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Дата	10.08.2009 14:05:57
Рубрики	WWI; WWII; Современность;

[2Chestnut] Военные некрологи из британских газет

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Lieutenant-Commander 'Ben' Breese
Fleet Air Arm pilot who made a spectacular forced landing in his floatplane on the deck of Ark Royal

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/5990551/Lieutenant-Commander-Ben-Breese.html

Major-General Joe Crowdy
Army doctor determined to ensure that his men were fit for battle

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5984517/Major-General-Joe-Crowdy.html

Rex Shilton
Test pilot with Rolls-Royce who flew 22 different aircraft, including the Spitfire and 'The Flying Bedstead'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/5973393/Rex-Shilton.html

Peter Rhodes
Gunner forced to dig his own grave and endure three mock executions as a PoW in the Far East

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5967882/Peter-Rhodes.html

Sir Edward Peck
Diplomat who chaired the Joint Intelligence Committee and was Britain's ambassador to Nato

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/6000344/Sir-Edward-Peck.html

Riccardo Cassin
Respected Italian mountaineer with a prolific climbing record on more than 1,500 expeditions and 100 first ascents

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6789188.ece

Wing Commander G. E. P. ‘Geep’ Green
Wartime pilot who won the DFC after being wounded in an aerial attack over Libya and flying his crippled aircraft back to base

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6741868.ece

Maj-Gen Peter Leuchars
Senior army officer who became a successful and popular commander of St John Ambulance

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6739184.ece

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

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К	Chestnut (10.08.2009 14:05:57)
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Re: [2Chestnut] Военные...

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Major-General Denis Redman
Founder member of REME who foresaw the increasing importance of electronics in military equipment

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/6005922/Major-General-Denis-Redman.html

Richard Ferguson, QC
Outstanding barrister with high-profile clients who was firebombed out of his political career

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/law-obituaries/6006003/Richard-Ferguson-QC.html ("военный" некролог в том плане, что связан со Смутой в Северной Ирландии)

Riccardo Cassin
Mountaineer who made 100 first ascents in his 60-year career and fought with the partisans in Italy

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/6005971/Riccardo-Cassin.html

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

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К	Chestnut (11.08.2009 16:02:42)
Дата	12.08.2009 16:45:48

Re: [2Chestnut] Военные...

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Captain Michael Tudor-Craig
Sailor who entertained the Emperor Haile Selassie with pink champagne and waterskied behind his ship

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/6011623/Captain-Michael-Tudor-Craig.html

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

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