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Colin Weall Coulthard
Air Vice-Marshal Colin Weall Coulthard, Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, CB, Air Force Cross (United Kingdom), AFC and Bar (27 February 1921 – 15 November 2004) was an officer in the Royal Air Force. He served as a fighter pilot and instructor during World War II, and held several command assignments in Europe between 1945 and 1976. Early life Coulthard was educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys, and later studied aeronautical engineering at the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Hatfield. On the outbreak of war he joined the RAF and trained to fly the Supermarine Spitfire. Military career After undergoing pilot training in Rhodesia, Coulthard deployed to Malta in 1943 and took part in the Allied invasion of Italy, Invasion of Italy and Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of the south of France. He was mentioned in Mentioned in Despatches, dispatches. Towards the end of the war Coulthard was selected to be pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I of Great Britain, George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate medieval ceremony for appointing a knight, which involved Bathing#Medieval and early-modern Europe, bathing (as a symbol of purification) as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as "Knights of the Bath". George I "erected the Knights of the Bath into a regular Order (honour), Military Order". He did not (as is commonly believed) revive the Order of the Bath, since it had never previously existed as an Order, in the sense of a body of knights who were governed by a set of Statute, statutes and whose numbers were replenished when vacancies occurred. The Order consists of the Sovereign (currently Charles III, King Charles III), the :Great Masters of the Order of the Bath, Great Master (currently vacant) and three Classes of members: *Knight Grand Cross (:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
