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Alan Stripp
Wartime codebreaker who later lifted the lid on his secret work in books of both fact and fiction
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4969589/Alan-Stripp.html
"Бій відлунав. Жовто-сині знамена затріпотіли на станції знов"
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Major-General Antonin Petrák
Officer whose Czechoslovak armoured brigade had a key role in the Allied invasion of Normandy
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5877069.ece
Petr Uruba
Pilot who joined the RAF to free his native Czechoslovakia from the Nazis, then fell foul of the communists
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5877078.ece
а вот эти я, кажется, в своё время пропустил:
Lieutenant-Colonel Eric Wilson, VC
Camel Corps officer who was awarded a posthumous VC in action in Africa in 1940 — but survived to fight another day
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5415089.ece
Major ‘Spud’ Gibbon
Royal Artillery officer who as a PoW in the Korean War endured torture and was awarded the George Medal for his fortitude
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5149640.ece
Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fraser, VC
Submariner who sank a Japanese cruiser in a daring attack off Singapore in 1945 for which he and a leading seaman won the VC
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4662850.ece
"Бій відлунав. Жовто-сині знамена затріпотіли на станції знов"