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Re: Lieutenant-Colonel Eric Wilson, VC (1912-2008)
Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:24:24 -0800 (PST)
Eric Wilson won an apparently posthumous Victoria Cross for his
extraordinary bravery in the campaign against the Italian army in
former British Somaliland in August 1940 - only to emerge from a
liberated prisoner-of-war camp to collect his award in person from
King George VI. His was the first VC to be won in a l ...
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Leonard Goodwin, CMG, FRS (1915-2008)
Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:21:28 -0800 (PST)
_.Leonard Goodwin, who died 25 November, 2008, aged 93, was a
protozoologist, leading authority on tropical medicine, and
unintentionally responsible for the introduction of the Syrian hamster
as a popular pet in Europe. As a scientist Goodwin's main achievement
lay in the development of new and more precise metho ...
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Neil Wheeler, GCB (1917-2009)
Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:18:44 -0800 (PST)
Air Chief Marshal Sir Neil Wheeler, who died 9 January 2009 aged 91,
enjoyed an outstanding wartime career ? at the time of his death he
was the RAF's most highly-decorated officer ? and later made a notable
contribution to the British aerospace industry.
Having been a regular peacetime officer, in the early mon ...
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William 'Buster' Swan (1920-2008)
Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:29:09 -0800 (PST)
William 'Buster' Swan, who died 24 November, 2008, aged 88, won an
immediate Distinguished Conduct Medal as a sergeant in the Essex
Regiment during some of the fiercest fighting of the Italian
campaign.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4248565/William-Buster-Swan.html
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Captain Peter Jackson (1922-2008)
Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:25:33 -0800 (PST)
Captain Peter Jackson, who died on Christmas Eve 2008, aged 86, was
master of the Cunard steamship Queen Elizabeth 2 during the Falklands
War.
Jackson was on leave when he heard that his ship had been
requisitioned to carry troops to the South Atlantic. He returned on
board to find his cabin full of generals an ...
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Captain David Hughes-Hallett (1922-2009)
Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:22:24 -0800 (PST)
Captain David Hughes-Hallett, who has died aged 86, earned an MC at
Monte Cassino for rebuilding a bridge over the Sangro river in May
1944, and then crossing it to discover whether the road beyond to Rome
was mined.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4292095/Captain-David-Hughes-Hallett.html
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Sir David "Dai" St Vincent Llewellyn, 4th Baronet (1946-2009)
Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:16:20 -0800 (PST)
Sir David "Dai" St Vincent Llewellyn, 4th Baronet (UK cr. 1922) died
13 January 2009, aged 62.
Son of Sir Harry ?Foxhunter? Llewellyn, 3rd Baronet; born Aberdare 19
April 1946; educated Hawtrees and Eton; studied Philosophy University
of Aix-en-Provence; salesman with Qantas; owner of travel agency,
Cardiff; ?s ...
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Rev 2nd Baron Sandford, DSC (1920-2009)
Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:11:33 -0800 (PST)
Rev the 2nd Baron Sandford, D.S.C. died 13th January 2009, aged 88. He
was b 22 Dec, 1920, the son of Sir Albert James Edmondson who was
created Baron Sandford, of Banbury in 1945. The 2nd baron served in
the Royal Navy where he was awarded the DSC for his actions during the
Normandy landings. He was a junior mini ...
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Sir Edward Sydney Hamilton, 7th and 5th Baronet (1925-2008)
Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:07:08 -0800 (PST)
_.Sir Edward Sydney Hamilton, 7th and 5th Baronet, b 14 Apr 1925; died
31 December, 2008. Uncle to Colin, Sandra and Michael Kingsford and
great-uncle to Timothy, Tanya, Emmeline and John. Funeral at St Marys
Church, East Lavant, Monday 19th January 2009.
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Tony Hart (1925-2009)
Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:05:18 -0800 (PST)
Tony Hart, who has died aged 83, used his immense creative range to
sow the seeds of artistic interest in generations of children as a
presenter of several hugely popular and long-running television
series.
Whether using paints, clay, textiles, foodstuffs or a cast-off object
of almost any description, Hart had ...
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