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WWII; Современность;
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[2Chestnut] Военные некрологи из британских газет
Flight Lieutenant Walter Morison
Stalag Luft III PoW sent to Colditz after he tried to escape in the guise of a German airman
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/5209332/Flight-Lieutenant-Walter-Morison.html
Captain Roi 'Tug' Wilson
Aviator who led a charmed life as he pioneered the role of helicopters in search-and-rescue and in combat
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/5195775/Captain-Roi-Tug-Wilson.html
The Most Reverend Michael Wright
Army chaplain who served in various imperial trouble spots before joining the Anglican Catholic Church
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/religion-obituaries/5195761/The-Most-Reverend-Michael-Wright.html
JG Ballard
Visionary novelist whose best-known work was his fictionalised memoir Empire of the Sun
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/5183831/JG-Ballard.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6129021.ece
Major Sir John Griffin
Press secretary to the Queen Mother who kept journalists at bay with discretion or by diverting them to the pub
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/royalty-obituaries/5172934/Major-Sir-John-Griffin.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6142638.ece
Maurice Druon
Writer, linguist and hero of the Resistance who loved England as much as his native France
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/5173001/Maurice-Druon.html
Flight Lieutenant Ernest Schofield
Navigator whose Catalina flying boat undertook gruelling top secret missions in the High Arctic
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/5189500/Flight-Lieutenant-Ernest-Schofield.html
Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Sherman
Royal Marine who arranged the ceremony for the surrender of the Japanese in Singapore to Lord Mountbatten in September 1945
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6127925.ece
Major Frank Hamer
Artillery forward observation officer who was twice awarded the MC for his daring and courage in surveying battle areas under fire
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6142668.ece
General Goitom Ghebrezghi
Former Chief of the Eritrean Police Force who joined the Liberation Front in protest at Ethiopian military moves against civilians
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6134913.ece
Lord George
Governor of the Bank of England from 1993 until 2003 and the first to be given responsibility for setting the interest rate (в общем, невоенный некролог, но обратите внимание на его армейскую службу)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6127974.ece
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/finance-obituaries/5183696/Lord-George.html
'Бій відлунав. Жовто-сині знамена затріпотіли на станції знов'