George Rooke
Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke( 1650 – 24 January 1709) was an English naval officer.
As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and again at the Battle of Schooneveld during the Third Anglo- Dutch War.
As a captain, he conveyed Prince William of Orange to England and took part in the Battle of Bantry Bay during the Williamite War in Ireland.
As a flag officer, Rooke commanded a division of the Royal Navy during their defeat at the Battle of Beachy Head.
He also commanded a division at the Battle of Barfleur and distinguished himself at the Battle of La Hogue.
He was later defeated while escorting a convoy at the Battle of Lagos.
Rooke commanded the unsuccessful allied expedition against Cádiz but on the passage home he destroyed the Spanish treasure fleet at the Battle of Vigo Bay in the opening stages of the War of the Spanish Succession.
He also commanded the allied naval forces at the capture of Gibraltar and attacked the French fleet at the Battle of Málaga.
Motherland (disambiguation)
Motherland is the place of one's birth, the place of one's ancestors, or the place of origin of an ethnic group.
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Stanley Jackson (filmmaker)
Stanley Jackson (born 1914, Winnipeg - d. 4 July 1981, Toronto) was a film director, commentary writer and narrator with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).
Jackson was a schoolteacher in Toronto and Winnipeg before joining the NFB during World War II.
He was the commentary writer and narrator on almost 80 NFB documentaries, creating a characteristic narration style for NFB works of the period.
He was described as "irreplaceable" in the field of documentary film commentary writing by
Unit B colleague Colin Low.
Ironically, Jackson is also credited with helping to "break" the NFB narration style he helped to create, on Low and producer Tom Daly's 1954 film, "Corral":
Liao Lei
Liao Lei was a KMT general from Guangxi.
He participated in the Battle of Shanghai, the Battle of Wuhan, and the Battle of Xuzhou and the Battle of Suixian – Zaoyang in Hubei.
He died of a stroke.
The Battle of the Harvests
The Battle of the Harvests (aka Battle of the Harvests) is an 18-minute 1942 Canadian documentary film, made by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as part of the wartime
"Canada Carries On" series.
The film was produced by James Beveridge and directed by Stanley Jackson, who also provided the narration.
"The
Battle of the Harvests" shows how the farmers were mobilized worldwide in a battle of harvests to serve the fighting nations during the Second World War.
The film's French version title was "La Bataille des récoltes".
Where Was I
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Kuroki Tamemoto
Count was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army.
He was the head of the Japanese First Army during the Russo- Japanese War; and his forces enjoyed a series of successes during the Manchurian fighting at the Battle of Yalu River, the Battle of Liaoyang, the Battle of Shaho and the Battle of Mukden.
Patrick Grant
Field Marshal Sir Patrick Grant,( 11 September 1804 – 28 March 1895) was a senior Indian Army officer.
He fought at the Battle of Maharajpore during the Gwalior Campaign, at the Battle of Mudki, the Battle of Ferozeshah and the Battle of Sobraon during the First Anglo- Sikh War and at the Battle of Chillianwala and the Battle of Gujrat during the Second Anglo- Sikh War.
During the Indian Mutiny, as acting Commander- in- Chief, India, he directed the operations against the mutineers, sending forces under Henry Havelock and James Outram for the relief of Cawnpore and Lucknow.
He later became Governor of Malta.
Niiro Tadamoto
He participated in the Battle of Sendaigawa.
George Whichcote
General George Whichcote( 1794- 26 August 1891) was a senior officer in the British Army.
He was born the fourth son of Thomas Whichcote, 5th Baronet of Aswarby Park, Lincolnshire.
After attending Rugby School he enlisted as a volunteer in the 52nd( Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot and received a commission as an ensign in 1811.
That same year he sailed on" HMS Pompee" to join the British army in the Spanish peninsula, where his regiment, together with the 43rd and the 95th regiments, formed the Light Division.
After taking part in the Battle of Sabugal in April and in the Battle of El Bodón in September he assisted in the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo and the Battle of Badajoz in 1812.
Made a lieutenant in July he was present at the battles of Battle of Salamanca and Vittoria, where the 52nd carried the village of Magarita.
He took part with his regiment in the combats in the Pyrenees in July and August, the Battle of Vera in October, the Battle of Nivelle in November, the Battle of the Nive in December, the Battle of Orthes in February, 1814 and the fighting at Tarbes in March.
At the final Battle of Toulouse in April, he was the first man in the British army to enter the town when, having observed the French retreat when in command of an advanced picket, he pressed on to take possession of the town.
At the end of the war the regiment was put on garrison duty at Castelsarrasin on the Garonne, and afterwards was sent to Ireland.
Whichcote then took part in the Battle of Waterloo, where the 52nd completed the rout of the Imperial Guard.
When the 52nd was afterwards ordered to Botany Bay, Whichcote exchanged into the Buffs.
In 1818 he was promoted captain, and in 1822 exchanged into the 4th Dragoon Guards, where was made major in 1825, lieutenant- colonel in 1838, and colonel in 1851.
In 1825 he was placed on half- pay and made major- general, promoted to lieutenant- general in 1864, and full general on 5 December 1871.
He died on 26 August 1891 at Meriden, near Coventry, where he had resided since retiring from active service, and was buried in St Laurence's churchyard there on 31 August, one of the two surviving officers of the English army who had been present at Waterloo.
In 1842 he had married Charlotte Sophia, the daughter of Philip Monckton.
They had no children.

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