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I found your site on the Battle of Termoli and thought to add a little information about my Uncle Terence Victor Moore who was part of the SRS and received a special award of the Military Medal during the capture of the Port of Termoli. Here is his obituary and in it list his citatio...
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While on the face of it he may not have seen active service in the Second World War, he did serve 41 years including two world wars, and rise from Boy Shipwright to an Engineer Lieutenant-Commander. Henry Southcott Burge was born in Portsmouth on 2 September 1884. He joined the Royal ...
In response to the attack, Zelenskyy has called for Ukraine to get more Patriot missile defence batteries - and said his country is willing to pay for them at a cost of $15bn; But Trump dismissed the request and instead blamed Ukraine for starting the war; ...
The brigade war diary records the successful actions of the day and concludes, “Batteries suffered severe casualties from [Machine Gun] and shell fire.” His actions under that intense fire earned Beresford the Distinguished Conduct Medal. In the words of the London Gazette: For fine courage ...
Guns sourced from defensive lines near Istanbul (Çatalca and Edirne) and the Ministry of War depots also played a crucial role. Recognizing the need for expertise, the German General Staff dispatched Vice Admiral von Usedom, a coastal defence specialist, along with 500 German experts. The ...
Morris’s body was originally buried in Meteren churchyard; however his family reportedly travelled to France after the war, exhumed his body and tried to repatriate it, only to be stopped at Calais. The family then received special dispensation from the Secretary of State for Defence to re-bu...