There were quite a few who were treated rather shabbily for their attention to detail. Winston himself received a dose of that in 1945!
I was most appreciative. I offered to rub the knees however the scourge of distance..............................
So I will remember to just throw a kiss from a distance!:)
Hope it is only me however the page will not open.
I have seen the history channel story of this a few times and the work he and his colleagues carried out is just amazing.
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet GCB OBE AFC RAF Read more about Sir Arthur Harris here:...
A good insight into his career here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Dowding,_1st_Baron_Dowding
Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Rodney Park, GCB, KBE, MC and Bar, DFC, RAF (15 June 1892 - 6 February 1975)...
Unusual names In my research into RAAF deaths I came across this one which sadly did come true. Sergeant Ernest Norman Death. Posting at death...
Hideki Tojo Biography (1885–1948) Japanese general, statesman, and prime minister (1941–4), born in Tokyo, Japan. He attended military college,...
(Henri) Philippe (Omer) Pétain Biography (1856–1951) French soldier and statesman, born in Cauchy-à-la-Tour, N France. During World War 1 he...
Benito (Amilcare Andrea) Mussolini Biography (1883–1945) (known as il Duce (‘the Leader’)) Dictator and prime minister of Italy (1922–43), born in...
Adolf Hitler Biography (1889–1945) (popular name der Führer (‘the Leader’)) German dictator, born in Braunau, Upper, the son of a minor...
Joseph Stalin Biography (1879–1953) (originally Joseph Vissarionovich Djugashvili) Georgian Marxist revolutionary and later virtual dictator...
Franklin D(elano) Roosevelt Biography (1882–1945) (nickname FDR) US and 32nd president (1933–45), born in Hyde Park, New York, USA. Born into the...
1st Earl Mountbatten (of Burma), Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas) Mountbatten Biography (1900–79) British Admiral of the Fleet and...
1st Viscount Montgomery (of Alamein), Bernard Law Montgomery Biography (1887–1976) British field marshal, born in UK. He trained at Sandhurst...
Sir Arthur Travers Harris Biography (1892–1984) (nickname Bomber Harris) Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet GCB...
Baron Dowding, Hugh (Caswell Tremenheere) Dowding Biography (1882–1970) British air chief marshal of World War 2, born in Moffat, Dumfries and...
Sir Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill Biography (1874–1965) British statesman, prime minister (1940–5, 1951–5), and author, born in Blenheim...
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