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Old Oundelians
The following is a list of some notable Old Oundelians, alumni of Oundle School in Northamptonshire, England: Armed forces *Air Vice Marshal David Atcherley, senior Royal Air Force officer *Major-General Llewellyn William Atcherley, British army officer and Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Constabulary *Air Marshal Sir Richard Atcherley, senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Pakistan Air Force between 1949 and 1951 * Bernard Paul Gascoigne Beanlands, Canadian World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories *Patrick Beesly, wartime intelligence officer and author * James Bradley MBE, prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II * Rear Admiral Benjamin Bryant CB DSO** DSC, the most successful British submarine ace to survive the war *Count Manfred Beckett Czernin, World War II Royal Air Force Pilot and later in the war an operative with the Special Operations Executive * Denis Eadie MC, British Army officer who was awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oundle School
Oundle School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) for pupils 11–18 situated in the market town of Oundle in Northamptonshire, England. The school has been governed by the Worshipful Company of Grocers of the City of London since its foundation by Sir William Laxton in 1556. The school's alumni – known as Old Oundelians – include renowned entrepreneurs, scientists, politicians, military figures and sportspeople. Oundle has eight boys' houses, five girls' houses, a day house, a junior house and a junior day house. Together these accommodate more than 1100 pupils, generally between the ages of 11 and 18. It is the third-largest boarding school in England after Eton and Millfield. The current Headmistress is Sarah Kerr-Dineen, who in 2015 became the first woman to lead the school. The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. History The school was founded by Sir William Laxton and originally known as Laxton Gram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Gibbs
Wing Commander Reginald Patrick Mahoney Gibbs DSO DFC & Bar (2 April 1915 – 8 March 2008) was a British military pilot and journalist. Gibbs fought in World War II and was noted for his specialised torpedo attacks against shipping. Early history Gibbs was born in Penarth in 1915, the son of shipowner and Wales international rugby player Reggie Gibbs. He was educated at Oundle School in Northamptonshire and was awarded a cadetship to RAF College Cranwell in 1934. At Oundle and Cranwell, Gibbs, like his father, excelled as a sportsman, especially in rugby, tennis and squash. He trained as a pilot and specialised in maritime strike and reconnaissance. On 1 August 1936 he was commissioned into the Royal Air Force as a pilot officer, and was seconded to the Fleet Air Arm for two years. With them he flew Shark and Swordfish planes off aircraft carriers, and he gained his first experience of launching torpedoes from the air. Gibbs was then posted to the Torpedo Training School a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Villiers
Vice Admiral Sir John Michael Villiers, (22 June 1907 – 1 January 1990) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Fourth Sea Lord. Early life Villiers was the third son of Rear Admiral Edward Cecil Villiers (grandson of Thomas Hyde Villiers), and Anne Gordon Haynes-Smith, daughter of Sir William Frederick Haynes Smith, governor of Cyprus. He was and educated at Oundle School and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. Naval career Villiers joined the Royal Navy in 1935.Sir John Michael Villiers Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives and then went onto the staff of the Experimental Signal School at in 1936. He served in the |
Charles Geoffrey Vickers
Sir (Charles) Geoffrey Vickers, VC (13 October 1894 – 16 March 1982) was an English lawyer, administrator, writer and pioneering systems scientist. He had varied interests with roles at different times with the London Passenger Transport Board, Law Society, Medical Research Council and Mental Health Research Fund. In the later years he wrote and lectured on social systems analysis and the complex patterns of social organisation. The Sir Geoffrey Vickers Memorial Award has been presented by the International Society for the Systems Sciences since 1987 in his memory. He was awarded the Victoria Cross in World War I while serving in The Sherwood Foresters, and was knighted following World War II, during which he served as Deputy Director General at the Ministry of Economic Warfare, in charge of economic intelligence and as a member of the Joint Intelligence Committee. Biography Early life Geoffrey Vickers was born and grew up in Nottingham, where his father Charles Henry V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RAF Coastal Command
RAF Coastal Command was a formation within the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was founded in 1936, when the RAF was restructured into Fighter, Bomber and Coastal Commands and played an important role during the Second World War. Maritime Aviation had been neglected in the inter-war period, due to disagreements between the Royal Navy (RN) and RAF over the ownership, roles and investment in maritime air power. The Admiralty's main concern until 1937 was the return of the Fleet Air Arm to the Royal Navy while the RAF prioritised the development of a bombing force to provide a deterrent. Coastal Command was referred to as the "Cinderella Service" by A V Alexander, the First Lord of the Admiralty in November 1940. Soon after RAF Coastal Area was elevated to Coastal Command, its headquarters moved from Lee-on-Solent to Northwood in northwest London. During the Second World War, Coastal Command's most important contribution was the protection of Allied convoys from attacks by the Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Steele (RAF Officer)
Air Marshal Sir Charles Ronald Steele, (9 November 1897 – 14 February 1973) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Coastal Command from 1950 to 1952. RAF career Educated at Oundle School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Steele was commissioned into the Green Howards in 1916. He transferred into the Royal Flying Corps and became a flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. The Aerodrome He transferred into the Royal Air Force after the First World War and was granted a permanent commission on 1 August 1919. He was appointed Officer Commanding [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe
The Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) is the commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Allied Command Operations (ACO) and head of ACO's headquarters, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE). The commander is based at SHAPE in Casteau, Belgium. SACEUR is the second-highest military position within NATO, below only the Chair of the NATO Military Committee in terms of precedence. SACEUR has always been held by a U.S. military officer, and the position is dual-hatted with that of Commander of United States European Command. The current SACEUR is General Christopher G. Cavoli of the United States Army. Role List of holders Since 2003 the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) has also served as the head of Allied Command Europe and the head of Allied Command Operations. The officeholders have been: Deputy The position of Deputy Supreme Allied Command Europe (DSACEUR) has been known as Deputy Head of Allied Command Op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Shirreff
General Sir Alexander Richard David Shirreff, (born 21 October 1955) is a retired senior British Army officer and author. From March 2011 to March 2014 he served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Early and personal life Shirreff was born in Kenya, the son of Alexander David Shirreff of the 5th Battalion King's African Rifles. He was educated at Oundle School, then an all-boys independent school in Northamptonshire.ARRC biography Shirreff was commissioned into the 14th/20th King's Hussars as a second lieutenant on probation (university cadetship) on 3 September 1976. While sponsored through un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic viability of investing in the equipment, labor, and energy required to extract, refine and transport the materials found at the mine to manufacturers who can use the material. Ores recovered by mining include metals, coal, oil shale, gemstones, limestone, chalk, dimension stone, rock salt, potash, gravel, and clay. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agricultural processes, or feasibly created artificially in a laboratory or factory. Mining in a wider sense includes extraction of any non-renewable resource such as petroleum, natural gas, or even water. Modern mining processes involve prospecting for ore bodies, analysis of the profit potential of a proposed mine, extraction of the desired materials, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Rhys Llewellyn, 2nd Baronet
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Rhys Llewellyn, 2nd Baronet, (9 March 191025 April 1978) was a Welsh mining executive, soldier, author and dignitary. He was born in Aberdare, South Wales, the son of a colliery owner. Educated at Oundle School and Trinity College, Cambridge he was the Managing Director of Graigola Merthyr from 1934 to 1947; Master of the Brecon and Talybont Foxhounds from 1936 to 1940; an officer in the Welsh Guards during World War II; and High Sheriff of Glamorgan This page is a list of High Sheriffs of Glamorgan. Sheriffs of Glamorgan served under and were answerable to the independent Lords of Glamorgan until that lordship was merged into the crown. This is in contrast to sheriffs of the English shires wh ... from 1950 to 1951. References 1910 births 1978 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom High Sheriffs of Glamorgan Masters of foxhounds in Wales People from Aberdare People educated at Oundle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Howard Livens
William Howard Livens, (28 March 1889 – 1 February 1964) was an engineer, a soldier in the British Army and an inventor particularly known for the design of chemical warfare and flame warfare weapons. Resourceful and clever, Livens' successful creations were characterised by being very practical and easy to produce in large numbers. In an obituary, Sir Harold Hartley said "Livens combined great energy and enterprise with a flair for seeing simple solutions and inventive genius." Livens is best known for inventing the Livens Projector, a simple mortar-like weapon that could throw large drums filled with inflammable or toxic chemicals. In World War I, the Livens Projector became the standard means of delivering gas attacks and it remained in the arsenal of the British army until the early years of the Second World War.The Use of Gas in the Field, 1940 Early life Livens' parents were Frederick Howard Livens (1854–1948) and Priscilla Abbott. They married on 9 October 1886 at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Langdon (priest)
The Reverend John Langdon (24 April 1921 - 4 November 2015), was a Royal Marine officer and Anglican vicar. Langdon was present at D-Day, and after the Second World War, became a vicar in the Church of England, being noted for baptising the future Dean of Ripon ( John Dobson), who would later become his boss. Life Langdon was born in a log cabin in Enderby, Canada in 1921. The family decided to move back to England for a "more comfortable experience" and Langdon was educated at Oundle School and joined the Royal Marines in 1942. On D-Day, Langdon was in charge of the landing craft from the ''Empire Broadsword'' and on the five trips the ship made in the days following the 6 June 1944, Langdon helped ferry over 5,000 troops ashore. In early July, the ''Empire Broadsword'' struck two mines and sunk from the aft. Langdon helped one wounded survivor, but returned to his cabin to retrieve his bible and some tennis rackets; he was later rescued by the ''Empire Battleaxe''. After so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
