От	Chestnut
К	Архив
Дата	23.02.2007 15:16:05
Рубрики	WWII; Современность; Спецслужбы; Локальные конфликты;

[2Chestnut] Британские военные некрологи

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Major Cyril Gordon
Sapper awarded two MCs for his gallantry in the Burma campaign.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/02/23/db2302.xml

Air Marshal Sir Richard Wakeford
Wartime pilot who later became Commander of the Queen's Flight and monitored the movements of the Soviet Northern Fleet.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/02/20/db2002.xml

General Sir Charles Harington
Inspirational leader who won the MC and DSO in France and dealt with uprisings while C-in-C Middle East.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/02/20/db2001.xml

Jack Byrne
Daring SAS saboteur who destroyed enemy aircraft and ammunition dumps and later escaped from Stalag Luft III.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/02/17/db1702.xml

John Goodchild
Artillery officer whose courage under machine-gun and shellfire in Tunisia earned him a second MC.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/02/14/db1403.xml

Captain Victor Marchesi
Officer who patrolled the South Atlantic during the Second World War to safeguard Britain's Antarctic interests.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/02/13/db1301.xml

Cecile Robinson
'Florence Nightingale of the Temple' who saved it in the Blitz and lived there for nearly 70 years.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/02/09/db0901.xml

Major Henry Druce
SAS officer who ambushed a German column while dressed in corduroy trousers and a silk top hat.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/02/07/db0701.xml

Rear-Admiral Bill Higgins
Secretary of the D-Notice Committee during the Zircon and Spycatcher affairs.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/02/06/db0601.xml

И напоследок -- не британец, но топичный перец

Maurice Papon
French cabinet minister and Nazi collaborator who was not convicted until half a century after the Occupation.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/02/19/db1901.xml

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

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От	Гриша
К	Chestnut (23.02.2007 15:16:05)
Дата	23.02.2007 15:21:47

Умер Виктор Клемент, 107, один из трех канадских ветеранов ПМВ (-)

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От	Влад
К	Гриша (23.02.2007 15:21:47)
Дата	23.02.2007 19:26:54

Мир его праху... (-)

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