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Thomas Murphy ( VC ) Thomas Murphy VC ( 1839 – 23 March 1900 ) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Born in Dublin , he was about 28 years old and a private in the 2nd Battalion , 24th Regiment of Foot ( later The South Wales Borderers ) , British Army during the Andaman Islands Expedition when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 7 May 1867 at the island of Little Andaman , eastern India , in the Bay of Bengal , Private Murphy was one of a party of five ( David Bell , James Cooper , Campbell Mellis Douglas and William Griffiths ) of the 2 / 24th Regiment , who risked their lives in manning a boat and proceeding through dangerous surf to rescue some of their comrades who had been sent to the island to find out the fate of the commander and seven of the crew , who had landed from the ship " Assam Valley " and were feared murdered by the cannibalistic islanders . The Cross was awarded not for bravery in action against the enemy , but for bravery at sea in saving life in a storm off Andaman Islands . Murphy died in Philadelphia , USA . External links . city
Mike Kealy Mike Kealy was the 27 - year old Captain at the Battle of Mirbat in 1972 . After the battle he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order . Death . He died of hypothermia in February 1979 on a training exercise in the Brecon Beacons in deteriorating weather conditions . He was found alive ( but in poor condition ) by a two - man search party — one of whom stayed with him and attempted to keep him warm . It was later acknowledged by the Coroner that one of the major contributory factors in his death was the delay in retrieving him from the hillside — a delay of some 19 hours due to inclement weather . Another factor was that Kealy had not packed cold weather gear , instead carrying bricks in his Bergen pack to up its weight to 50 pounds . When offered warm clothing by the search party , he refused - and even threw a warm blanket away . A combination of Kealy ' s bloody - minded stubbornness and the effects of hypothermia clouding his judgement seems to have been the tipping point . As a direct result of this and similar incidents SAS personnel are now only allowed to carry useful items on training exercises . Conspiracy . Sir Ranulph Fiennes alleged in his book " The Feather Men " that Mike Kealy was murdered by a group of contract killers called " The Clinic " in revenge for his role in the killing of Sheik ' s son . Fiennes suggests that Major Kealy ' s death was a result of a diabetic shock induced by the killers injecting him with insulin before the exercise . However , the circumstances of Mike Kealy ' s death suggest that this is somewhat fanciful . Kealy was seen by other service personnel undergoing the same SAS endurance exercise only a few hours beforehand .
George Ayscue Admiral Sir George Ayscue ( ca 1616 – 1671 ) was an English naval officer who served in the English Civil War and the Anglo - Dutch Wars . Life . In 1648 , during the Civil War , while serving as a captain in the navy of the English Parliament , he prevented the fleet from defecting to the Royalists , and was promoted to General at Sea . In 1651 he served with General at Sea Robert Blake in the capture of the Scilly Isles from Sir John Grenville . Later that year he captured Barbados from Lord Willoughby and the other English colonies in the Americas . In the First Anglo - Dutch War he was defeated by the Dutch Commodore Michiel de Ruyter at the Battle of Plymouth . Relieved of his command , he went into service in the Swedish Navy , returning after the Restoration of Charles II . In the Second Anglo - Dutch War he commanded a squadron at the Battle of Lowestoft in 1665 . At the Four Days ' Battle in 1666 his flagship , the " Prince Royal " , ran aground on the Galloper Shoal and he was forced to surrender his ship to Lieutenant - Admiral Cornelis Tromp , earning the unfortunate distinction of being the last admiral of the Royal Navy to have been captured by the enemy . He was held prisoner during the war in the Dutch state prison of Loevestein .
Elliott Warren Rice Elliott Warren Rice ( November 16 , 1835 – June 22 , 1887 ) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War . He commanded an infantry brigade during the pivotal Atlanta Campaign in the summer of 1864 . Early life . Rice was born in Allegany , Pennsylvania . His family moved to Belmont , Ohio , when Rice was an infant . He was schooled in Wheeling , West Virginia ( then Virginia ) , and Franklin College in Athens , Ohio . In 1855 , he moved to Oskaloosa , Iowa , to study law under his brother , Samuel Allen Rice , and graduated from the University of Albany Law School in 1858 . He practiced law in Oskaloosa with Samuel until the Civil War broke out . Civil War . On July 24 , 1861 , he joined the 7th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a corporal . He was promoted to major on August 30 , 1861 . He fought at the Battle of Belmont in November , and became regimental commander when his superiors became incapacited . There he received the first of seven war wounds . He participated in the campaigns to capture Fort Henry and Fort Donelson and in the Battle of Shiloh , when he was promoted to colonel . He fought in the Second Battle of Corinth ( October 1862 ) and commanded Bethel and La Grange , Tennessee , leading the 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XVI Corps and protected Memphis & Charleston Railroad . As a brigade commander in the Atlanta Campaign in 1864 , he fought at Resaca , New Hope Church , and Kennesaw Mountain , Georgia . He received promotion to Brigadier General of Volunteers on June 22 , 1864 , leading the 2nd Division . He participated in the Siege of Atlanta , and then transferred to the XV Corps , were he served through the March to the Sea and the Carolinas Campaign . He was appointed to the brevet rank of major general for war service dating from March 13 , 1865 . Post war . After the war he practiced law in Washington D . C . , until returning to Iowa , to his sister ' s home in Sioux City , where he remained until his death . He is interred at Floyd Cemetery , Sioux City , Woodbury County , Iowa .
Arisan Maru A 6 , 886 - ton freighter , Arisan Maru was one of Imperial Japan ' s World War II hell ship s . On October 24 , 1944 , " Arisan Maru " was transporting 1 , 781 US and Allied military and civilian POW s when she was hit by a torpedo strike from an American submarine ( either USS " Shark " or USS " Snook " ) , at about 5 p . m . ; she finally sank about 7 p . m . Only nine of the prisoners aboard survived the event . Five escaped and made their way to China in one of the ship ' s two life boats . They were reunited with U . S . Forces and returned to the United States . The four others were recaptured by Imperial Japanese naval vessels , where one died shortly after reaching land .
Thomas Duncan ( general ) Thomas Duncan ( April 14 , 1819 – January 7 , 1887 ) was a career officer in the U . S . Army , serving as a general during the American Civil War . Duncan was born in Kaskaskia , Illinois . He began his military career at age 13 , serving as a private in the Illinois Mounted Volunteers in 1832 during the Black Hawk War . In 1846 , he was appointed from Illinois as a first lieutenant in the U . S . Mounted Rifles . He served during the Mexican - American War , and was engaged in the siege and surrender of Veracruz . During the Civil War , he commanded Fort Craig in New Mexico , and was in charge of the 3rd U . S . Cavalry Regiment forces at the Battle of Valverde , New Mexico . Following the war , he remained in the Regular Army . He became the commander of the 5th U . S . cavalry in July 1866 . During this time , William " Buffalo Bill " Cody served as a scout for the regiment . Duncan later commanded the District of Nashville until September 1868 . He then was ordered to the Department of the Platte , was stationed successively at Fort McPherson and Fort D . A . Russell , and was afterward in charge of the construction of Sidney Barracks . Lingering complications from his wound compelled him to be medically retired from active service in January 1873 . Though his permanent rank was lieutenant colonel , Thomas Duncan received several brevet s , including that of brigadier general , for his services during the Civil War . He died in 1887 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery .
Queen ' s Commendation for Valuable Service The Queen ' s Commendation for Valuable Service ( or King ' s Commendation for Valuable Service ) is a British military award that recognises meritorious service during , or in support of , operations . Commercial pilots have also been awarded it due to their extraordinary flying during extreme conditions . It was given to the co - pilot and to a flight attendant of British Airways flight 5390 . Manner of wear . The holder is entitled to wear the emblem of silver oak leaves . This should be worn in a similar manner to a mention in despatches . If awarded for services in a theatre for which a campaign medal or a clasp has been granted , is worn on the ribbon of the appropriate medal . If the award is made for services out of theatre or in a theatre for which no campaign medal or clasp has been granted the emblem is to be worn directly on the coat after any medal ribbons .
Francisco Menendez ( creole ) Francisco Menendez was a free black military leader serving the Spanish Crown in 18th century St . Augustine , Florida . He is first traceable as a slave in South Carolina who , like many of his contemporaries , escaped to St . Augustine , Florida . In Florida he was granted his freedom as a subject to the King of Spain and was appointed the head of the black militia based at Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose . From this base Menendez led several raids on South Carolina . In 1740 , the British army marched into Florida and overran Fort Mose but days later Spanish and Fort Mose militia members defeated the British and prevented further invasion . Fort Mose was destroyed during this bloody battle . Menendez took to the seas on a Spanish ship to raid English vessels . During this time he was captured by the English and sold into slavery . He was then ransomed and returned to Florida . After his return to Florida he was asked to rebuild Fort Mose . The community remained until the British took control of Florida in 1763 and Menendez evacuated with the Fort Mose community to Cuba . There he established a similar community called St . Augustine of the New Florida . Fort Mose , of which Menendez was the leader , is now recognized as a National Historic Landmark , and the site is owned by the Florida Park Service . The Fort Mose Historical Society has worked since 1995 to make the site accessible to the public and widely known as the first legally sanctioned free community of ex - slaves , and the original focal point of the first Underground Railroad .
HMS Sandfly ( 1872 ) HMS " Sandfly " was a schooner of the Royal Navy , built by John Cuthbert , Millers Point , New South Wales and launched on 5 December 1872 . She commenced service on the Australia Station at Sydney in 1873 for anti - blackbirding operations in the South Pacific . She also undertook hydrographic surveys in the Solomon Islands and in New Guinea . Lieutenant Bower and five crew were massacred by natives on the island of Mandoliana in October 1880 , with a punitive mission undetaken afterwards . She was paid off in 1883 and sold to Samoa .
Ministry of Defence ( Bangladesh ) The Ministry of Defence ( Bangladesh ) is the principal administrative organization by which military policy is formulated and executed . The MoD is headed by the Minister of Defence , a civilian and member of cabinet ; the post is usually held by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh , who also serves as the President ' s second - in - command of the military . To coordinate military policy with diplomacy both the President and the Prime Minister are advised by a six - member advisory board , three Chiefs of Staff , which includes the head of each of the regular services , Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces Division , and Military Secretaries to the President and the Prime Minister . The Director Generals of the NSI , the DGFI and the BGB also serve in an advisory capacity .
Alexander Fyodorovich Avdeyev Alexandr Fyodorovich Avdeev ( ; July 23 , 1917 – August 12 , 1942 ) was a Soviet fighter ace of World War II with 13 victories claimed . He participated in the Soviet - Finnish War ( 1939 – 1940 ) ( Winter War ) . He was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on 10 February 1943 . Early life . He was born in the village of Bolshaya Talinka in Tambov Oblast . In the 1930s his family had to move to Lyublino ( now a district of Moscow ) . There he has graduated from factory - and - workshop school and worked as a metalworker in a foundry . After work he attended an Air club in Podolsk . In 1938 he joined the army and attended the Borisoglebsk Military Air College . World War II . From the beginning of the German - Soviet War he served on the Leningrad Front with 153 IAP as a Leytenant and was later promoted to Starshiy Leytenant and Flight commander . In 1941 he claimed 7 victories in 189 missions . Piloting a Polikarpov I - 153 biplane , he shot down a future high - scoring German ace Lt . Walter Nowotny of JG 54 over Saaremaa on 19 July 1941 in Bf 109 E - 7 ( W . Nr . 1137 ) “ White 2 ” over Riga Bay . In that fight Avdeev ' s plane was also shot down and he subsequently spent a month in hospital due to injuries sustained during the crash . In August 1942 he served as a P - 39 Airacobra pilot on the Voronezh Front . On 12 August 1942 he was the first Airacobra pilot who used a ramming attack to down an opponent . His victim was possibly Fw . Franz Schulte of 6 . / JG 77 , an ace with 46 victories . Both pilots were later buried in Novaya Usman ' , a village near Voronezh . Avdeev was awarded the Order of Lenin , the Order of the Red Banner , the Order of the Red Star .
USS Rodgers ( DD - 254 ) The third USS " Rodgers " ( DD - 254 ) was a " Clemson " - class destroyer in the United States Navy , transferred to the Royal Navy and served as HMS " Sherwood " ( I80 ) during World War II . As USS " John Rodgers " . She was named for John Rodgers ( 1772 – 1838 ) , his son , John Rodgers ( 1812 – 1882 ) and his great grandson , John Rodgers ( 1881 – 1926 ) . " Rodgers " was laid down as " Kalk " 25 September 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation ; renamed " Rodgers " 23 December 1918 ; launched 26 April 1919 ; sponsored by Miss Helen T . Rodgers , granddaughter of Commodore John Rodgers ; and commissioned 22 July 1919 , Lieutenant Commander A . M . Steckel in command . " Rodgers " served with Division 28 , Destroyers , Atlantic Fleet , until the spring of 1922 when she steamed to Philadelphia , Pennsylvania for inactivation . Decommissioned 20 July of that year , she remained in reserve until after the outbreak of World War II in Europe . " Rodgers " , recommissioned 18 December 1939 , again served briefly with the Atlantic Fleet , and in October 1940 moved to Halifax , Nova Scotia where she joined other destroyers being transferred to the United Kingdom in exchange for bases in the Western Hemisphere . As HMS " Sherwood " . She decommissioned 23 October 1940 and was transferred and commissioned the same day for service in the 4th " Town " Flotilla as HMS " Sherwood " ( I80 ) . " Sherwood " sailed for the United Kingdom 1 November . Diverted en route , she participated in the search for survivors of ships lost from convoy HX - 84 and in the subsequent hunt for " Admiral Scheer " , when returning to Canada for repairs . On the 18th , she arrived at Belfast , continued on to Portsmouth , from where , after overhaul , she sailed to join the 12th Escort Group , Western Approaches Command at Londonderry Port . Transferred , with her group , to Iceland in April 1941 , she joined in the hunt for " Bismarck " in May and on the 28th , the day after the German battleship had been sunk , assisted in rescue operations for survivors from British destroyer HMS " Mashona " ( F59 ) . During the summer , " Sherwood " underwent repairs in the Clyde , and then returned to Londonderry Port , from where she operated , first with the 2nd Escort Group , then with the 22nd , into the new year , 1942 . In February and March , she accompanied carriers during trials , and , after another yard period , April to August , served as a target ship for training aircraft from the Royal Naval Air Station at Fearn , Scotland . In the autumn , she again crossed the Atlantic and served with the Newfoundland Command until she returned to Londonderry Port in February 1943 . During March and April she escorted a convoy to Tunisia and back , but by May she again needed major repairs . Worn out , she was taken out of active service at Chatham , stripped of usable parts and ordnance and towed to the Humber where she was beached in shallow water for use as an aircraft target . Her hulk was scrapped in 1945 .
Battle of the Dardanelles ( 1657 ) The Fourth Battle of the Dardanelles in the Fifth Ottoman - Venetian War took place between 17 and 19 July 1657 outside the mouth of the Dardanelles Strait . The Ottomans succeeded in breaking the Venetian blockade over the Straits . Ships involved . Venice and allies . Several ships were hired Dutch " Aquila Coronata " ( Dutch " Kronede Arend " ) < br > " San Giorgio ( Zorzi ) grande " ( Dutch " Groote Sint Joris " ) < br > " Paramore " < br > " Profeta Elia " < br > " Rosa Moceniga " < br > " Zardin d ' Olanda " ( " Hollandsche Tuyn " ) < br > " Tamburlano " < br > " Principessa Reale " < br > " Principe di Venezia " < br > " Piccola Fortuna " < br > " Principessa grande " < br > " Principessa piccola " < br > " Gallo d ' Oro " < br > 7 other sailing ships < br > 7 galleasses < br > 4 galleys - flag galley , under Mocenigo , blew up the next day < br > Ottoman Empire . 18 sailing ships - 4 lost , 1 captured < br > 10 galleasses - 1 sunk , 1 captured and several burnt about 3 days later < br > 30 galleys - 1 captured that day or the next day < br > many transports and smaller vessels nearby < br >
Capture of Algiers ( 1529 ) The Capture of Algiers was accomplished when the Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa took the Algerian city of Algiers from the Kabyles as well as the Habsburg Spanish in 1529 . Background . In 1510 , the Spaniards had established themselves on a small island in front of Algiers , and forced the local ruler Sālim al - Tūmī ( Selim - bin - Teumi ) to accept their presence through a treaty and pay tribute . Fortifications were built on the islet , and a garrison of 200 men was established . Sālim al - Tūmī had to go to Spain to take an oath of obedience to Ferdinand of Aragon . In 1516 however , the amir of Algiers Sālim al - Tūmī invited the corsair brothers Aruj and Khair ad - Din Barbarossa to expel the Spaniards . Aruj , with the help of Ottoman troops , came to Algiers , ordered the assassination of Sālim , and seized the town . Spanish expeditions were sent to take over the city , first in 1516 under Don Diego de Vera , and then in 1519 under Don Ugo de Moncada , but both expeditions ended in failure . Khair ad - Din , succeeding Arouj after the latter was killed in battle against the Spaniards at the Fall of Tlemcen ( 1517 ) . The capture of Algiers in 1516 had been made possible with the support of the Ottoman Sultan Selim I . This support was discontinued with Sultan Selim ' s death in 1520 , causing Barbarossa to lose the city to a local kabyle chieftain in 1524 , and to retreat to his fief of Djidjelli . Reconquest . When Suleiman the Magnificent declared war on Ferdinand of Habsburg in January 1529 , he also wished to go on the offensive in the western Mediterranean , and therefore chose to renew Ottoman support to Barbarossa . Barbarossa received from the Ottoman Empire 2 , 000 janissaries , artillery , and an important financial support . Through bribery Barbarossa first obtained a change in the allegiance of the supporters of the Algiers Sheikh . After taking power in the city , Barbarossa then started to lay siege to " El Peñón de Argel " , the Spanish fortress at the entrance of the harbour . After 22 days enduring artillery fire , the Spanish under Governor Don Martin de Vargas finally surrendered on 29 May 1529 , with only 25 men left and without having received help from the Spanish mainland . Vargas was cudgelled to death , the fortress was dismantled , and the stonework used to build a seawall using Christian slaves as manpower . Aftermath . Over the following years , Barbarossa would use Algiers as a major base to launch raids from the Barbary Coast . The huge Algiers expedition was undertaken by Charles V in 1541 to retake Algiers , but this also ended in failure . Algiers remained for three centuries under Ottoman rule , until the French Invasion of Algiers in 1830 .
Cape Ducato - class vehicle cargo ship The Cape Ducato ( or Cape – D ) class are five roll - on / roll - off vehicle cargo ship s of the United States Navy used to rapidly transport US military unit equipment such as tanks , helicopters , wheeled vehicles and other heavy equipment , to support deployed forces worldwide . Built by Eriksbergs MV AB of Sweden and the Ateliers et Chantiers de France between 1971 and 1973 , the ships served commercially before being purchased by the United States Maritime Administration ( MARAD ) in late 1985 from the Barber Steamship Company . All five ships are currently berthed at Charleston , South Carolina as part of the Ready Reserve Force ( RRF ) in Reduced Operational Status " ROS - 5 " , which allows for a transition to full operating status within five days under the Military Sealift Command . Service history . In 1998 , after Hurricane Mitch , " Cape Ducato " was one of several ships that transported construction materials to Nicaragua . In March 2003 " Cape Ducato " and " Cape Douglas " were part of a six ship force ferrying part of the 4th Infantry Division to join the Iraq War . All five ships of the class were activated in support of " Operation Enduring Freedom " .