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George Vallings
Vice Admiral Sir George Montague Francis Vallings KCB (31 May 1932 – 25 December 2007) was a Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Naval career Educated at Belhaven Hill School in Dunbar and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Vallings joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1950 and took part in the Korean War.Obituary: Vice Admiral Sir George Vallings The Times, 19 January 2009 He also saw action in the Suez Crisis in 1956.Obituary: Vice Admiral Sir George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naval Base Commander, Clyde
The Naval Base Commander, Clyde also known as the Commodore, Clyde Submarine Base is a senior British Royal Navy appointment first established in August 1967. The office holder is responsible for the command and administration of His Majesty's Naval Base Clyde. The current incumbent is Commodore Donald Doull. History The office was first created August 1967 with Commodore Derrick G. Kent being the first incumbent appointed. The post holder reported to the Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Support) from December 2011 to January 2018. The post of ACNS (Support) has been renamed to Director of Naval Support to which this officer currently reports to. Office Holders Included: * Commodore Derrick G. Kent: August 1967 – May 1969 * Commodore Peter G. La Niece: May 1969 – February 1971 * Commodore Peter E.C. Berger: February 1971 – August 1973 * Commodore Anthony J. Cooke: August 1973 – October 1975 * Commodore Alan J. Leahy: October 1975 – May 1978 * Commodore Coli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 4,397,073 in the 2019 census, while the metropolitan area has a projected population in 2022 of 10.8 million. The city is commonly referred to as the Green City in the Sun. Nairobi was founded in 1899 by colonial authorities in British East Africa, as a rail depot on the Uganda - Kenya Railway.Roger S. Greenway, Timothy M. Monsma, ''Cities: missions' new frontier'', (Baker Book House: 1989), p.163. The town quickly grew to replace Mombasa as the capital of Kenya in 1907. After independence in 1963, Nairobi became the capital of the Republic of Kenya. During Kenya's colonial period, the city became a centre for the colony's coffee, tea and sisal industry. The city lies in the south central part of Kenya, at an elevation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in 1885 by Fernando Villaamil for the Spanish NavySmith, Charles Edgar: ''A short history of naval and marine engineering.'' Babcock & Wilcox, ltd. at the University Press, 1937, page 263 as a defense against torpedo boats, and by the time of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, these "torpedo boat destroyers" (TBDs) were "large, swift, and powerfully armed torpedo boats designed to destroy other torpedo boats". Although the term "destroyer" had been used interchangeably with "TBD" and "torpedo boat destroyer" by navies since 1892, the term "torpedo boat destroyer" had been generally shortened to simply "destroyer" by nearly all navies by the First World War. Before World War II, destroyers were light vessels with little endurance for unattended o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People Educated At Belhaven Hill School
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Births
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jock Slater
Jock may refer to: Common meanings * Jock (stereotype), a North American term for a stereotypical male athlete * Jock, a derogatory term for Scottish people mostly used by the English * Short for jockstrap, an item of male protective undergarment * Jocks, male briefs, AKA "jockey shorts" and (in Australia) most other styles Places * Jock River, Canada * Jocks Lagoon, Tasmania People * Jock (given name), a list of people with the first name or nickname * Jock (cartoonist) (born 1972), British comic book artist Mark Simpson * Charles Jock (born 1989), American middle-distance runner * Duach Jock (born 1986), South Sudanese soccer player Fictional characters * Jock, pilot in game ''Deus Ex'' * Jock, a Scottish Terrier in ''Lady and the Tramp'' and '' Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure'' * Wee Jock, a Highland Terrier in ''Hamish Macbeth'' * Jock Ewing, in ''Dallas'' on television * Jock Lindsey, a pilot from ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' Other uses * ''Jocks'' (film), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Hunt
Admiral (Royal Navy), Admiral Sir Nicholas John Streynsham Hunt (7 November 1930 – 25 October 2013) was a senior Royal Navy commissioned officer, officer. He was Commander-in-Chief Fleet from 1985 to 1987. Early life Hunt was born on 7 November 1930 in Hawarden, Flintshire, the younger son of Brigadier John Montgomerie Hunt of the 2nd Punjab Regiment, 5th Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment, British Indian Army, Indian Army and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Walter Baldwyn Yates Order of the British Empire, CBE. The Hunt family were landed gentry, of Boreatton, Baschurch, Shropshire. A cousin was Agnes Hunt, pioneer of orthopaedic nursing. Naval career Hunt was educated at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. After graduating, he gained a Commissioned officer, commission in the Royal Navy and was promoted to Lieutenant (navy), lieutenant on 31 July 1952. He served as Private Secretary, Assistant Private Secretary to Princess Marina of Greece and Denm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chartered Institute Of Management Accountants
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) is the global professional management accounting body based out of the UK. CIMA offers training and qualification in management accountancy and related subjects. It is focused on accountants working in the industry and provides ongoing support and training for members. CIMA is one of the member of professional associations for accountants in the UK and Ireland. Its particular emphasis is on developing the management accounting profession. CIMA is the largest and the oldest management accounting body in the world with 115,000 members and 6,500 CGMA students in 2020. CIMA is also a member of the International Federation of Accountants. The Chartered Global Management Accountant ( CGMA) qualification has the academic standing of a master's degree in the United Kingdom (Level 7 by NARIC) History CIMA was formed in March 1919, as the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants, by a group of legal professionals and businessmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Officer Gibraltar
British Forces Gibraltar is the British Armed Forces stationed in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. Gibraltar is used primarily as a training area, thanks to its good climate and rocky terrain, and as a stopover for aircraft and ships ''en route'' to and from deployments East of Suez or in Africa. History British Armed Forces in Gibraltar had been predominantly naval-led since the 1890s. In the 1950s discussions about the creation of NATO's Allied Forces Mediterranean led to the Flag Officer Gibraltar being placed in command of NATO forces in the area. However, many years later, the British Royal Navy captain serving as Head of Sea Section in Operations Division, SHAPE, was to have to deal with the re-absorption of Spain into NATO in the early 1990s. Arranging the NATO-Spain-Gibraltar-UK linkages involved "delicate negotiations," but British plans, to Captain Peter Melson's knowledge "committed no forces to defence of the Strait, while Spain was willing to commit s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Defence (United Kingdom)
The Ministry of Defence (MOD or MoD) is the department responsible for implementing the defence policy set by His Majesty's Government, and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces. The MOD states that its principal objectives are to defend the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its interests and to strengthen international peace and stability. The MOD also manages day-to-day running of the armed forces, contingency planning and defence procurement. The expenditure, administration and policy of the MOD are scrutinised by the Defence Select Committee, except for Defence Intelligence which instead falls under the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament. History During the 1920s and 1930s, British civil servants and politicians, looking back at the performance of the state during the First World War, concluded that there was a need for greater co-ordination between the three services that made up the armed forces of the United Kingdom: t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directorate Of Naval Operations And Trade (Royal Navy)
The Directorate of Naval Operations and Trade was a staff directorate created in 1967 it replaced the Trade and Operations Division. The directorate under the Ministry of Defence (Naval Staff) as part of the Ministry of Defence (Navy Department). It was administered by the Director of Naval Operations and Trade. It existed until 2003. History The directorate was established in November 1967 when it replaced the former Trade and Operations Division. Its initial responsibilities included the planning of operations; deployments and programming of ships and protection of merchant vessels. The directorate was administered by the Director of Naval Operations and Trade. The directorate was under the superintendence of the Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Operations/Air) (1967), Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Operations and Air) The Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.) is a senior appointment in the Royal Navy usually a two-star rank and has a NATO ranking code of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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