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Дата 07.07.2009 12:32:35
Рубрики WWII; Современность; Локальные конфликты;

Военные некрологи из британских газет

Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Thorneloe
Charismatic soldier of outstanding promise who commanded the Welsh Guards in Afghanistan

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5735309/Lieutenant-Colonel-Rupert-Thorneloe.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6643665.ece

Captain Humphrey Drummond
Decorated artilleryman who rebuilt a ruined castle in Perthshire where he devoted himself to history and falconry

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6651634.ece

Shi Pei Pu
Chinese 'Mata Hari' who convinced his lover he was a woman and was jailed as a spy in France

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/5735335/Shi-Pei-Pu.html

Bela Kiraly
Hungarian soldier and historian who led the defence of Budapest against the Soviets in 1956

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/5760915/Bela-Kiraly.html

Robert McNamara
Technocrat who applied his brilliant business brain to the waging of war, particularly in Vietnam, despite private moral disquiet

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/5760914/Robert-McNamara.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6650410.ece

His Honour John Rutter
Circuit judge in the Cardiff group of Crown Courts whose sentencing was influenced by his experience as a prisoner of war

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6651540.ece

Joan Rice
Writer of short stories whose wartime diaries brought her wide acclaim when she was in her late eighties

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6651729.ece

'Бій відлунав. Жовто-сині знамена затріпотіли на станції знов'
От Chestnut
К Chestnut (07.07.2009 12:32:35)
Дата 08.07.2009 14:13:02

Re: Военные некрологи...

Lord Blaker
Tory minister who embraced Thatcherism and rejoiced in the collapse of the Soviet empire

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/5770591/Lord-Blaker.html

Shi Pei Pu
Chinese singer and librettist who sparked an espionage scandal after drawing a French embassy official into a bizarre love affair

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6660598.ece

Lieutenant-Commander Max Shean
Australian naval officer who took part in daring wartime operations in midget submarines in both the European and Far East theatres

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6660557.ece

Squadron Leader Leonard Feltham
Courageous Spitfire pilot who was shot down in the Western Desert, among several brushes with death, and was awarded the DFC

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6660673.ece

'Бій відлунав. Жовто-сині знамена затріпотіли на станції знов'
От Chestnut
К Chestnut (08.07.2009 14:13:02)
Дата 09.07.2009 13:24:54

ещё один кавалер Креста Виктории ушёл из жизни

Ted Kenna, VC
Australian soldier who took on the Japanese with a Bren gun at his hip

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5780161/Ted-Kenna-VC.html

а также

>Lord Blaker
> Tory minister who embraced Thatcherism and rejoiced in the collapse of the Soviet empire

> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/5770591/Lord-Blaker.html

Politician whose passion for peace and belief in democracy inspired redoubtable stances on defence and foreign affairs

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6669111.ece


'Бій відлунав. Жовто-сині знамена затріпотіли на станції знов'
От Chestnut
К Chestnut (09.07.2009 13:24:54)
Дата 10.07.2009 13:42:53

Re: ещё один...

>Ted Kenna, VC
> Australian soldier who took on the Japanese with a Bren gun at his hip

> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5780161/Ted-Kenna-VC.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6676325.ece


Major Roy Vallance
Tank commander who fought his way across Europe but was nearly shot after dressing up as a German

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5789357/Major-Roy-Vallance.html

> Bela Kiraly
Hungarian soldier and historian who led the defence of Budapest against the Soviets in 1956

> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/5760915/Bela-Kiraly.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6676273.ece

'Бій відлунав. Жовто-сині знамена затріпотіли на станції знов'
От Chestnut
К Chestnut (08.07.2009 14:13:02)
Дата 08.07.2009 14:14:11

а также потери Британской Армии в Афганистане с 2001 года

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/uknews/3452534/British-military-deaths-in-Afghanistan-since-2001.html

'Бій відлунав. Жовто-сині знамена затріпотіли на станції знов'
От Chestnut
К Chestnut (08.07.2009 14:14:11)
Дата 08.07.2009 14:16:06

и в связи с этим статья в "Телеграфе"

о городке, через который провозят "груз 200"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/5771032/Wootton-Bassett-A-very-British-way-of-mourning.html

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