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Рубрики WWII; Современность; Спецслужбы;

Re: Военные некрологи...

Captain John Marrack
Wartime naval officer who served in destroyers and later took part in trials at the dawn of the missile era

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/6927928/Captain-John-Marrack.html

Cardinal Cahal Daly
Cardinal Cahal Daly, the former Roman Catholic Primate of All Ireland, who died on New Year's Eve aged 92, proved himself an outspoken and bitter opponent of the IRA, arguing that violence was utterly inimical to the teachings of the Church and to any ordered society

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/religion-obituaries/6921746/Cardinal-Cahal-Daly.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6973011.ece

Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Russian film star who made his name internationally in the 1967 version of War and Peace and was honoured by his countrymen

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6972582.ece

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

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Re: Военные некрологи...

Captain Brian Young
Naval 'top gun' who recaptured South Georgia from the Argentines without his troops having to fire a shot

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/6975842/Captain-Brian-Young.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6983904.ece

John Leavitt
Lancaster pilot who targeted Tirpitz and Hitler's hideout before embarking on espionage with the CIA

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/special-forces-obituaries/6962966/John-Leavitt.html

Rupert Hamer
Popular defence correspondent for the Sunday Mirror who was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/6962967/Rupert-Hamer.html

Professor Sam Perry
Influential biochemist who escaped three times as a PoW and played rugby for England

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/medicine-obituaries/6952727/Professor-Sam-Perry.html

José Maria Bravo
Pilot in the Spanish Civil War who later flew for the Soviet Union, commanding Stalin's fighter escort

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/6952750/Jos-Maria-Bravo.html

Staff Sergeant 'Jack' Dempsey
Gunner decorated for his courage under heavy shelling at Anzio who later became a Chelsea Pensioner

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/6937593/Staff-Sergeant-Jack-Dempsey.html

Air Vice-Marshal Charles Maughan
Hard-working RAF officer who won the London-Paris race and revived the Royal British Legion

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/6932787/Air-Vice-Marshal-Charles-Maughan.html

Flight-Lieutenant Leslie Stephenson
Second World War flying ace who was twice awarded the DFC for shooting down ten enemy aircraft, including three in one sortie in 1943

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6988432.ece

Ну и просто любопытно -- особенно последний момент

Professor Ihor Sevcenko
Byzantine historian, Classical scholar, polyglot and exacting teacher who translated Animal Farm into Ukrainian and unmasked a literary hoax

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6988482.ece

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

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Дата 15.01.2010 19:26:49

Re: Военные некрологи...

Richard Beaumont
owned the London gun and rifle maker James Purdey & Sons from 1949 until 1994, and was its chairman from 1971

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6988476.ece

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