ВИФ2 NE : Ветка : [2Chestnut] Военные некрологи из британских газет

Colonel David Wood
The last surviving officer of the coup-de-main parties that captured Pegasus bridge in the early hours of D-Day

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5982413.ece

Colonel John Brough
Company commander in Burma who helped overwhelm an enemy hill position, earning an immediate DSO

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5045193/Colonel-John-Brough.html

Wg Cdr George Melville-Jackson
Fighter pilot who defended the convoy resupplying Malta and later championed Anne Boleyn

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/5056589/Wg-Cdr-George-Melville-Jackson.html

Colonel Giles Allan
Officer who had to be hoisted on to his horse by forklift truck before the Sovereign's Parade

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5050888/Colonel-Giles-Allan.html

Rear-Admiral Colin Dunlop
Officer who helped to shape the postwar Navy and organised the repair of Augustus John’s hearing aid

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/5072285/Rear-Admiral-Colin-Dunlop.html

The Rev 'Sam' Davies
Army chaplain who was captured with wounded soldiers during the Korean War and kept up their morale

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5998088.ece

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

Commander Norman Tod
Flagship officer whose cruiser attacked the German battleship Graf Spee at the Battle of the River Plate

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/5077971/Commander-Norman-Tod.html

Lieutenant-Colonel David Danger
SAS radio operator who fought behind the German lines and later in Cyprus

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6004732.ece

Cyril Watney
SOE veteran decorated for his daring clandestine activities in wartime France

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6004722.ece

и немного офтопичный (но не очень -- есть ведь рубрика "Искусство" на форуме) некролог

Maurice Jarre
Composer who scored some 150 films, among them Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/5078000/Maurice-Jarre.html

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

>Colonel John Brough
>Company commander in Burma who helped overwhelm an enemy hill position, earning an immediate DSO

> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5045193/Colonel-John-Brough.html

Какое то время назад сдесь писали о подвиге сикха-терминатора, который будучи многократно раненым, в атаке на японцев закрепившихся на холме, уничтожил их целую кучу и подавил несколько огневых точек.
Именно этот бой и упоминается в некрологе. Джон Бро был командиром роты и тоже был награждён за этот бой.