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Sandown - class minehunter The " Sandown " - class is a class of minehunter originally built for the British Royal Navy . " Sandown " - class vessels also serve with the Royal Saudi Navy and the Estonian Navy ( Merevägi ) . The first vessel was commissioned into Royal Navy service on 9 June 1989 and all the British ships are named after coastal towns and cities . These small ( 53 m ) fibreglass vessels are single role mine hunters ( SRMH ) rather than minesweepers . Twelve ships were built for the Royal Navy and three ships were exported to Saudi Arabia . Three Royal Navy vessels were decommissioned following the Strategic Defence Review in 2003 ; " Sandown " ( January 2005 ) , " Inverness " ( April 2005 ) and " Bridport " ( July 2004 ) . A further ship , " Cromer " , was decommissioned and transferred to a training role at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in 2001 as " Hindostan " . The three decommissioned vessels were sold to Estonia in September 2006 . They were re - equipped with TCS ( Tactical Control System ) and the Atlas Elektronik Seafox ROV for mine disposal . The sonar system will be also be updated . The first ship ( ex " Sandown " ) , delivered in 2007 , has been named " Admiral Cowan " , the second ( ex - " Inverness " ) , was delivered in 2008 and named " Sakala " and the last ( ex - " Bridport " ) named " Ugandi " in 2009 .
Athanasios Exadaktylos Athanasios Exadaktylos ( , 1869 – 1936 ) was a Greek Army officer who rose to the rank of Major General and played an important role in the Macedonian Struggle and served in various high staff positions , including as Deputy Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff . Life . He was born in the island of Andros in 1869 . He entered the Hellenic Army Academy and graduated on 8 August 1891 as an Artillery 2nd Lieutenant . In the Greco - Turkish War of 1897 , he fought as a battery commander in Thessaly . From 1904 until its end in 1908 , he participated in the Macedonian Struggle with the cover name Antoniou . He roamed across central Macedonia under various guises , among others a teacher or a salesman , working as a spy and liaison with Greek communities and armed bands . During the Balkan Wars , he headed the Intelligence Bureau of the General Headquarters . His detailed maps , compiled during his journeys across Macedonia , proved invaluable during the war . Exadaktylos also served as a military expert in the Greek delegations to the London and Bucharest peace conferences . In 1915 he was appointed in the Intelligence and Civil Affairs Directorate of the General Staff . Due to his royalist convictions , he sided against Eleftherios Venizelos during the National Schism and was dismissed from the army in 1917 . Following Venizelos ' electoral defeat in November 1920 , Exadaktylos was recalled to active service , promoted to Major General and placed as Deputy Chief of the Army Staff Service . In 1921 , he served briefly as Chief of Staff of the Interior Army , while the bulk of the Greek military was engaged in the Asia Minor Campaign . Following the Greek defeat in Asia Minor in August 1922 he was again dismissed and retired in 1923 . He died in 1936 .
Gian Singh Naik Gian Singh ( 5 October 1915 – 6 October 1996 ) was a 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 . Biography . Singh was born in Sahabpur , a village in the Nawanshahr district ( Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar ) of eastern Punjab . He was 29 years old , and a Naik in the 15th Punjab Regiment , in the Indian Army during World War II when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . " On 2 March 1945 on the road between Kamye and Myingyan , Burma ( now Myanmar ) , where the Japanese were strongly positioned , Naik Gian Singh who was in charge of the leading section of his platoon , went on alone firing his tommy gun , and rushed the enemy foxholes . In spite of being wounded in the arm he went on , hurling grenades . He attacked and killed the crew of a cleverly concealed anti - tank gun , and then led his men down a lane clearing all enemy positions . He went on leading his section until the action had been satisfactorily completed . " Singh was presented with his Victoria Cross by King George VI , in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 16 October 1945 . Remaining with the Indian Army until retirement , he died in 1996 .
Friedrich Markworth Dr . med . dent . Friedrich Markworth ( 14 February 1915 – 13 January 1994 ) was a German U - boat commander in World War II and 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 . Markworth was severely wounded when came under attack by aircraft from the US escort carrier USS " Card " on 3 August 1943 . " U - 66 " rendezvoused with on 6 August and command of " U - 66 " was transferred to " Oberleutnant zur See " Paul Frerks , watch officer on " U - 117 " .
William E . Snyder William Ellsworth Snyder ( February 24 , 1883 – December 30 , 1944 ) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration , the Medal of Honor . Biography . A native of South Bethlehem , Pennsylvania , Snyder joined the Navy from that state . By January 4 , 1910 , he was serving as a chief electrician on the . On that day , while the " Birmingham " was anchored at Hampton Roads in Virginia , Seaman G . H . Kephart fell overboard into the freezing cold water . Although the temperature was around and a strong tide was running , Snyder jumped into the water and rescued Kephart from drowning . For this action , he was issued the Medal of Honor two months later , on March 2 , 1910 . The medal was formally presented to him by President William Howard Taft at the White House on December 13 of that year . Snyder ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : Serving on board the U . S . S . " Birmingham " , for extraordinary heroism , rescuing G . H . Kephart seaman , from drowning at Hampton Roads , Va . , 4 January 1910 . Snyder became a commissioned officer and reached the rank of lieutenant commander before leaving the Navy . He died at age 61 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County , Virginia .
Gylen Castle Gylen Castle , on the southern part of the island of Kerrera in Argyll and Bute , juts dramatically into the sky on the tip of a promontory overlooking the Firth of Lorne . History . Built in 1582 by the Clan MacDougall . Gylen was only occupied for a relatively short period of time . The castle was besieged then burned by the Covenanter s under General Leslie in 1647 during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms . In May 2006 a restoration of the castle was completed with a £300 , 000 grant by Historic Scotland and £200 , 000 raised by worldwide members of Clan MacDougall .
John Pearson ( VC ) John Pearson VC ( 19 January 1825 – 18 April 1892 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth forces . Details . John Pearson was born 19 January 1825 in Leeds , Yorkshire , England . He married Selina Smart in the General Baptist Church in Trowbridge , Wiltshire , England on 6 April 1851 . He was aged 25 and was a private in the 8th Hussars , living in the barracks in Trowbridge , the son of Stephen Pearson , a gardener . Selina Smart is shown as age 20 , a spinster , a feeder by profession , living on Stallard Street , daughter of Edward Smart , a spinner . He was 33 years old and a private in the 8th Hussars ( The King ' s Royal Irish ) , British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC : On 17 June 1858 at Gwalior , India , Pearson - together with Sergeant Joseph Ward , Farrier George Hollis and Captain Clement Walker Heneage - was in a charge made by a squadron of the 8th Hussars . His citation reads : Further information . He later achieved the rank of sergeant with the 19th Hussars and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal . He died on 18 April 1892 in Lion ' s Head , Eastnor Township , Bruce County , Ontario after emigrating to Canada . The medal . His VC was auctioned by Morton & Eden Ltd of London on 23 November 2004 and is now on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum , London .
William Smith ( Medal of Honor ) William Smith ( 1838 – January 12 , 1902 ) was born in Ireland and was a Union Navy sailor during the American Civil War who received America ' s highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at Cherbourg , France . He was buried at Blossom Hill Cemetery in Concord , Merrimack County , New Hampshire . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and Organization : Citation :
918th Air Refueling Squadron The 918th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . It was last assigned to the 11th Bombardment Wing at Altus AFB , Oklahoma . The 918th ' s predecessor , the 18th Reconnaissance Squadron was active during World War II and performed photographic mapping in the Pacific . It was later allotted to the Air Force Reserve and assigned to the 66th Strategic Reconnaissance Group at Newark Army Air Base , New Jersey from 1947 to 1949 . History . The squadron was established in early 1943 at Colorado Springs Army Air Base . It trained in photographic reconnaissance under Second Air Force in Colorado and Oklahoma . The squadron was initially equipped with Lockheed F - 5 Lighting reconnaissance aircraft . The squadron re - equipped with North American B - 25 Mitchell s and deployed to the South Pacific Area under Thirteenth Air Force , although the bulk of the air echelon ( equipped with Consolidated B - 24 Liberator s ) remained in the United States . The squadron flew hazardous unarmed reconnaissance missions over enemy - held territory in Guadalcanal ; New Guinea ; Northern Solomon Islands ; Bismarck Archipelago ; Western Pacific ; Leyte ; Luzon ; Southern Philippines . The squadron returned to the United States and was inactivated at Will Rogers Field , Oklahoma on 15 Jan 1944 . The squadron was again activated in the reserves in 1947 at Newark Army Air Base , New Jersey . It is undetermined if unit was manned or equipped before it was inactivated in 1949 when Continental Air Command converted its reserve organizations to the wing base ( Hobson Plan ) organization . The 918th Air Refueling Squadron was one of two air refueling squadrons activated in 1960 at Altus Air Force Base , Oklahoma for movement to other bases to provide Boeing KC - 135 Stratotanker support to dispersed Boeing B - 52 Stratofortress bombers . Both squadrons were inactivated shortly after activation . Lineage . 18th Reconnaissance Squadron 918th Air Refueling Squadron
Polish 2nd Warsaw Infantry Division Polish 2nd Warsaw Infantry Division of Henryk Dąbrowski ( 2 Warszawska Dywizja Piechoty im . Henryka Dąbrowskiego ) was formed in 1943 as part of the Polish First Army alongside the Red Army of the Soviet Union . It fought near Vistula and Warsaw , at Pomerania and in the battle of Berlin . It was mostly disbanded during reorganization in 1956 , with traditions inherited by the Polish 2nd Warsaw Mechanized Division ( itself based also on the Polish 7th Infantry Division ) .
Lord David Douglas - Hamilton Squadron Leader Lord David Douglas - Hamilton ( 8 November 1912 – 2 August 1944 ) was a Scottish nobleman , pilot , and boxer . He was the youngest son of Lt . Alfred Douglas - Hamilton , 13th Duke of Hamilton RN and his wife Nina , née Poore . Douglas - Hamilton was one of four brothers who made history by simultaneously being at the rank of Squadron Leader or above at the outset of World War II , he himself commanding No . 603 Squadron RAF from 18 December 1941 till 20 July 1942 . Educated at Harrow , and Balliol College , Oxford . Douglas - Hamilton saw active service between 1939 and 1944 , flying Spitfires in Operation Torch over Malta . On return to Britain , he was killed whilst carrying out reconnaissance over the French coast , and crashed in southern England . At the 1934 Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the heavyweight class of the boxing tournament . Marriage and issue . On 15 October 1938 he married Ann Prunella Stack , the founder of the Women ' s League for Health and Beauty . They had two sons :
38th Rescue Squadron The 38th Rescue Squadron ( 38 RQS ) is part of the 347th Rescue Group at Moody Air Force Base , Georgia . It operates various fixed - wing and rotary - wing aircraft conducting search and rescue missions . Mission . The 38 RQS trains , equips , and employs combat - ready pararescue and supporting personnel worldwide in support of U . S . national security interests and NASA . This squadron provides survivor contact , treatment , and extraction during combat rescue operations , and uses various fixed / rotary wing insertion / extraction assets and employs by any means available to provide combat and humanitarian search , rescue , and medical assistance in all environments . History . The 38th conducted search , rescue , and recovery in Japan and adjacent waters from 1952 – 1957 including supporting operations in Korea and adjacent waters from 1952 – 1953 . It operated 14 search and rescue detachments in Vietnam and Thailand from , 1965 – 1971 . The squadron provided light - lift helicopter operations east of the Mississippi River from 1978 – 1980 . It also flew rescue helicopter operations in South Korea and adjacent waters from 1981 – 1995 . Vietnam War . The 38th Air Rescue Squadron was activated on 30 June 1965 at Tan Son Nhut AB , Vietnam , and organized the next day to control detachments operating from bases in Vietnam and Thailand as follows : On 15 September 1965 two more detachments were organized : On 8 January 1966 the squadron was redesignated the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron as part of the Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service , and assigned to the 3rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group . A further 4 detachments were later organised as follows : May 1967 , the HH - 3s and crews of Detachment 7 at Danang Air Base were reassigned to the 37th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron and the detachment closed . During 1969 – 70 , with US involvement in Vietnam winding down , other Detachments were moved or disbanded as follows : On 1 July 1971 the entire 38th ARRS was inactivated . Local base rescue helicopters and their crews then became detachments of the parent unit , the 3d Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group .
Logistics Combat Element In the United States Marine Corps , the Logistics Combat Element ( LCE ) , formerly " combat service support element " , is the portion of the Marine Air - Ground Task Force responsible with providing logistical support . It provides equipment and personnel to keep the MAGTF running logistically . The LCE provides all support functions not organic to the ground combat element and aviation combat element units . Functions include : communication s , combat engineers , motor transport , medical , supply , maintenance , air delivery , and landing support . The size of the LCE varies in proportion to the size of the MAGTF . A Marine Expeditionary Force has a Marine Logistics Group or MLG . A Marine Expeditionary Brigade holds a Combat Logistics Regiment or CLR , often reinforced with equipment and personnel from other logistics units . The various Marine Expeditionary Unit s command a reinforced Combat Logistics Battalion . Generally , MEF postings are permanent , while MEBs and MEUs rotate their GCE , ACE , and LCE twice annually . Hierarchy of Marine Logistics units . 1st Marine Logistics Group . LCE of I Marine Expeditionary Force 2nd Marine Logistics Group . LCE of II Marine Expeditionary Force 3rd Marine Logistics Group . LCE of III Marine Expeditionary Force 4th Marine Logistics Group . LCE of Marine Forces Reserve
HMS Port Napier HMS " Port Napier " ( M32 ) was a minelayer of the British Royal Navy during World War II , which was destroyed on on 27 November 1940 in Loch Alsh , Scotland , by an explosion following an engine room fire . Ship history . The ship was under construction at the Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd . shipyard in Wallsend for the Port Line when she was requisitioned by the Ministry of War Transport for conversion into a mine - laying vessel . The ship was clad in armour plate , and her cargo holds were adapted to carry up to 600 naval mine s . She was also armed with two guns , two 2 - pounder guns and four 20 mm guns for anti - aircraft defence . She was launched on 23 April 1940 , commissioned on 12 June 1940 , and joined the 1st Minelaying Squadron based at Kyle of Lochalsh in eastern Scotland . Sinking . On 26 November 1940 " Port Napier " was loaded with mines in preparation for her first operation . Each of the 550 mines aboard were fitted with their detonators ready for deployment . She also had 6 , 000 4 - inch shells in her magazine , as well as 40 - and 20 - mm ammunition . Unfortunately that evening a strong gale blew up and the " Port Napier " dragged her anchors . Her propellers became fouled in the anchor chains of a collier and the two ships drifted into shallow water and grounded . The next day , while the rest of the squadron sailed on their minelay operation , the two ships were separated , and the " Port Napier " commenced fuelling . However a fire broke out in the engine room . While most of the crew abandoned ship a small party remained behind to remove the detonators from the mines before also leaving the burning ship . Because of the risk of an explosion the ship was towed out into the loch and set adrift , while the residents of Kyle were ordered to evacuate the village , and all shipping left the port . As the fire seemed to be dying down , another party of volunteers boarded . They found that the decks were red - hot and buckling , but managed to jettison some mines from the stern chutes , before being forced to abandon the ship again . They had scarcely cleared the ship when two distinct explosions occurred , followed moments later by a huge explosion that caused the " Port Napier " to roll over and sink , resting on her starboard side in seventy feet of water . A survey by Royal Navy divers found that the bows and stern were reasonably intact , but a section of the port side had been blown out . The wreck was abandoned as a total loss . In 1944 sections of steel plating from the port side were removed for use in other ships , but the unexploded mines and 4 - inch ammunition were not recovered until 1950 . The wreck is a popular , if silty , site for scuba diving owing to its relative intactness and shallow location at .
7th Bomber and Reconnaissance Brigade ( Ukraine ) The 7th Bomber and Reconnaissance Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Air Force . History . The 7th Bomber Aviation Regiment was formed in 1951 , as one of the units of the 32nd Bomber Aviation Division , 24th Air Army of the Soviet Air Force . After the Regiment became a Ukrainian formation it was subordinate to the 35th Aviation Group . Later the Regiment was reorganized into a Bomber and Reconnaissance Brigade . In 2005 - 2006 the Brigade became first Air Force formation to be composed of professional soldiers and not conscripts .
HMS Cerberus ( 1758 ) HMS " Cerberus " was a 28 gun sixth - rate frigate of the Royal Navy . She was ordered on 6 May 1757 from the yards of Pleasant Fenn , East Cowes and was laid down on 13 June 1757 . She was launched just over a year later on 5 September 1758 . The ship was the target of an early torpedo attack by David Bushnell ' s newly developed powder keg torpedoes in 1777 . The attack a killed four sailors in a small boat , but did not severely damage the ship . The " Cerberus " was eventually burnt to prevent being captured by the French on 5 August 1778 during the American War of Independence , in Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island . The remains of the " Cerberus " are now part of a site listed on the National Register of Historic Places , the " Wreck Sites of HMS " Cerberus " and HMS " Lark " . "
384th Infantry Division ( Germany ) The 384th was formed during the winter of 1941 / 42 , as part of the 18th wave . All infantry divisions of this wave , numbers 383 to 389 , were referred to as “ Rhine Gold ” divisions . The 384th was sent to the 3rd Panzer Corps , 1st Panzer Army , just in time to be attacked by Soviet offensive in the Second Battle of Kharkov , early in the summer of 1942 . Afterwards , the division took part in the offensive operations that led to Stalingrad . After the Soviet counteroffensive , Operation Uranus , most of the combat elements of the division were split between the 44th and the 376th Infantry Divisions , but both were surrounded at Stalingrad and destroyed . The surviving combat troops , in the form of the 2 / 536th battalion , were allocated to the 9th Panzer Division to help replace the panzer grenadiers in its schutzen brigade . The non - combat elements were set to northern France and the division was rebuilt . This process was completed in late 1943 , and the division , minus its recon battalion and 3 / 384th Artillery Battalion , was again sent to the Ukraine . After almost a year at front , in the autumn of 1944 , the 384th was surrounded and then completely destroyed in defensive fighting near the city Kishinev .
Somerville Logistic Reorganisation Committee Report The Somerville Logistic Committee was established by General Sir William Jackson the then Quarter Master General ( QMG ) in 1974 to consider the re - structuring of the MOD ( Army ) Q Staffs and logistic services . It was chaired by Major General RM Somerville the then Vice Quarter Master General ( VQMG ) . It reported in March 1975 . Its principal recommendations were that , although there would be no change in logistic corps structure ( this was to come later with the implementation of the Logistic Support Review ( LSR ) in 1993 ) , that a new logistic staff structure - to be called the Logistic Executive ( Army ) ( LE ( A ) ) - was to be set up and absorb the RAOC ' s HQ Base Organisation and REME ' s Support Group as well as the staff of Deputy Quarter Master General ( DQMG ) . LE ( A ) was to be set up outside London ; Andover was eventually selected . The major change in staff working was the amalgamation of the Directorate of Equipment Management with Royal Engineers ( RE ) , Royal Corps of Transport ( RCT ) , Royal Army Ordnance Corps ( RAOC ) and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ( REME ) staff branches . For the first time a single point of contact would lead on an individual item or range of equipment . This produced much needed simplification . The main drawback was that the equipment inventory was divided somewhat arbitrarily . RE ( Engineer Services ) took over control of equipment , principally plant , operated solely by that corps . RCT took on railway and maritime ( including port ) equipment . The RAOC assumed responsibility for ranges not normally subject to base repair ( principally non - armoured vehicles , small arms and clothing and general stores ) and the REME the base repair range ( principally armoured vehicles , larger weapon systems and communications and electronic equipment ) . The other major change was a large scale exodus from London to the former RAF Maintenance Command site at Andover in Hampshire . This rationalisation was designed to achieve cost savings of 20 % and undoubtedly simplified staff procedures .