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Рубрики WWII; Современность; Локальные конфликты; Версия для печати

Военные некрологи из британских газет

Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Thorneloe
Charismatic soldier of outstanding promise who commanded the Welsh Guards in Afghanistan

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5735309/Lieutenant-Colonel-Rupert-Thorneloe.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6643665.ece

Captain Humphrey Drummond
Decorated artilleryman who rebuilt a ruined castle in Perthshire where he devoted himself to history and falconry

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6651634.ece

Shi Pei Pu
Chinese 'Mata Hari' who convinced his lover he was a woman and was jailed as a spy in France

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/5735335/Shi-Pei-Pu.html

Bela Kiraly
Hungarian soldier and historian who led the defence of Budapest against the Soviets in 1956

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/5760915/Bela-Kiraly.html

Robert McNamara
Technocrat who applied his brilliant business brain to the waging of war, particularly in Vietnam, despite private moral disquiet

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/5760914/Robert-McNamara.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6650410.ece

His Honour John Rutter
Circuit judge in the Cardiff group of Crown Courts whose sentencing was influenced by his experience as a prisoner of war

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6651540.ece

Joan Rice
Writer of short stories whose wartime diaries brought her wide acclaim when she was in her late eighties

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6651729.ece

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