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William Vincent Legge Colonel William Vincent Legge ( 2 September 1841 – 25 March 1918 ) was an Australian ornithologist . Biography . Legge was born at Cullenswood , Tasmania ( then Van Diemen ' s Land ) . He was educated mainly in Britain , also in France and Germany , and became a proficient linguist . He was also educated at the Royal Military Academy , Woolwich . In 1862 he was commissioned into the Royal Artillery , serving first in Bath , England , and then in Melbourne for several years . From Melbourne his battery was transferred to Colombo , Ceylon , where he was stationed 1869 - 1877 . He then took a staff appointment at Aberystwith , Cardiganshire , for five years . Subsequently he moved back to Tasmania and served for eleven years as Commandant of the Tasmanian Defence Forces , retiring as Lieutenant - Colonel when he reached the age - limit . He trained Tasmanian forces for the Second Boer War . He died at Cullenswood on 25 March 1918 at the age of 76 , survived by his wife and two sons from his first marriage . Scientific career . Colonel Legge had a strong interest in ornithology . His experiences in Ceylon led to his authorship of " History of the Birds of Ceylon " , comprising two quarto - sized volumes , with coloured plates by Keulemans , published in three parts between 1878 and 1880 in London . The work consisted of over 1200 pages with 34 plates in colour ; some woodcuts became the standard book on the subject due to their high quality . Part of his collection of Ceylonese birds were presented by him to the Natural History Museum at South Kensington , and the remainder was given to the museum at Hobart . Legge was elected the founding President of the RAOU in 1901 and served various offices within it , notably on the Check - list Committee , until his death . He was also a Colonial Member of the British Ornithologists ' Union , an Honorary Fellow of the American Ornithologists ' Union , a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the Zoological Society of London , the Linnean Society . He was also a founder and president of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union and vice - president of the Royal Society of Tasmania . The highest point in the Ben Lomond Range is named Legges Tor in his honour . References . Additional sources listed by the Australian Dictionary of Biography :
Anglo - Portuguese Army The Anglo - Portuguese Army was the combined British and Portuguese army that participated in the Peninsular War , under the command of Arthur Wellesley . The Army is also referred to as the British - Portuguese Army and , in Portuguese , as the Exército Anglo - Luso or the Exército Anglo - Português . The Anglo - Portuguese Army was established with the British Army deployed to the Iberian Peninsula under the command of General Arthur Wellesley , and the Portuguese Army rebuilt under the leadership of British General William Beresford and the Portuguese War Secretary Miguel Pereira Forjaz . Besides already becoming Commander - in - Chief of the British Army , on 22 April 1809 , Wellesley was appointed , by the Portuguese Government , to Commander - in - Chief of the Portuguese Army . He then came to have the two armies under his command , transforming them into a single integrated army . The Army was organised into divisions , most of them including mixed British - Portuguese units . Usually , each one had two British and one Portuguese brigade s . In the elite Light Division , the brigades themselves were mixed , each including two British light infantry and one Portuguese Caçadores battalion s .
Armstrong Whitworth F . K . 3 The Armstrong Whitworth F . K . 3 was a British two - seat general - purpose biplane built by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft . History . The Dutch aircraft designer Frederick Koolhoven joined Armstrong Whitworth in 1914 . He designed a series of aircraft that had his initials in their designation . The F . K . 3 followed the basic layout of the Royal Aircraft Factory B . E . 2 c , which Armstrong Whitworth were building for the Royal Flying Corps . It was designed as an improvement , with a simplified structure that was easier to build . The prototype , first flown by Norman Spratt was powered by a 70 hp ( 52 kW ) air - cooled Renault 70 hp V - 8 . This aircraft differed from the B . E . 2 in eliminating welded joints and complex metal components in the structure , and having greater dihedral on the upper wing . It retained the seating layout of the B . E . 2 , with separate cockpits for the pilot and observer , with the latter in front . An initial batch of seven aircraft to this standard , sometimes referred to as the F . K . 2 were built . This initial batch offered little improvement over the BE . 2 , and was rejected for service in France . Aircraft following this initial batch were completed to a revised design , with a new fin and rudder , its leading edge straight and lacking the earlier comma shaped horn balance , and powered by the Renault - related but more powerful 90 hp ( 67 kW ) RAF 1 a engine . Both crew were placed in a single , extended cockpit with the pilot forward , allowing the observer a much more effective field of fire , although in the event few F . K . 3s were flown with armament . Trials at Upavon in May 1916 proved that the F . K . 3 had a better performance in some respects than the B . E . 2c , although it had a poorer useful load . Armstrong Whitworth were given a contract to build 150 aircraft with another 350 being built by Hewlett & Blondeau Limited at Luton . Some of the early batch had twin high exhaust pipes that exited above the upper wing in B . E . 2 style , but these were later replaced with rams ' horns forward stubs . At one time during production of the F . K . 3 there was a shortage of the RAF engines , and twelve aircraft were fitted with longer and heavier 120 hp ( 90 kW ) six - cylinder inline water cooled Beardmore 120 hp . To carry the extra weight , span was increased by 2 ft ( 610 mm ) , but though the extra power enhanced the climb rate , top speed was little changed and these machines were converted back to RAF engines when they became available . Operational Service . The F . K . 3 was not adopted for use by operational squadrons of the RFC in France , as the more capable F . K . 8 and R . E . 8 were both already in prospect . Only one overseas unit received the F . K . 3 ( which was 47 Squadron at Salonika ) , all the other aircraft were based in the United Kingdom . Most of the aircraft were used for training until replaced by the Avro 504 .
Willibald Freiherr von Langermann und Erlencamp General Willibald Karl Moritz Robert Rudolf Freiherr von Langermann und Erlencamp ( 29 March 1890 – 3 October 1942 ) was a Panzer General in the German army during World War II . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves ( ) . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Career . He joined the 5th Dragoon Regiment of the Imperial German Army in 1910 and in World War I he reached the rank of Hauptmann . He was then retained in the Reichswehr where he served as a staff officer and was appointed commander of Cavalry Regiment 4 in 1935 . He was promoted to Oberst in 1936 and in 1938 he was appointed as the inspector of horses and motor transport . On 1 March 1940 he was promoted to Generalmajor and on 7 May 1940 he was commander of the 29th Infantry Division . For successfully crossing the Marne - Rhine Canal and advancing to the Swiss border he was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 August 1940 . In September 1940 he was given command of the 4th Panzer Division which he led at opening stages of Operation Barbarossa . In January 1942 he was promoted to Generalleutnant and commanding general of the XXIV Panzer Corps and he led the German advance on Voronezh . On 17 February 1942 he was awarded the Oakleaves to the Knights Cross and on 1 June 1942 was promoted to General der Panzertruppe . During the summer 1942 offensive he led the corps to the Don River in Russia and he died on a visit to the front on 3 October 1942 .
Alan Giles ( priest ) The Venerable Alan Stanley Giles CB , CBE , MA was an eminent Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century . He was born into an ecclesiastical family on 28 May 1902 and educated at Manchester Grammar School and The Queen ' s College , Oxford . He was ordained in 1932 and began his career as Curate of St Ebbe ' s , Oxford and Chaplain of Christ Church . From 1934 to 1959 he was an RAF Chaplain , rising through the service to become its Archdeacon ( Chaplain - in - Chief ) from 1953 . He was taken prisoner of war on 8 March 1942 and held on Java by the Japanese occupying forces . An Honorary Chaplain to the King then Queen , he was Dean of Jersey from 1959 to 1970 . He died on 26 March 1975 .
João Coutinho - class corvette The " João Coutinho " - class corvettes were a series of corvettes built for the Portuguese Navy for service in Portugal ' s African colonies . The corvettes were designed in Portugal by naval engineer Rogério de Oliveira , but the urgent need of their services in the Portuguese Colonial War meant that the construction of the ships was assigned to foreign shipyards . Six ships were built ; the first three ships were built by Blohm + Voss and the remaining three by " Empresa Nacional Bazán " . The ships were launched in 1970 and 1971 . From 1970 until the end of the conflict in 1975 , the corvettes were used for patrol and fire - support missions in Angola , Mozambique , Guinea and Cape Verde . After the African colonies gained their independence , the corvettes were assigned to patrol duties in Portuguese territorial waters . The " João Coutinho " class served as the basis for several other designs : " Baptista de Andrade " - class corvettes ( Portugal ) , " Descubierta " - class corvettes ( Spain , Egypt and Morocco ) , " Espora " - class ( MEKO 140 ) corvettes ( Argentina ) and " D ' Estienne d ' Orves " - class ( A - 69 ) avisos ( France , Argentina and Turkey ) .
USS Ganymede ( AK - 104 ) USS " Ganymede " ( AK - 104 ) was an commissioned by the U . S . Navy for service in World War II . She was responsible for delivering troops , goods and equipment to locations in the war zone . " Ganymede " , formerly merchant ship SS " James W . Nye " , was launched under Maritime Commission contract 8 June 1943 , by the Permanente Metals Corp . , Richmond , California ; sponsored by Mrs . William C . Dalby of Oakland , California ; acquired 23 June 1943 ; commissioned 31 July 1943 , Lieutenant Commander Glenn H . Melichar in command . World War II Pacific Theater operations . After shakedown training out of Oakland , California , " Ganymede " departed San Francisco , California , 28 August 1943 carrying military cargo to Pallikulo Bay , New Hebrides , and to Queensland , Melbourne , and Sydney , Australia . Assigned to the U . S . 7th Fleet Service Force , she sailed from Queensland on 29 November 1943 with fuel , supplies , and passengers for Milne and Langemak Bay s , New Guinea and thence returned to Australia . During the next 12 months she transported military cargo of many types and provided limited passenger service from ports of Australia to bases in New Guinea , including $ 3 , Milne Bay , Cape Sudest and Tanahmerah Bay . Her itinerary was expanded in February 1945 to include Leyte , Manila , Subic Bay and Samar in the Philippines , with occasional calls at Manus , Admiralty Islands . " Ganymede " continued her busy Australia – New Guinea – Philippines – Australia supply circuit until 20 November when she departed Brisbane , Australia for the United States arriving San Francisco 18 December . She remained in port until 25 February 1946 when she sailed for Pearl Harbor to take part in special explosive tests prior to her decommissioning there 15 April 1946 . Post - war decommissioning . Towed back to San Francisco , her name was struck from the Navy List 1 August 1947 and she was returned to WSA on 1 October 1947 and entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay , California , where she remained until she was scrapped in 1973 . Military awards and honors . " Ganymede " crew members were eligible for the following medals :
Cruise of the Special Service Squadron In 1923 - 24 , and the Special Service Squadron sailed around the world on The Empire Cruise , visiting many ports of call in the countries which had fought together during the First World War . The Squadron departed Devonport on 27 November 1923 and headed for Sierra Leone . The fleet would separate at various points of the cruise with the battleships passing through the Panama Canal , while some destroyers carried around Cape Horn . Ports of call . Africa and the Indian Ocean . The fleet sailed from HMNB Devonport on 27 November 1923 , and headed for Freetown , Sierra Leone . Whereupon the fleet was greeted by the Governor of Sierra Leone . Food and provisions were taken aboard after the journey of 2805 miles . The ships then sailed to Cape Town and arrived 22 December , adding a further 3 , 252 miles to the cruise distance . Some of the sailors and marines performed in a ceremonial march , to great fan fare . The fleet sailed for a short visit to Mossell Bay , East London and Durban , where the fleet left South Africa on the 6th January 1924 for Zanzibar . Upon port arrival in Zanzibar on 17 January the fleet was greeted by Sultan Khalifa Bin Harub , which now encompassed the regular ceremonial March Past . The total distance covered was 11 , 734 miles . Far East . The fleet arrived for the far east tour in Port Swettenham 4 February , where the ship fired a 17 gun salute for the Sultan . The fleet also incurred is first fatality when a seaman died of Malaria , a local funeral was arranged . 10 February marked the arrival of the fleet at the important British Naval Base at Singapore . In the same year of the cruise Singapore had been approved by the British Government to become the major British base in the far east with massive investment .
David Cobb ( Massachusetts ) David Cobb ( September 14 , 1748 – April 17 , 1830 ) was a Massachusetts physician , military officer , jurist , and politician who served as a U . S . Congressman for the At - large District of Massachusetts . Biography . Born in Attleboro , Massachusetts on September 14 , 1748 , Cobb graduated from Harvard College in 1766 . He studied medicine in Boston and afterward practiced in Taunton , Massachusetts . He was a member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress in 1775 ; lieutenant colonel of Jackson ’ s regiment in 1777 and 1778 , serving in Rhode Island and New Jersey ; was aide - de - camp on the staff of General George Washington ; appointed major general of militia in 1786 and rendered conspicuous service during Shays ' Rebellion . Massachusetts Government . Judge of the Bristol County Court of Common Pleas 1784 - 1796 ; member of the State house of representatives 1789 - 1793 , and the Massachusetts Senate and served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and President of the Massachusetts Senate . Congress . Elected to the Third United States Congress ( March 4 , 1793 – March 3 , 1795 ) , replacing Elbridge Gerry . Maine . Cobb moved to Gouldsboro in the district of Maine in 1796 and engaged in agricultural pursuits ; elected to the Massachusetts Senate from the eastern district of Maine in 1802 and served as president ; elected to the Massachusetts Governor ' s Council in 1808 ; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1809 ; member of the board of military defense in 1812 ; chief justice of the Hancock County ( Maine ) court of common pleas ; returned in 1817 to Taunton , where he died on April 17 , 1830 . His remains were interred in Plain Cemetery . Legacy . In 1976 , David Cobb was honored by being on a postage stamp for the United States Postal Service .
508th Missile Squadron The 508th Missile Squadron ( 508 MS ) is an inactive United States Air Force unit . It was last assigned to the 351st Missile Group , stationed at Whiteman AFB , Missouri . The 508 MS was equipped with the LGM - 30F Minuteman II Intercontinental ballistic missile ( ICBM ) , with a mission of nuclear deterrence . With the end of the Cold War , the 508th was inactivated on 28 July 1995 . History . World War II . Activated in late 1942 as a B - 17 Flying Fortress heavy bomb squadron , trained under Second Air Force . Deployed to England in the European Theater of Operations ( ETO ) during April 1943 , assigned to VIII Bomber Command as a strategic bombardment squadron . Participated in the air offensive over Nazi Germany and Occupied Europe until German capitulation in May 1945 . Personnel demobilized in England and returned to the United States ; squadron reassigned to Second Air Force and was programmed to be re - equipped with B - 29 Superfortress es for deployment to Pacific Theater . Japanese capitulation led to units inactivation in September 1945 , being neither manned or equipped . Activated in the postwar reserve as a B - 29 squadron . Inactivated in 1949 due to budget reductions . Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Squadron . On 9 August 1962 the 508th Strategic Missile Squadron was activated as a SAC LGM - 30B Minuteman I intercontinental ballistic missile wing . Activated on 1 May 1963 , being made operational on 14 January 1964 , with a complement of 50 missiles . Declared combat ready on 5 June 1964 . From May 1966 to October 1967 , converted to LGM - 30F Minuteman II missiles . With the restructuring of the Air Force and the disestablishment of Strategic Air Command ( SAC ) in the early 1990s was reassigned to Air Combat Command ( ACC ) in 1992 and then under Air Force Space Command ( AFSPC ) in 1993 . Remained on Cold War nuclear alert until in response to President Bush ' s directive to stand down the Minuteman II . Dissipated launch codes and pin safety control switches at 15 launch control facilities . Deactivation of the entire missile complex ended in the spring of 1995 ; squadron inactivated on 28 July . 508th Missile Squadron Launch Facilities
War Medal 1939 – 1945 The War Medal 1939 – 1945 was a British decoration awarded to those who had served in the Armed Forces or Merchant Navy full - time for at least 28 days between 3 September 1939 and 2 September 1945 . In the Merchant Navy , the 28 days must have been served at sea . It is sometimes described as the " Victory Medal " for World War II , although that is not its correct name .
German submarine U - 217 German submarine " U - 217 " was a Type VIID mine - laying U - boat of the Nazi German " Kriegsmarine " during World War II . She was laid down on 30 January 1941 , launched on 15 November and commissioned on 31 January 1942 , " U - 217 " served with the 5th U - boat Flotilla in a training capacity before moving on to the operational 9th flotilla on 1 August 1942 until she was sunk . " U - 217 " completed three patrols and sank three ships totalling . She was sunk on 5 June 1943 in the mid - Atlantic with all hands by depth charges dropped by Grumman TBF Avenger s from the escort carrier . The wreck lies at , near the Mid - Atlantic Ridge .
31 March Incident The 31 March Incident ( ) was a 1909 rebellion of reactionaries in Constantinople against the restoration of the constitutional system that had taken place in 1908 . It took place on 13 April 1909 ( 31 March on the Rumi calendar in use at the time in Turkey for official timekeeping ) . The countercoup had attempted to put an end to the nascent Second Constitutional Era in the Ottoman Empire and to the newly established influence of the Committee of Union and Progress , in order to re - affirm the position of the Sultan Abdul Hamid II as absolute monarch . The incident was a milestone in the Turkish military ' s encroaching on the political sphere . Event . The counter - coup , led by a certain Dervish Vahdeti , reigned supreme in Constantinople for a few days . On the other hand Dogan Avcıoglu and other Turkish writers denouncing English support and one of the English diplomat ( and secret service agent ? ? ) Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice ( 1865 - 1939 ) as the hidden hand behind this reactionary religious uprising . British government supported that rebellion because of blocking the effect of increasing German sympathizers in Ottoman Empire for 20 years . Also according to these sources this counter coup was made against Committee of Union and Progress Selanik branch which outmatch the British sympathizer Bitola Branch . Also the aim of that rebellion wasn ' t made for Abdulhamid II as it seems ; Vahdeti would have planned to change Sultan Abdulhamid II if the counter coup had reached a success . Dervish Vahdeti and supporters were put down by " Hareket Ordusu " ( The Army of Action ) constituted in urgency with troops stationed in the Balkans and which rapidly departed from Salonica . Among the officers who entered the capital was Mustafa Kemal . A few weeks after the re - establishment of order , Sultan Abdul Hamid II himself was deposed and sent to exile in Salonica , and replaced by his brother Mehmed V Reşad . Effects . The incident led to a change of Grand Vizier , and Ahmed Tevfik Pasha assumed the position . Memorial . In memorial of the 74 soldiers killed in action during this event , the Monument of Liberty ( ) was erected 1911 in Şişli district of Istanbul . See also . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > Ottoman countercoup of 1909
Robert E . Jordan III Robert Elijah Jordan III ( 1936 – 2010 ) was a United States lawyer who served as General Counsel of the Army from 1967 to 1971 . Biography . Robert E . Jordan III was born on June 20 , 1936 . He was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , receiving an S . B . degree in 1958 . He then attended Harvard Law School , receiving a J . D . in 1961 . During his time in law school , he was an editor of the " Harvard Law Review " . Jordan served as an officer in the United States Army from 1961 to 1963 . In 1963 , he served as Staff Director of the President ’ s Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces . He was then Special Assistant for Civil Rights in the Office of the United States Secretary of Defense from 1963 to 1964 . From 1964 to 1965 , he was an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia . He moved to the Office of the United States Secretary of the Treasury in 1965 , serving as Executive Assistant for Enforcement . In 1967 , he became Assistant General Counsel of the United States Department of the Army , and was promoted to General Counsel of the Army later in 1967 , holding that position until 1971 . Jordan left government service in 1971 , joining the Washington , D . C . law firm of Steptoe & Johnson as a partner , a position he would hold until his death . He specialized in complex civil litigation . He was active in the District of Columbia bar , serving as that organization ' s president from 1987 to 1988 . He also served as Steptoe & Johnson ' s managing partner for a number of years . Jordan died on May 14 , 2010 at age 73 after a lengthy illness .