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[2Chestnut] Военные и топичные некрологи из британских газет

приношу извинения за длительный промежуток в публикациях


Flight Lieutenant Francis "Errol" Flinn




Wartime escape artist who failed to tunnel out of Colditz Castle but gained freedom by feigning madness

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10631494/Flight-Lieutenant-Francis-Errol-Flinn-obituary.html



Major Bill Towill




Pacifist whose experience of the carnage at Dunkirk persuaded him to join the war — and the Chindits

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10627323/Major-Bill-Towill-obituary.html


Andrew Stuart




Diplomat who took on – and beat – the French in the 'Coconut War’ on Vanuatu in the South Pacific

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10622252/Frank-Cockett-obituary.html


Frank Cockett




Surgeon who was sent to save the Sultan of Zanzibar and became an authority on marine art

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10622252/Frank-Cockett-obituary.html


Eileen Joll




Millionaire's daughter who was involved in the mission to transport Douglas Bader's new false leg to France

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10622318/Eileen-Joll-obituary.html



Flight Lieutenant Ian MacLennan


Spitfire pilot who applied his duck-shooting skills to destroy seven enemy aircraft during the Siege of Malta

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10620185/Flight-Lieutenant-Ian-MacLennan-obituary.html

Calton Younger


Airman who found his own great escape from Stalag Luft III by writing

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10615477/Calton-Younger-obituary.html

Mary Gilchrist


Wartime nurse who comforted victims from Dunkirk and narrowly escaped death in the London Blitz

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10607724/Mary-Gilchrist-obituary.html

Major Terence Murphy


Naval pilot whose spot of DIY with a machine gun led to the attack helicopter

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10605677/Major-Terence-Murphy-obituary.html

Lt-Col John Jacob


Last commander of the Durham Light Infantry who also won an MC in Malaya

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/10598038/Lt-Col-John-Jacob-obituary.html

General Raimondo d'Inzeo


Olympic showjumping champion whose gentle handling of his horses set new standards for the sport

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10595944/General-Raimondo-dInzeo-obituary.html

Captain Mike Everett


Submariner who was at the heart of Britain’s top secret nuclear deterrent capability during the Cold War

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10592729/Captain-Mike-Everett-obituary.html

Lieutenant-Commander Don Ridgway


Fleet Air Arm observer who helped cover the Arctic convoys and survived the sinking of the carrier Dasher

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10590385/Lieutenant-Commander-Don-Ridgway.html

Percy Blandford


Canoe designer who got Britain boating with his post-war do-it-yourself designs

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10590350/Percy-Blandford-obituary.html

Group Captain Ronnie Churcher


Deputy to Guy Gibson, hero of the Dam Buster raid, on the fateful mission in which Gibson was killed

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10588245/Group-Captain-Ronnie-Churcher-obituary.html


Major Desmond Wilson


Inspirational officer who won an MC in northern Italy and later excelled as a career diplomat

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10584938/Major-Desmond-Wilson-obituary.html

Hiroo Onoda


Japanese Army officer who hid in the jungle for three decades, refusing to accept that the war was over

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10579800/Hiroo-Onoda-obituary.html

Dr Vivian Griffiths


London GP whose 4,000 patients could benefit from his hypnotherapy skills

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/10578085/Dr-Vivian-Griffiths-obituary.html

Travers Cosgrove


Officer who won an MC in Germany and later advanced standards at British Rail

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10575100/Travers-Cosgrove-obituary.html

Lt-Cdr Steven Mackenzie


Spy who smuggled de Gaulle’s Intelligence chief out of Occupied France in a Breton trawler

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10572170/Lt-Cdr-Steven-Mackenzie-obituary.html


Sir Alfred Blake


Commando who fought with Tito and became director of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10569080/Sir-Alfred-Blake-obituary.html

Air Vice-Marshal Peter Harding


Bomber pilot whose ambassadorial style saw him appointed Defence Services Secretary to the Queen

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/10567025/Air-Vice-Marshal-Peter-Harding-obituary.html

Professor Keith Panter-Brick


Academic who survived a German labour camp to become a leading specialist on international relations

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/10567037/Professor-Keith-Panter-Brick-obituary.html

Ariel Sharon


Israeli leader famed for bold, brash, ruthless manoeuvres both in politics and on the battlefield

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10561504/Ariel-Sharon-obituary.html

Hugh Arnold


Motor launch navigator decorated during the chaotic but successful sabotage raid on St Nazaire

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10559235/Hugh-Arnold-obituary.html

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