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Дата 24.04.2009 19:50:50
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[2Chestnut] Военные некрологи из британских газет

Flight Lieutenant Walter Morison
Stalag Luft III PoW sent to Colditz after he tried to escape in the guise of a German airman

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/5209332/Flight-Lieutenant-Walter-Morison.html

Captain Roi 'Tug' Wilson
Aviator who led a charmed life as he pioneered the role of helicopters in search-and-rescue and in combat

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/5195775/Captain-Roi-Tug-Wilson.html

The Most Reverend Michael Wright
Army chaplain who served in various imperial trouble spots before joining the Anglican Catholic Church

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/religion-obituaries/5195761/The-Most-Reverend-Michael-Wright.html

JG Ballard
Visionary novelist whose best-known work was his fictionalised memoir Empire of the Sun

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/5183831/JG-Ballard.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6129021.ece

Major Sir John Griffin
Press secretary to the Queen Mother who kept journalists at bay with discretion or by diverting them to the pub

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/royalty-obituaries/5172934/Major-Sir-John-Griffin.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6142638.ece

Maurice Druon
Writer, linguist and hero of the Resistance who loved England as much as his native France

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/5173001/Maurice-Druon.html

Flight Lieutenant Ernest Schofield
Navigator whose Catalina flying boat undertook gruelling top secret missions in the High Arctic

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/5189500/Flight-Lieutenant-Ernest-Schofield.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Sherman
Royal Marine who arranged the ceremony for the surrender of the Japanese in Singapore to Lord Mountbatten in September 1945

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6127925.ece

Major Frank Hamer
Artillery forward observation officer who was twice awarded the MC for his daring and courage in surveying battle areas under fire

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6142668.ece

General Goitom Ghebrezghi
Former Chief of the Eritrean Police Force who joined the Liberation Front in protest at Ethiopian military moves against civilians

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6134913.ece

Lord George
Governor of the Bank of England from 1993 until 2003 and the first to be given responsibility for setting the interest rate (в общем, невоенный некролог, но обратите внимание на его армейскую службу)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6127974.ece
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/finance-obituaries/5183696/Lord-George.html

'Бій відлунав. Жовто-сині знамена затріпотіли на станції знов'
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Re: [2Chestnut] Военные...

Lieutenant Garry Maufe
Infantry officer who earned an MC for driving much-needed ammunition through enemy lines

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5215291/Lieutenant-Garry-Maufe.html

Colonel David Wood
Officer wounded by both shrapnel and bullets as his glider-borne platoon spearheaded the D-Day invasion

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5232132/Colonel-David-Wood.html

Captain Bill Bellamy
Young tank commander who recounted his D-Day experiences and later survived shot and shell in Holland

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5238423/Captain-Bill-Bellamy.html

Lieutenant-General Sir Martin Garrod
Commander of the Royal Marines whose skills helped bring peace to the war-torn Balkans

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/5245672/Lieutenant-General-Sir-Martin-Garrod.html

Lieutenant-General Sir David Willison
Cold War military intelligence chief whose perceptive judgments were particularly valued by Washington

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6193801.ece


Alex Lees
Prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III whose job as camp gardener helped in digging the tunnels for the Great Escape

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6193953.ece

Air Marshal Sir Michael Giddings
Spitfire pilot who fought at Arnhem and against high odds to protect Allied shipping links with Malta in Operation Pedestal

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6180847.ece

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