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Frederick Alan Aikman Frederick Alan " Butch " Aikman DFC and Bar ( 5 March 1919 – 21 March 1991 ) was a Canadian World War II flying ace , credited with 9 . 5 victories . Aikman was a clerk and ledger keeper and served as a Sergeant in The Queen ' s Own Rifles of Canada before enlisting 6 November 1940 . After graduating from flight training on 13 September 1941 , Aikman was posted overseas . Joining the No . 154 Squadron RAF on 6 January 1942 . The squadron moved to North Africa in January 1943 where Aikman was hospitalized for malaria on 27 July . After recuperation in Canada , Aikman was retrained to fly Dakota s and reposted overseas on 27 September 1944 . Flying with No . 436 Squadron RCAF from 14 November 1944 to 23 September 1945 , Aikman was returned to Canada 23 November 1945 , and released from service 14 December 1945 . Aikman died in Catharines , Ontario on 21 March 1991 at the age of 72 .
Slot Zuylen Slot Zuylen is a Dutch castle at the village of Oud - Zuilen just north of the city of Utrecht . It is located along the Vecht ( Utrecht ) at the southern end of the Vechtstreek . History . The castle was originally built in the 13th century by lord van Suilen en Anholt as a simple donjon . In 1422 during the Hook and Cod wars the castle was completely demolished . In 1510 rebuilding started . In 1752 the castle was modified for the last time . It holds a tapestry by the Delft carpet weaver Maximiliaan van der Gught . Its past inhabitants include Steven van der Hagen and Belle van Zuylen .
Naval Support Activity Naples Naval Support Activity Naples ( NSA Naples ) is a United States Navy base , located at Naples Airport in Naples , Italy . It is home to U . S . Naval Forces Europe and the U . S . Sixth Fleet . History . On October 3 , 1951 , the naval ashore unit Headquarters , Support Activities was created to support Allied Forces Southern Europe , and later the Sixth Fleet . In August , 1953 , the support unit became Commander , Subordinate command , U . S . Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic / Commander , Headquarters Support Activities , and re - designated U . S . Naval Activities , Italy / U . S . Naval Support Activity , Naples in November 1957 . U . S . Naval Activities , Italy was consolidated with U . S . Naval Support Activity , Naples on August 8 , 1966 . Naval Hospital Naples was established at Agnano in 1967 , and moved to Gricignano di Aversa in April 2003 . In 2005 , the United States Naval Forces Europe headquarters moved from London to Naples . Naval Support Activity Gaeta , established in 1967 , became a detachment of NSA Naples on February 10 , 2006 .
Pierre Quantin Pierre Quantin ( born in Fervaques , Calvados , 19 June 1759 - died 7 February 1824 ) was a French general . Quantin attained the rank of general de brigade in July 1796 and was promoted to general de division the next month . He retired in 1811 after service in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars . Life . Before the French Revolution he served in the naval artillery , abandoning it for the army artillery . In 1792 he was made captain of the canonniers of the 3rd bataillon du Calvados and rapidly rose through the ranks . In 1795 he had already become a général de division and served under general Gabriel Marie Joseph d ' Hédouville , chef d ’ état - major général of the armée des côtes de Brest , then under general Lazare Hoche in the War in the Vendée . His principles were shared with those two generals - to shed as little French blood as much as possible , to employ persuasion to reconcile hostile figures and to intimidate by examples of severity . General Quantin left the Véndée in 1797 to take up command of the 9th division at Nîmes . A year later he passed to the 8th division and moved to Aix , the main town in the area . Most citizens abstained from attending the primaries and for some there was a disgust for assisting in these assemblies , which were always live discussions that degenerated into acts of violence , whereas others were indifferent or convinced these elections were useless as the executive could override them at will . General Quantin addressed the subject , in the name of the French Directory , in a proclamation instructing the province ' s inhabitants to come to all these assemblies and to contribute their votes . Even so , what was done at these meetings continued to seem pointless to the Directory and it annulled electoral operations that same year , despite the most scrupulous observation of its regulatory decisions . In year 10 ( 1801 – 02 ) he was called to join the Saint - Domingue expedition , commanded by general Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc , but returned to France in year 11 ( 1802 – 03 ) after Leclerc ' s death . He was given the cross of the Légion d ' honneur in year 12 ( 1804 ) and was made a commander of the order on 14 June 1804 . He then held the command of Belle - Île - en - Mer for many years , heading several public works which made that port almost impregnable , but was removed from it in disgrace ( though the causes of that disgrace remain unclear ) . He thus successfully requested to retire in 1811 .
Rank Rank ( or Rating ) is a system of hierarchical relationships in armed forces or similar civil institutions . A person has authority over any person in the same force with a lower rank . Ranking systems have been known for most of military history to be advantageous for military operations , in particular with regards to logistics , command , and coordination ; as time continued and military operations became larger and more complex , military ranks increased and ranking systems themselves became more complex . Most rank systems are split into two sections - Commissioned Officer s and Enlisted Rates . Most forces use Rank Insiginia to denote rank , and Uniform is often different . Within modern armed forces , the use of ranks is almost universal . Communist states have sometimes abolished rank ( e . g . the Soviet Russian Red Army 1918 – 1935 , the Chinese People ' s Liberation Army 1965 – 1988 , and the Albanian Army 1966 – 1991 ) only to re - establish them after encountering operational difficulties of command and control . For a comparison between British Armed Forces and US Military ranks , see Comparative Ranks .
Felix L . Sparks Brigadier General Felix Sparks ( August 2 , 1917 — September 25 , 2007 ) was an American military commander who led the 3rd Battalion of the 157th Infantry Regiment of the 45th Infantry Division of the United States Army , the first Allied force to enter Dachau concentration camp and liberate its prisoners . See also Dachau massacre . Born in San Antonio , Texas , Sparks grew up in Miami , Arizona , where his father worked for a copper mining company . In 1935 , after unsuccessfully seeking jobs in the shipyards of Corpus Christi , Texas and San Francisco , he enlisted in the U . S . Army . In a ten - year army career , which included the December 1941 – August 1945 period of World War II , Sparks rose to the rank of colonel . Upon returning to civilian life , he attended the University of Colorado Law School , graduating in 1947 . After opening a law practice in Delta , Colorado , he was elected district attorney there , running as the Democratic Party candidate . Following his reelection loss in 1952 , Governor Ed Johnson appointed him to fill an unexpired term on the Colorado Supreme Court . At the end of that term , he returned to his law practice in Delta . He was also in the Colorado Army National Guard , notably during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and , between 1968 and 1979 served as its Commander , retiring with the rank of Brigadier General . Eight weeks past his 90th birthday , Felix L . Sparks died in Colorado from complications due to pneumonia .
Amphibious transport dock An amphibious transport dock , also called a landing platform / dock ( LPD ) , is an amphibious warfare ship , a warship that embarks , transports , and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions . Several navies currently operate this kind of ship . The ships are generally designed to transport troops into a war zone by sea , primarily using landing craft , although invariably they also have the capability to operate transport helicopters . Amphibious transport docks perform the mission of amphibious transports , amphibious cargo ship s , and the older LPDs by incorporating both a flight deck and a well deck that can be ballasted and deballasted to support landing craft or amphibious vehicle s .
Watch Hill Castle Watch Hill Castle ( also known as Yarwood Castle , Castle Hill , and Bowdon Watch ) is an early medieval motte - and - bailey on the border of Bowdon and Dunham Massey , England . It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument . As the only Scheduled Ancient Monument in Trafford , it is arguably the most important archaeological site in the borough . The castle is located north of the River Bollin and south of a deep ravine ( ) . History . Substantial dating evidence has not been recovered from the site , but the form of the castle as a timber motte - and - bailey would date it to between the Norman Conquest and the 13th century . The lack of documentary evidence relating to the castle may be attributed to the short term nature of the timber construction ; motte - and - baileys were quick to establish and would not necessarily have been used for long periods . A coin found on the site dating to the reign of Henry II , 1154 to 1189 , may indicate that the castle was built during this period . The castle most likely belonged to Hamo de Mascy who was involved with the barons ' rebellion against Henry II in 1173 . The castle had fallen out of use by the 13th century . Layout . What remains of the motte is conical , measuring wide at the base and at the top , above the base . The motte is surrounded by a wide and deep ditch . The bailey covered a triangular area of approximately and lay to the east of the motte . It would have been defended by an earthen bank and a palisade ; some of the rampart remains as high as in some places . The north side of the bailey was doubly protected by the terrain sloping away steeply , and the south side was protected by the river .
HMS K16 HMS " K16 " was a K class submarine built by William Beardmore and Company , Dalmuir . She was laid down in June 1916 and commissioned on 13 April 1918 . The only incident that occurred with " K16 " was a sudden dive in Gare Loch after her hydroplanes failed . She surfaced successfully . " K16 " paid off on 12 December 1920 . She was sold on 22 August 1924 . She was resold in September 1924 in Charlestown .
High Performance Computing Modernization Program The High Performance Computing Modernization Program ( HPCMP ) is a program within the United States Department of Defense started in 1993 to modernize DOD ' s supercomputer infrastructure . In FY2012 the program transitioned from the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition , Logistics , and Technology . The director is John West ; he was preceded by Cray J . Henry . Defense Research and Engineering Network . The Defense Research and Engineering Network ( DREN ) — a high - speed national computer network for computational research , engineering , and testing — is a significant program within the HPCMP . The DREN is the United States Department of Defense ’ s research and engineering computer network . The DREN is a high - speed , high - capacity , low - latency nationwide computer network for computation al scientific research , engineering , and testing in support of the DoD ' s Science and Technology and Test and Evaluation communities . The DREN connects scientists and engineers at the HPCMP ' s geographically dispersed high performance computing ( HPC ) user sites , including the five DoD Supercomputing Resource Centers — hosted by the Army Research Laboratory , Engineer Research and Development Center , Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command , and the Air Force Research Laboratory — along with more than 150 user sites at other government laboratories , test centers , universities , and industrial locations . The DREN wide area network ing ( WAN ) capability is provided under a commercial contract , currently awarded to CenturyLink . It has been awarded in the past to AT & T , MCI / WorldCom , and Verizon . The DREN WAN service provider has built DREN as a virtual private network based on its commercial infrastructure . It currently supports IPv4 and IPv6 at bandwidths from DS - 3 ( 45 Mbit / s ) at some user sites up to Optical Carrier - 48c ( 2 . 488 Gbit / s ) and 10 - gigabit Ethernet connections at selected high performance computing centers . In 2003 , DREN was designated the Department of Defense ' s first IPv6 network by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks & Information Integration .
Ypres Town Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery and Extension Ypres Town Cemetery and Extension is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in Ypres , Belgium , on the Western Front . The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war . Foundation . Ypres formed a salient in the Western Front of the First World War , with fighting continuously in the area throughout the war . The city , which was destroyed over the course of the conflict , was a forward base for Commonwealth troops . The municipal cemetery for the town was used for burials of dead Commonwealth troops from October 1914 , with a military - exclusive extension cemetery being opened next to it at the same time . The main cemetery and its extension were in use until 1915 and then used again in 1918 . The extension was expanded by the concentration of graves from nearby small cemeteries and battlefield burials . The cemetery and extension were brought into use again in 1940 , to receive the dead of Commonwealth forces retreating from the area as it fell to the forces of Nazi Germany . Between the two cemeteries and the two wars , 788 men are buried here . The sites are also used by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for its own permanent staff and their families , with alternative designs of headstones slightly set apart . The cemetery and extension were designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield . Notable graves . HH Prince Maurice of Battenberg , a grandson of Queen Victoria , is buried in the cemetery .
HMS Wolverine ( 1910 ) HMS " Wolverine " was a of the Royal Navy launched on 15 January 1910 . At the outbreak of the First World War , " Wolverine " was part of the Royal Navy ' s Mediterranean Destroyer Flotilla involved in the pursuit of the German battlecruiser . In 1915 , along with numerous other " Beagle " , River - and " Laforey " - class destroyers , she took part in the naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign . Work included naval artillery support and the landing of infantry reinforcements , particular at the exposed Anzac Cove beachhead . On 12 December 1917 , " Wolverine " sank following a collision with the fleet sweeping sloop " Rosemary " off the northwest coast of Ireland .
DFS 331 The DFS 331 was a transport glider prototype developed in a collaboration between DFS and Gotha . It was a twenty seat troop transport designed by Hans Jacobs , who had previously produced the successful , nine seat DFS 230 . The visibility from the cockpit was good , with the entire nose being glazed , and the body was very wide , allowing it to carry light Flak guns and small military vehicles . A single prototype was built and flown in 1941 . The project was passed over in favour of the Gotha Go 242 .
Harbin Z - 9 The Harbin Z - 9 ( NATO reporting name " Haitun " , for Dolphin ) is a Chinese military utility helicopter . It is a license - built version of the French " Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin " , and is manufactured by Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation . Design and development . The first Z - 9 flew in 1981 , and was built in China from components supplied by Aérospatiale as part of a production patent bought on October 15 , 1980 . On 16 January 1992 , the indigenous variant Z - 9B , constructed with 70 % Chinese - made parts , flew successfully . The flight test was completed in November 1992 and the design was finalized a month later . Z - 9B production began in 1993 and entered PLA service in 1994 . The Z - 9B features 11 - blade Fenestron faired - in tail rotor with wider - chord , all - composite blades replacing the 13 - blade in AS 365N . As a light tactical troop transport , the Z - 9 has the capacity to transport 10 fully armed soldiers . Generally the Z - 9 is identical to the AS 365N Dauphin , though later variants of the Z - 9 incorporate more composite materials to increase structural strength and lower radar signature . The helicopter has a four - blade main rotor , with two turboshaft engines mounted side by side on top of the cabin with engine layout identical to the AS 365N . The Z - 9 teardrop - shaped body features a tapered boom to the tail fin , with rounded nose and stepped - up cockpit , and retractable gear and all flat bottom . In 2002 , Harbin obtained Chinese certification for the new H410A variant of the Z - 9 , which featured more powerful Turbomeca Arriel 2C turboshaft engines ; Eurocopter issued official objections to Harbin ' s decision to continue production in spite of the license - production agreement having expired , leading to a period of highly sensitive international negotiations to resolve the dispute . Variants . An armed variant has been fielded by the PLA since the early 1990s as the WZ - 9 or Z - 9W , with pylons fitted for anti - tank missile s . These helicopters lack the maneuverability and survivability of a proper attack helicopter , and merely provide a stopgap during the development of the WZ - 10 . The latest armed version , the Z - 9W , was introduced in 2005 and has night attack capabilities , with an under - nose low - light TV and infra - red observing and tracking unit . The naval version introduced in the 1990s is known as the Z - 9C . As well as SAR and ASW duties , the Z - 9C can be fitted with an X - band KLC - 1 surface search radar to detect surface targets beyond the range of shipborne radar systems .
Chilean torpedo boats in the War of the Pacific The introduction of fast torpedo boats in the late 19th century was a serious concern to navies of an era that saw a number of innovations in naval warfare , including the first torpedo boats , which carried spar torpedoes , steam propulsion and steel ships . Clements Robert Markham , later president of the Royal Geographical Society , an English eye witness of the War of the Pacific stated : Names . With the exception of " Vedette " , all boat names are of Mapudungun procedence . Torpedo boat " Vedette " . The " Vedette " was built in Yarrow of Poplar ( Yard nr . 495 ) and arrived to Valparaíso on 17 October 1879 on board of the " Belle of Cork " . She was assembled in Valparaíso and in 1893 she was still listed by the navy . The name seems to be the name of the boat class rather than the proper name of a boat . Torpedo boats built 1879 . Yet 1880 were delivered to Chile two torpedo boats bought from Yarrow of Poplar shipyard . , the Colo Colo ( Yard nr . 476 ) and the Tucapel : They could be stowed in the mayor ships of the navy and the " Colo Colo " was brought by Railway to Puno and then to the Titicaca Lake ( elevation of ) in order to impede guerrilla activities in the zone . Torpedo boats built 1880 - 1882 . During the War of the Pacific the Chilean Navy bought ten Torpedo boats from the Yarrow of Poplar shipyard . The " Guacolda " prize . 1879 the Peruvian Government bought three torpedo boats : Alay , Alianza and República from the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company , Bristol , Rhode Island , USA , although R . V Simpson states that the third boat was never delivered to Perú . " Alianza " and " República " arrived to Perú in August and September 1879 . Both boats were scuttled ( " Alianza " in Juni 1880 and " República " in January 1881 ) to prevent its capture by the Chilean forces . The " Alay " was transported per ship to Colon , Panama , at the Caribbean Sea . From Colon she was transported by rail to Panama City , at the Pacific ocean . On 2 December " Alay " could sail bound for Perú but on 24 December the Chilean transporter " Amazonas " captured the boat in the Ecuador ian port Ballenita . In Chile she was renamed " Guacolda " and commissioned to the navy .
The Jamaica Regiment The Jamaica Regiment is the main formation of land troops in the Jamaican Defence Forces . It is a non - mechanised infantry regiment consisting of three battalions , two regular and one territorial . The regiment has two main roles : The regiment has two main camps , with the two regular battalions rotating annually between them . The battalion at Up Park Camp in Kingston has a commitment to assisting the local police in maintaining law and order , while the battalion at Moneague Training Camp in Moneague , St Ann is mainly committed to anti - drug patrols . In addition , the regiment is one of the main units that supplies United Nations peacekeeping troops for situations in the Caribbean region . History . The Jamaica Regiment was initially formed in 1954 as a unit on the British Army colonial list . In 1958 , the Federation of the West Indies was founded , and the regiment passed from the control of the War Office to the new Federation government , where it , and the other infantry regiments of the various Caribbean islands , were disbanded and reorganised into the West India Regiment . This lasted only two years , before this was disbanded and each of the individual islands regained control over their own armies . Initially , the regiment consisted of the 1st Battalion and the 3rd Battalion ( National Reserve ) ; however , the increasing array of tasks that the regiment was called upon to perform led to it being stretched . So , in 1979 , three companies and part of the HQ of the 1st Battalion were split and used to form the 2nd Battalion ; this mirrored the form and functions of the 1st Battalion . In 1999 , the 2nd Battalion had the honour of mounting the guard at Buckingham Palace . The 1st Battalion undertook this during a visit to the UK in July and August 2007 . In 1983 , the regiment participated in the United States - led invasion of Grenada . Organization . The 3rd Battalion serves as the volunteer reserve battalion . Music . The regimental march of the Jamaica Regiment is the " JDF March " . However , each of the regiment ' s three battalions has its own march :
Frank Edwards ( soldier ) Frank Edwards ( 1893 – 1964 ) , also known as The Footballer of Loos , was a rifleman with London Irish Rifles during the Battle of Loos . He is distinguished for leading the London Irish across No - Man ' s Land to storm enemy trenches kicking a football ahead of the troops . The successful capture of enemy positions that followed earned the London Irish Rifles their second battle honour , " Loos , 1915 " . The football is still preserved in the regimental museum of the London Irish and to this day the memory of Edwards is commemorated on Loos Sunday .
André Jubelin Rear Admiral André Jubelin was a French naval aviator who served with distinction in the French navy and the Fleet Air Arm during World War II . He was a pioneer of aircraft carrier operations , and after the war commanded the French aircraft carrier " Arromanches " .