % ) . As these were slow convoys , composed of ships making 8 knots or less , they were correspondingly more vulnerable , and witnessed a disproportionate number of attacks . The SC convoys were the subject of some of the major battles of the campaign . Of the 40 convoys which lost 6 or more ships , 11 of them were SC series . Some notable SC convoy battles were :
Camp Millard Camp Millard was a United States Army facility in Crawford County , Ohio . It was established on the Crawford County Fairgrounds in 1942 . After the end of World War II , the land and buildings were returned to the county . During the war , the 753rd Railway Shop Battalion was stationed at Camp Millard .
Battle of Tonegawa The Battle of Tonegawa was a battle during the final years of the Sengoku period ( 16th century ) of Japan . During the year of 1571 , the famed Uesugi Kenshin had advanced to the province of Kozuke and had attacked the satellite castle of Takeda Shingen — Ishikura castle - - . Shingen had responded to Kenshin ' s attack , in which both forces met each other in a stand - off across the Tonegawa river . The opponents eventually disengaged each other after a well - fought battle . References . " The Samurai Sourcebook "
USS Quail ( AM - 15 ) USS " Quail " ( AM - 15 ) was an acquired by the U . S . Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing . " Quail " was named after the quail , a migratory game bird . " Quail " was laid down 14 May 1918 by the Chester Shipbuilding Co . , Chester , Pennsylvania ; launched 6 October 1918 ; and commissioned 29 April 1919 . Post - World War I operations . " Quail " steamed to Kirkwall , Scotland , to join the North Sea Mine Sweeping Detachment . She operated with this force clearing the North Sea of mines until 25 November 1919 . She operated with the Atlantic Fleet in Cuban waters during early 1920 , and then along the U . S . East Coast . In September 1922 , she was attached to the submarine base at Coco Solo , Panama Canal Zone , operating in the Caribbean . She made a cruise to the east coast in late 1923 , and in 1925 she was at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania for repairs . In 1927 she spent time patrolling the west coast of Nicaragua , and later joined the fleet in the Caribbean for maneuvers . From July 1928 to January 1929 , she was on the east coast , operating between Virginia and Massachusetts . She returned to Coco Solo in 1929 . Following duty with the control force in the Panama Canal area from 1929 to 1931 , " Quail " operated out of Pearl Harbor , Hawaii , from 1931 to 1941 , including in her duties a period of survey work off Alaska . World War II Pacific operations . With the outbreak of war with Japan " Quail " was in the Philippines . During the defense of Corregidor , she swept a channel providing access to South Harbor , Corregidor . Her crew then went ashore to aid in the defense of that island . Damaged by enemy bombs and guns , " Quail " was scuttled 5 May 1942 by U . S . forces to prevent her capture . Part of her crew , Lt Cmdr . John H Morrill and 17 others , escaped to Darwin , Australia , in a 36 - foot motor launch . Awards . " Quail " received one battle star for World War II service .
Wiesel AWC The Wiesel Armoured Weapons Carrier is a German light air - transportable armoured fighting vehicle , more specifically a lightly armoured weapons carrier . It is quite similar to historical scouting tankette s in size , form and function . The Wiesel has been used in several of the Bundeswehr ' s missions abroad ( UNOSOM II , IFOR , SFOR , KFOR , TFH , ISAF ) . History . The Wiesel was developed for the German Army to meet a requirement for an air - transportable light armored vehicle for use by its airborne troops , as the infantry of the German Bundeswehr , especially airborne infantry , was considered unprepared to successfully fight enemy main battle tank s ( MBT ) in the 1970s . The requirements were that the vehicle should fit in common NATO transport planes and could eventually be air - dropped . It should be able to fight infantry as well as enemy tanks or aircraft . Porsche produced some prototypes of the future fighting vehicle for the Bundeswehr in 1975 , but the Bundeswehr stopped the project in 1978 due to lack of funds . Nevertheless Porsche continued development , because of interest from other countries . The " Wiesel " was finally introduced as new weapon system for the Bundeswehr with deliveries beginning in the late 1980s . The vehicle was named " Wiesel " ( " weasel " ) because of its small size and agility , which make it very difficult to detect on the battlefield . Configuration . Depending on the exact configuration , the length is about 3 . 55 meters , the height 1 . 82 meters , and the width 1 . 82 meters . At only 2 . 75 metric tons , it weighs less than the armored variant of the U . S . Humvee military light truck . The engine is a 64 kW Audi 2 . 1 - litre diesel engine giving a top speed of 70 km / h ( 45 mph ) . The Wiesel can ford 0 . 5 m deep and cross a 1 . 2 m trench . It is manufactured by Rheinmetall AG . The chassis is made of steel armour and can resist the common 5 . 56 mm and 7 . 62 mm small arms ammunition . Air dropping the vehicle from a plane with parachutes was tested , but was not successful ; four test - vehicles were destroyed . Nevertheless , the Wiesel can easily be flown in by transport helicopters , a single CH - 53 Sea Stallion helicopter can fly in two at once , and common transport planes can carry four or more Wiesel vehicles . Wiesel 2 . Variants in Service . The Wiesel 2 is a stretched version of the Wiesel 1 , with a fifth roadwheel . The engine was changed to a 1 . 9l Volkswagen in - line four - cylinder turbo diesel with direct injection and intercooler , giving 109 hp coupled to a ZF automatic transmission . Generally bigger , faster and stronger with advanced features for the protection of the crew such as enhanced armour , an air conditioning system , and NBC protection .
Battle of Williams Station The Battle of Williams Station was a minor skirmish during the Pyramid Lake War of 1860 . The fight took place following the defeat of Major William Ormsby at the First Battle of Pyramid Lake as U . S . Volunteers entered the war . Battle . When Major William Ormsby ' s vigilante command was routed at Pyramid Lake , settlers in the area sent calls for help to California . John C . Hays responded to the call and arrived in Carson City to organize a volunteer regiment . Hays organized over 500 men from Carson City , Virginia City , Genoa and other communities into the " Washoe Regiment " . U . S . Regular soldiers from Fort Alcatraz where en route to the region under Captain Joseph Stewart . Instead of waiting for Stewart ' s regulars , Hays marched his command out of Carson City toward the location of the initial Indian attack at Williams Station . Hays encountered 150 Paiute warriors at the station and a brief skirmish ensued . Two soldiers and six Paiutes were killed . The warriors withdrew toward Pyramid Lake and were defeated in the Second Battle of Pyramid Lake . Williams Station . Williams Station was a Pony Express station kept by James O . Sullivan along the Carson River between stations 149 ( in the Carson Sink ) and 151 ( Hooten Wells Station ) . The ruins were inundated by the Lahontan Reservoir created by the 1911 Lahontan Dam and were visible during a 1992 drought .
Hellmuth Hauser Hellmuth Hauser ( 24 February 1916 – 5 September 2004 ) was a highly decorated Major in the Luftwaffe during World War II , and 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 .
Amhuinnsuidhe Castle Amhuinnsuidhe Castle is a large private country house on the Isle of Harris , one of the Western Isles of Scotland . The house was built in 1865 for the 7th Earl of Dunmore , the then owner of the island . Amhuinnsuidhe was designed in the Scottish baronial style by architect David Bryce . In 2003 Amhuinnsuidhe Castle Estate purchased the castle and the fishing rights . The castle is now operated as a venue for shooting parties and other events . See also . Amhuinnsuidhe
Chief Technician Chief Technician ( Chf Tech or formerly C / T ) is a non - commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force which is only held by airmen in technical trades and by musicians . It is between Sergeant and Flight Sergeant and , like the latter has a NATO code of OR - 7 . Airmen in non - technical trades progress directly from sergeant to flight sergeant . Along with Junior Technician this is a survivor of a separate ranking system for technicians introduced in 1950 and abolished in 1964 . During that period it was equivalent to flight sergeant , but was made junior to that rank in 1964 . Chief technicians are usually addressed as " Chief " . Rank insignia . The rank badge is three chevron s below a four - bladed propeller which is essentially the same badge as Royal Flying Corps sergeants wore . Between 1950 and 1964 the badge was three point up chevrons below a crown .
SIAI S . 12 The SIAI S . 12 was an Italian 1910s reconnaissance flying - boat and later Schneider Trophy racer . Design and development . The Societa Idrovolanti Alta Italia ( SIAI ) refined the design of the SIAI S . 9 into the SIAI S . 12 a single - engined biplane reconnaissance - bomber flying boat . It had a deep , contoured forward hull with a slim tapered rear section . The Italian Navy were not interested and no orders were placed . Operational history . The aircraft was used for the 1920 Schneider Trophy race where it was known as the Savoia S . 12 , the contest was won by Italy as Great Britain had withdrawn from the race . Lt . Luigi Bolgna was the only pilot to complete the race in the Savioa S - 12 achieving a speed of 107 mph ( 172 . 6 km / h ) . The aircraft achieved a maximum speed of 138 mph ( 222 km / h ) on 7 January 1921 .
USS Arthur L . Bristol ( APD - 97 ) USS " Arthur L . Bristol " ( APD - 97 ) , ex - DE - 281 , was a United States Navy high - speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946 . Construction and commissioning . " Arthur L . Bristol " was laid down as the " Rudderow " - class destroyer escort USS " Arthur L . Bristol " ( DE - 281 ) on 1 December 1943 by the Charleston Navy Yard , and was launched on 19 February 1944 , sponsored by Miss Ellen Wing Getty , who had been chosen for this honor by the brother of the ships namesake , the late Vice Admiral Arthur L . Bristol . The ship was reclassified as a " Crosley " - class high - speed transport and redesignated APD - 97 on 17 July 1944 . After conversion to her new role , she was commissioned on 25 June 1945 with Lieutenant Commander Morris Beerman , USNR , in command . Service history . After fitting out , " Arthur L . Bristol " proceeded to Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , where she carried out shakedown training from 13 July 1945 to 7 August 1945 . After a brief post - shakedown shipyard availability at Norfolk , Virginia — during which World War II came to an end on 15 August 1945 — she arrived at Naval Training Center Miami at Miami , Florida , early in September 1945 . " Arthur L . Bristol " operated in the Florida Keys and in Cuban waters as a training ship for student officers for the rest of her active career . Ordered to Mobile , Alabama , on 31 October 1945 , " Arthur L . Bristol " was drydocked there before shifting to Naval Repair Base Algiers at Algiers , Louisiana , to commence preinactivation preservation . Assigned to the 163rd Transport Division , 18th Transport Squadron , Sub - Group 4 , Florida Group , 16th Fleet — the future Atlantic Reserve Fleet — on 1 December 1945 , " Arthur L . Bristol " was berthed at Green Cove Springs , Florida , in the St . Johns River berthing area . Decommissioning and disposal . " Arthur L . Bristol " was decommissioned at Green Cove Springs on 29 April 1946 and placed in reserve there . Never returning to active service , she was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 June 1964 and sold for scrapping in the summer of 1965 . She was transferred to her purchaser , the Boston Metals Corporation of Baltimore , Maryland , on 4 August 1965 and removed from U . S . Navy custody that day .
Willy Bachor Willy Bachor ( 4 May 1921 – 20 March 2008 ) was a highly decorated Oberwachtmeister in the Wehrmacht during World War II , and 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 .
USS Margin ( SP - 2119 ) USS " Margin " ( SP - 2119 ) , also ID - 2119 , was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919 . " Margin " was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1917 by W . E . Haff at Neptune Island , New York . On 6 December 1917 , the 3rd Naval District inspected her for possible naval service , and on 21 March 1918 the U . S . Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner , W . D . Hatch of Neptune Island , for use as a section patrol boat during World War I . She was commissioned as USS " Margin " ( SP - 2119 or ID - 2119 ) on 28 June 1919 . Assigned to the 4th Naval District , " Margin " served on patrol duty for the rest of World War I . The Navy returned her to Hatch on 1 April 1919 .
John Selden Roane John Selden Roane ( January 8 , 1817April 8 , 1867 ) was a Confederate Brigadier General during the American Civil War . He also served as the fourth Governor of the State of Arkansas . Biography . John Selden Roane was born in Lebanon in Wilson County , Tennessee , and was educated at Cumberland College which at the time was located in Princeton , Kentucky . Roane immigrated to Arkansas in 1837 , studied law , and was admitted to the bar . From 1840 to 1842 he was Prosecuting Attorney for the Second Judicial District of Arkansas . He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1842 to 1844 . At the outbreak of the Mexican - American War , Roane was made a lieutenant colonel in Archibald Yell ' s Arkansas infantry regiment and succeeded to command of the regiment when Colonel Yell was mortally wounded repelling the charge of the Mexican lancers at the Battle of Buena Vista . Roane was officially appointed Colonel of the regiment on February 28 , 1847 . Roane was known to be jealous of the honor of his state and once challenged Albert Pike to a duel over what he perceived as derogatory statements made about the Arkansas regiment in the Mexican - American War . The duel was fought , but neither combatant was injured . Roane served as Governor of Arkansas from 1849 to 1852 and advocated internal improvements and increased funding for education . On February 1 , 1855 , John Selden Roane married Mary Kimbrough Smith ( July 27 , 1833 – September 13 , 1907 ) , daughter of Nathaniel G . Smith & Sarah Kimbrough Martin in Tulip , Dallas County , Arkansas . Judge Somerville presided . At the outbreak of the Civil War , Roane joined the Confederate Army and on March 20 , 1862 , and received an appointment as Brigadier General . After most troops were moved from Arkansas across the Mississippi River , Roane was placed in charge of the defense of Arkansas . At this time the state was nearly defenseless , and Roane , with the newly appointed commander of the Trans - Mississippi District General Thomas C . Hindman , cobbled together a reasonable defensive force . General Roane and his brigade took part in numerous battles in the Trans - Mississippi District , including the Battle of Prairie Grove in northwest Arkansas . He died in Pine Bluff , Arkansas , and is buried at Oaklawn Cemetery in Little Rock .
G . M . Khan Col G . M . Khan is a former Indian national equestrian . He won the gold medal at 1982 Asian Games in ‘ Three Days Event ’ . He was honoured with Arjuna Award in 1984 . He hails from Rajasthan state . He served Indian army and was decorated with VSM .