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Lieutenant-Colonel Bill Becke
Soldier who organised the defence of a British embassy armed with only bagpipes and a monocle

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5498037/Lieutenant-Colonel-Bill-Becke.html

Lieutenant-Commander Max Shean
X-craft submariner who took his skills in sabotage to the fjords of Norway and the Pacific Ocean

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/5580622/Lieutenant-Commander-Max-Shean.html

Air Vice-Marshal 'Johnnie' Johnson
RAF supply supremo who kept aircraft flying from the Berlin Airlift to the era of the jump-jet

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/5562130/Air-Vice-Marshal-Johnnie-Johnson.html

Admiral Sardarilal Nanda
Sailor who transformed the Indian Navy and led its daring triumph over Pakistan in the 1971 war

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/5551938/Admiral-Sardarilal-Nanda.html

Robert Singel
CIA analyst who monitored the development of the Soviet nuclear missile threat during the Cold War

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/5543705/Robert-Singel.html

Lt-Cdr Sammy Mearns
Naval pilot who attracted notoriety for abducting the long-lost statue of a Greek goddess

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/5533906/Lt-Cdr-Sammy-Mearns.html

Wing Commander Ken Mackenzie
Battle of Britain pilot known as Mad Mac who destroyed a German fighter by ramming it mid-air

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/5507963/Wing-Commander-Ken-Mackenzie.html

Air Vice-Marshal John Ernsting
Commandant of the RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine who led in the development of life-support equipment for aircrew

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6480725.ece

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