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Рубрики WWII; Современность;

Военные некрологи из британских газет

Alex Lees
Soldier who tended a garden at Stalag Luft III used to conceal the dirt from the tunnels of the Great Escape

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5292315/Alex-Lees.html

General Valentin Varennikov
Soviet soldier who tried to depose Gorbachev and acclaimed Stalin as 'the greatest Russian of all time’

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/5297384/General-Valentin-Varennikov.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Shakespear
Soldier who won an MC while leading his Gurkha companies in a successful attack on the Gothic Line

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/gurkha-obituaries/5314235/Lieutenant-Colonel-Gordon-Shakespear.html

Captain Terrence Herrick
Wartime destroyer captain who joined the admiralty of the fledgeling RNZN

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6268591.ece

Professor Louis Rydill
Designer of Britain's first nuclear-powered submarine and teacher at UCL

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6244096.ece

Lieutenant-General Sir Martin Garrod
Commandant General of the Royal Marines who was later put in charge of rebuilding the peace in the shattered city of Mostar

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6221166.ece

'Бій відлунав. Жовто-сині знамена затріпотіли на станції знов'
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К Chestnut (13.05.2009 13:47:43)
Дата 14.05.2009 14:44:36

Re: Военные некрологи...

The Rev Canon Stanley Meadows
Intelligence officer who saw the decoded Engima intercepts and later worked as a priest in Manchester

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/religion-obituaries/5320504/The-Rev-Canon-Stanley-Meadows.html

Colonel Roy Moss
Tank commander whose effectiveness against snipers and bazookas secured him an immediate MC

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5280353/Colonel-Roy-Moss.html

Lieutenant-General Sir David Willison
Soldier who rose to become head of intelligence at the Ministry of Defence during the Cold War

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5273371/Lieutenant-General-Sir-David-Willison.html

Wing Commander Ernest Millington
Decorated RAF officer who was the last surviving MP with first-hand experience of sitting in the wartime House of Commons

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6282170.ece


'Бій відлунав. Жовто-сині знамена затріпотіли на станції знов'
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К Chestnut (14.05.2009 14:44:36)
Дата 15.05.2009 13:44:34

Re: Военные некрологи...

Captain Humphrey Drummond of Megginch
Soldier who won an MC on the Rhine, lived life to the full and delighted in practical jokes

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5324930/Captain-Humphrey-Drummond-of-Megginch.html

Major-General Stuart Green
Talented soldier who brought a military efficiency to his work for a charity for the mentally handicapped

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6289027.ece

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