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RAF Stormy Down Royal Air Force Station Stormy Down , or more simply RAF Stormy Down is a former Royal Air Force station located near Pyle , Bridgend and opened in 1940 . History . It was an armament training school for the Royal Air Force ( RAF ) then after they departed the French took the station over and later American forces were also stationed at ' Stormy ' . Flying ceased in August 1944 due to the dangerous grass landing strip . However the airfield continued to be used for occasional private aircraft and a glider club for a number of years . Stormy Down was the main base for the area and was directly connected to RAF St Athan using a long taxiway stretching around 30 miles from each other . Current use . The site is now used by Cenin Concrete Products Ltd , as a Research , Development & Production Centre . The site is also the operating base for Bridgend Motorcycle Training Centre . The site is also used for a weekly car boot sale . A proposal to site wind turbines on the disused airfield has been made and a solar energy facility built on the site .
First call " First call " is a bugle call with three distinct meanings . At a horse race , where the tune is also known as the Call to the Post , it is a signal that all mounts should be at the paddock exit in order to proceed to the track to begin the post parade . The tune is usually sounded by a bugler five to 10 minutes before the scheduled start time of the race . The call serves a similar purpose in dog racing . At a U . S . military installation it is a pre - reveille " courtesy " signal , sounded around 05 : 50 , originally to assemble the trumpeteers to deliver the reveille that would be forthcoming at 06 : 00 . Some locations also sound it a few minutes before retreat ( lowering the flag at the end of the day ) . In other military contexts it may be used ( e . g . 5 minutes ) prior to sounding Assembly for any particular formation . Individuals who have not fallen in by the last note of Assembly may be considered late or AWOL . On ships of the US Navy , First Call is sounded at 0755 , 5 minutes ahead of Morning Colors ( raising the national ensign ) , and 5 minutes before Evening Colors ( lowering the national ensign ) . In the absence of a bugle , the word is passed , " First call , first call to colors . " The same ceremony takes place on shore establishments but not on ships underway .
Alfred B Thompson Alfred Burke Thompson , born Penetanguishene , Ontario , 1915 , died Penetanguishene , 1985 , was a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force , the first Canadian taken prisoner in World War II , and a survivor of Stalag Luft III escape . Thompson joined the RCAF in 1936 . He was a member of an RAF crew taken prisoner on Sept . 8 , 1939 , when their plane was shot down over eastern Germany . Canada was not officially at war with Germany until the following day . Thompson was taken to Berlin and made to pose in propaganda photos with Luftwaffe chief Hermann Goerring . Those pictures may later have saved his life . Thompson was sent to several POW camps before ending up at Stalag Luft III near Sagan . There , he was recruited for the Great Escape . Thompson made it through tunnel " Harry " but was recaptured soon after . As a single man with no children , Thompson was vulnerable to execution , but he carried with him the propaganda photo . Thompson spent every day of the war as a POW . He returned to university after the war . He became a lawyer , and later a Crown prosecutor , in Simcoe County , Ontario . He died at his home town of Penetanguishene .
Condor - class gunvessel The " Condor " - class gunvessel was a class of four Royal Navy composite gunvessels of 3 guns , built between 1876 and 1877 . They were all hulked or sold before 1893 , giving them an active life of less than 15 years . Construction . Design . Designed by Nathaniel Barnaby , the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction , the hull was of composite construction ; that is , iron keel , frames , stem and stern posts with wooden planking . Propulsion . They were fitted with three boilers , a 2 - cylinder horizontal compound expansion steam engine and a single screw . " Griffon " and " Falcon " were engined by Laird Brothers and had a feathering propeller . " Flamingo " and " Condor " were engined by John Elder & Co , and all ships had a designed , developing about under power . Sail plan . The class was rigged with three masts , with square rig on the fore - and main - masts , making them barque - rigged vessels . Armament . The ships of the class were fitted with a 7 - in ( 4½ - ton ) muzzle - loading rifle and two 64 - pdr ( 64cwt ) muzzle - loading rifles , except for " Flamingo " , which had two 20 - pdr breech - loaders in place of one of the 64 - pdr muzzle - loading rifles . In 1884 " Flamingo " and " Griffon " were rearmed with two 5 - in Vavasseur breech loaders replacing the 7 - in muzzle - loading rifle .
Alexander ( Antigonid general ) Alexander ( Gr . ) was commander of the cavalry in the army of Antigonus III Doson during the war against Cleomenes III of Sparta . He fought against Philopoemen , then a young man , whose prudence and valor forced him to a disadvantageous engagement at Sellasia . This Alexander is probably the same person as the one whom Antigonus , as the guardian of Philip ( son of Demetrius II of Macedon ) , had appointed commander of Philip ' s body - guard , and who was slandered by Apelles . Subsequently he was sent by Philip as ambassador to Thebes , to persecute the Macedonian Megaleas . Polybius states that at all times he manifested a most extraordinary attachment to his king .
Siege of Ryūgasaki The 1545 siege of Ryūgasaki was one of many battles fought by Takeda Shingen in his bid to control Shinano Province during Japan ' s Sengoku period . The fortress was a satellite castle of Fukuyo , The fortress was held by Tozawa retainer Yoshinaga Mitoyoshi . Yoshinaga himself was killed in battle while the fortress fell .
Fredriksvern Fredriksvern ( also called " Friderichsværn " ( 1801 ) , " Frederiksværn " ( 1865 ) , " Fredriksværen " ( 1900 ) and abbreviated " Frsværn " ) was an important Norwegian naval base , just south of Larvik in Vestfold . The town of Stavern has in many ways come to be because of this naval base . Fredriksvern or Stavern has probably been a harbor since ancient times . The name is found in written sources the 11th century and in the 12th century it is referred to as a good fishing harbor . The military activities in Stavern began with building of Staverns Fortress , part of a major construction of Norwegian Fortresses which took place from 1675 to 1679 under Christian IV . Citadellet Fort was built in the 1680s by count Fredrik Gyldenløve and had an important role during the last Nordic war from 1709 to 1720 . During the winter of 1748 - 1749 Fredrik V ordered construction of a shipyard and a drydock in Norway and in 1750 the first Norwegian naval command base was constructed . The king did so as a defensive measure in the event of a war with Sweden . A naval station in Norway could support land strength in the event of a Swedish invasion by cutting off naval transport of Swedish troops and supplies , reducing the risk of such an invasion . " Fredriksværns Værft " ( the shipyard ) was finished in 1750 and a number of vessels were built there , including a frigate in 1775 . Fredriksvern Church was finished in 1756 as the garrison church in a style with influences from both renaissance and baroque . The main base for the Common Fleet was at Copenhagen , but when Norway and Denmark split in 1814 Fredriksvern became the main base for the Royal Norwegian Navy . The Common fleet had been decimated by the British robbery in 1807 and the Norwegians got the lesser share of what was left when the union was ended . It soon became apparent that major expansion of the navy had to take place . Fredriksvern had one strategic flaw , it was difficult to defend from a land based attack . In addition its capacity was too small for the new expanded navy . Already in 1815 it was decided to look for a new location for the main naval base . But Norway was extremely poor and both the fleet expansion and the building of the new base was delayed . During the 1830s a new main naval base was constructed at Horten , but Fredriksvern continued to be an important naval base and remained active as an air force academy until 2002 .
Werner Wolff ( SS officer ) Werner Wolff was an Obersturmführer ( First Lieutenant ) , in the 1 . SS Panzer Division ' Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler ' ( LSSAH ) of the Waffen SS , who was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . Wolff was awarded the Knight ' s Cross on 7 August 1943 while serving as Joachim Peiper ' s Adjutant in the III . ( gep . ) Battalion of 2nd SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment . Peiper recommended Wolff for the his actions after he took command of the leaderless 13th Company , following the wounding of its commander , during the Battle of Kursk in early July , and stopped a Russian tank attack . Wolff destroyed one tank single handed and refused to give ground to the Russian attack . In November 1943 Wolff was shot through the thigh and was due to have the leg amputated . However when the medical orderly arrived to take Wolff to be operated on , he drew his pistol and warned the orderly he was not losing his leg , even firing a warning shot into the ground . Wolff made a complete recovery . In the Normandy Campaign ( Operation Overlord ) he particularly distinguished himself during the defense of Tilly , and was awarded the Wehrmacht ' s Honour Roll Clasp of the Army as a result . Wolff was killed during Operation Spring Awakening , in Hungary on 19 March 1945 .
Royal Canadian Air Force Police The Royal Canadian Air Force Police was responsible for military police functions for the Royal Canadian Air Force ( RCAF ) . In 1940 the RCAF set up the Guards and Discipline Branch , which later changed its name to the Directorate of Provost and Security Services ( DPSS ) . The DPSS provided police mainly for guard , security , and disciplinary duties . During the Second World War and into the post - war period , the RCAF Police were known as the RCAF Service Police ( RCAF SP ) and police personnel were referred to as " SPs " . After the war when the air force expanded to meet NATO commitments , the RCAF Service Police also expanded to meet the responsibilities of policing the larger and increasing number air force stations in Canada and Europe . The RCAF Service Police was formally renamed the Air Force Police ( AFP ) in 1955 , although it was still often referred to as the " Service Police " . Following amalgamation of the three services into the Canadian Forces in 1968 , the AFP was merged with the police units of the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Army to become simply the Military Police ; under the Canadian Armed Forces Security and Intelligence Branch .
Smith Dun General Smith Dun ( November 11 , 1906 – 1979 ) was the commander - in - chief of the Burmese Army from January 4 , 1948 – February 1 , 1949 . Dun enlisted in the Indian Army on 8 November 1924 , initially with the 10th battalion 20th Burma Rifles and after training served with the 2nd battalion 20th Burma Rifles , seeing service in Burma during the rebellion of 1930 - 32 . He was commissioned a Viceroy ' s Commissioned Officer on the 10th January 1931 . He attended the Kitchener College , Nowgong and from there was later selected to attend the Indian Military Academy and earned the first Sword of Honour which is given to the best cadet of each year ’ s class . He was commissioned on 1 February 1935 , his senority later being antedated to 4 February 1934 . For a year after commissioning he was attached to the 2nd battalion the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at Agra . On 24 February 1936 he was admitted to the Indian Army and appointed to the 2nd battalion the 1st Punjab Regiment on 9 March 1936 . He was promoted Lieutenant on 4 May 1936 . His battalion was involved in fighting on the North West Frontier during 1936 - 37 . He was serving attached to the Burma Military Police when the Japanese invaded in 1941 . For his services on the retreat from Burma he was Mentioned in Despatches ( " London Gazette " 28 October 1942 ) . He attended the Staff College at Quetta and then saw further service in Burma , receiving another Mention in Despatches ( " London Gazette " 5 April 1945 ) and later was awarded the Military Cross ( " London Gazette " 17 January 1946 ) as a temporary Major attached the Burma Intelligence Corps . In a move to build confidence in the Burmese Union that would include all ethnic groups , Dun , a Karen , was appointed commander - in - chief of the Burmese army and of the police forces when Burma gained its independence from Britain following World War II . However , in 1949 when the Karen began their war for independence from Burma , Dun was removed from his position . Dun was a loyal leader of the Burmese Army while maintaining a strong sense of his Karen ethnicity . Known as the “ four - foot colonel ” for his small stature , he kept his Karen soldiers disciplined although suspicion of his ethnic roots lingered even after his dismissal .
6th Foreign Infantry Regiment The 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment ( ) was an infantry regiment of the French Foreign Legion from 1939 to 1941 and again from 1949 to 1955 . History . The 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment was founded on October 15 , 1939 in Syria with the elements of the disbanded 1st Foreign Infantry Regiment and the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment . The Regiment was established in part to handle the large number of foreign volunteers for French military service at the beginning of World War II , which numbered around 64 , 000 at the regiment ' s founding . The 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment remained loyal to Vichy France at the beginning of World War II . The 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment was disbanded on December 31 , 1941 . The regiment was founded once more in Tunisia on April 1 , 1949 . The regiment went on to fight in the First Indochina War . Following its Indochina service , the regiment operated in Tunisia as part of French operations to maintain order in that country . The Regiment was disbanded on June 30 , 1955 . Organization . When first established the 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment consisted of 3 , 287 men . It was part of the 192nd Infantry Division . The regiment was organized as follows :
7th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry The 7th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry , the " Northern Black Horse Cavalry " and more properly designated 1st Regiment New York Mounted Rifles , was a cavalry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . This regiment was organized at Troy , New York to serve three years . November 18 , 1861 , it was designated by the State authorities as the 2nd Regiment of Cavalry ; by the War Department it was designated 7th N . Y . Volunteer Cavalry , under which designation it was mustered out of service , and was , therefore , so recorded . The companies were mustered in the service of the United States : There were only eight companies organized and these were recruited principally : The regiment left the State November 23 , 1861 , and served near Washington , D . C . , until March 31 , 1862 , when , not having been mounted , it was honorably discharged and mustered out . Total strength and casualties . During its service it lost by death , of disease , seven enlisted men .
George P . Dyer George Palmer Dyer was an American football player and coach . He served as the head football coach at the United States Military Academy in 1896 , compiling a record of 3 – 2 – 1 . Dyer played at Cornell University in 1893 and 1894 . He later served in the U . S . Navy as a paymaster . He married Dorothy Sturges Bell in 1901 .
BL 4 inch naval gun Mk VIII The BL 4 - inch gun Mark VIII was a British medium - velocity wire - wound naval gun introduced in 1908 as an anti - torpedo boat gun in smaller ships whose decks could not support the strain of the heavier and more powerful Mk VII gun . Mk VIII History . The gun succeeded the QF 4 inch Mk III , whose 25 - pound shell had been considered insufficiently powerful for its intended role . The BL Mk VIII fired a 31 - pound shell . It armed the following warships : The gun was succeeded in its class from 1911 by the QF 4 inch Mk IV . In World War II many guns were used to arm merchant ships . Mk XI submarine gun . A Mk XI variant was adapted to arm submarines :
9th Light Armoured Marine Brigade ( France ) The 9 Marine Infantry Brigade ( ) is a light armoured , amphibious unit of the " Troupes de marine " of the French Army . In July 1963 , the 9 Marine Infantry Division was created in Bretagne . On 1 January 1976 , the 9th Division became the 9th Marine Infantry Division ( 9 division d ' Infanterie de Marine , 9 DIMa ) , attached to the land intervention force , then the Rapid Action Force from 1983 . On 1 July 1999 , the 9th Marine Infantry Division became the 9th Marine Light Armoured Brigade . On 1 January 2013 , the unit was renamed 9th Marine Infantry Brigade ( ) .
George Burdon McKean George Burdon McKean VC MC MM ( 4 July 1888 – 28 November 1926 ) was a Canadian 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 . Early life . George Burdon McKean was born in Willington , County Durham , England on 4 July 1888 . He came to Canada in 1902 and settled in Edmonton . He was a student at the University of Alberta when World War I broke out , and enlisted as a private soldier in the Canadian Expeditionary Force . World War I . He was 29 years old , and a lieutenant in the 14th ( The Royal Montreal Regiment ) Battalion , Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross . On 27 / 28 April 1918 at the Gavrelle Sector , France , when Lieutenant McKean ' s party was held up at a block in the communication trench by intense fire , he ran into the open , leaping over the block head first on top of one of the enemy . Whilst lying there , he was attacked by another with a fixed bayonet . He shot both of these men , captured the position , then sent back for more bombs , and until they arrived he engaged the enemy single - handed . He then rushed a second block , killing two of the enemy , capturing four others , and driving the remainder into a dug - out , which he then destroyed . He later achieved the rank of captain . In the course of his military service , he received the Military Medal , and , after he was commissioned as an officer , the Military Cross . Later life . After World War I he settled again in England and died in an industrial accident . He is buried at Brighton Extra - Mural Cemetery , Sussex , England . Legacy . His Victoria Cross is stored at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa , Canada . On 6 September 2003 , the Church Square of Cagnicourt , France , was renamed ' La Place George Burdon McKean ' in his honour .
Burnham , New Zealand Burnham , also known as Burnham Camp , is the largest army base in New Zealand ' s South Island . It is located 28 kilometres south of Christchurch on the Canterbury Plains in the Selwyn District , close to the town of Dunsandel . Burnham was named after Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire . The senior headquarters at the camp has seen many changes . Previously Headquarters 3 Task Force , 3 Task Force Region , HQ Ready Reaction Force , and 3 Land Force Group have been based here . Most recently 3 Land Force Group was disbanded in 2011 , and Headquarters Deployable Joint Task Force Headquarters - Land ( DJTFHQ - L ) was formed . Units at the camp . Units at Burnham : Medical training . Medical training for the entire NZDF is conducted in Burnham at Joint Services Health School and all medics enlisted in the Army , Navy or Air Force are sent here for training . After their intermediate training ( 3 month course ) , medics from the Army and Air Force complete 12 weeks of civilian ambulance and hospital training before being posted to their camps or bases . Navy medics are sent to Devonport where they work in the Navy Hospital which treats both sailors and civilians . Cadet force . Burnham is also home to the Southern HQ of the New Zealand Cadet Forces . They are the Air Training Corps ( Air Force ) , Cadet Corps ( Army ) , and Sea Cadet Corps .
Charles J . Adams Charles J . Adams ( August 22 , 1921 – May 28 , 2002 ) was a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force . Biography . Adams was born in Sanpete County , Utah in 1921 . He attended the University of Utah and the University of Nebraska at Omaha . Adams died on May 28 , 2002 . He is buried at an unspecified location in Santa Maria , California . Career . Adams originally enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 . He was commissioned an officer the following year . After receiving his commission , he served as a flying instructor at Walnut Ridge Army Airfield until 1944 , when he was transferred to the 5th Fighter Squadron . During his time with the 5th , he served in the China Burma India Theater of World War II . Following the war , Adams was assigned to Kelly Field before joining the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition . With the expedition , he would help to chart the Antarctic coastline . He would also transfer to the Air Force after its inception . During the Korean War , Adams was assigned to the 322d Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron piloting a North American B - 45 Tornado . He returned with the squadron to the United States as a Boeing B - 47 Stratojet commander and was later named Deputy Director of Operations of the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing . In 1955 , he was assigned to Strategic Air Command , and in 1958 , entered the field of missiles and would help to establish Vandenberg Air Force Base . At Vandenberg , Adams would train crews in the SM - 65 Atlas . From 1962 to 1967 , Adams was assigned to The Pentagon , including serving for a time as Chief , Strategic Division , Directorate of Studies and Analysis in the Officer of the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force . He later assumed command of the 44th Strategic Missile Wing and the 821st Strategic Aerospace Division before returning to The Pentagon in 1971 , at which time he was named Deputy Director for Strategic Forces in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff . His retirement was effective as of February 1 , 1973 . Awards he received include the Legion of Merit , the Distinguished Flying Cross , the Air Medal , the Air Force Commendation Medal , the Distinguished Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation .
Wilhelm von Mirbach Wilhelm Graf von Mirbach - Harff ( 2 July 1871 – 6 July 1918 ) was a German diplomat . Biography . Mirbach was born in Bad Ischl in Upper Austria . He participated in the Russian - German negotiations in Brest - Litovsk from December 1917 to March 1918 . He was appointed German ambassador to Russia in April 1918 . Mirbach was assassinated by Yakov Grigorevich Blumkin at the request of the Central Committee of the Left Socialist - Revolutionaries , who tried to incite a war between Russia and Germany . Blumkin entered Mirbach ' s residence in Moscow using forged papers and shot his victim at point blank range . Mirbach ' s assassination signaled the beginning of the revolt of the Left Socialist - Revolutionaries in Moscow in 1918 . Mirbach was succeeded as German ambassador to Russia by Karl Helfferich .
150th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 150th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 150th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler , Illinois and mustered into Federal service on February 14 , 1865 for a one - year enlistment . The 150th served in garrisons in Tennessee and Georgia . Total strength and casualties . The regiment suffered 58 enlisted men who died of disease for a total of 58 fatalities .