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Рубрики WWII; Современность; Версия для печати

Военные некрологи из британских газет

Lieutenant-Colonel Gwyn Davies
Officer who took on the enemy in hand-to-hand combat after his patrol’s machine gun failed to fire

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/6319242/Lieutenant-Colonel-Gwyn-Davies.html

Oz Robinson
Intelligence officer who served in the Far East and whose passion for sailing resulted in pilot books for yachtsmen

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6873212.ece

Commander Sir Miles Rivett-Carnac
Naval officer who combined public service with a successful career as a merchant banker with Barings

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6871718.ece

Erik Greenwood
Wartime SOE officer who incited Serbian Chetnik guerrillas to carry out sabotage and briefly blocked the Danube to enemy traffic

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6873237.ece

ну и чуть офтопично

Fatima al-Sanussi, Queen of Libya
Widow of King Idris I who was overthrown in Colonel Gaddafi's 1969 military coup and lived modestly in exile in Egypt

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6873242.ece

'Бій відлунав. Жовто-сині знамена затріпотіли на станції знов'