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Marking the passing of those who served their country. Memories from friends and colleagues are welcome.
ALEXANDER-SINCLAIR Maj Gen David B Alexander-Sinclair CB 2 May 1927 - 7 Feb 2014
Cdr 1st Armoured Divn, Commandant Staff College Camberley
COWE Lt Col R R F Cowe died 23 April 2014 aged 83
DUNN Lt (Sir) Robin Horace Walford Dunn MC MiD (2) 16 January 1918 - 5 March 2014
Royal Artillery. Dunkirk. Western Desert (wounded) Normandy (wounded). Rhine crossing
FALLE Lt (Sir) Sam Falle KCMG, KCVO, DSC 19 Feb 1919 - 20 Feb 2014
Battle of the Java Sea gunnery officer. Prisoner of Japanese. Political adviser, Aden, 1967
FISHER Major Rev Adrian C P Fisher died 15th April 2014 aged 90
GREGG Colonel Tresham Dames Gregg 7 April 1919 - 17 March 2014
Wounded in defence of Calais 1940, withdrawl from Greece 1941 (wounded), captured in Libya, escaped in Italy 1943, fought with Italian partisans 1944. Twice MiD. Post war army
HEATHCOTE Brig Sir Gilbert Heathcote Bt CBE died 15th April 2014 aged 100
HOLLINS Rear Admiral Hubert Walker Hollins CB died 31 January 14 aged 90
HOLROYD Air Marshall Sir Frank Holroyd KBE, CB 30 August 1935 - 18 January 2014
MILLARD Robert Millard 1 January 1923 - 15 March 2014
GHQ Auxilliary Unit resistance group, Fleet Air Arm attack on Tirpitz
SPRACKLING Maj Gen Ian Oliver John Sprackling OBE 3 Oct 1936- 28 March 2014
Royal Corp of Signals. Singapore, Germany, Dofar
STRAWSON Maj Gen John Michael Strawson CB CBE 1 Jan 1921 - 21 Feb 14
Western Desert, Italy, River Po. North Borneo. Chief of Staff HW UK Land Forces
TURNER Flyg Officer (Sir) Colin William Carstairs Turner CBE, DFC 4 Jan 1922 - 21 March 2014
Navigator 223 Sqn. Desert Air Force North Africa, Sicily. Invalided out after crash near Durham 1944. Fundraiser RAF Association
SUTCLIFFE Col Patrick Malcolm Brogden Sutcliffe CBE, TD,DL died 31st January 2014 aged 91
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KP- 7 suicide bombers arrested by the NDS operatives in Jalalabad cityThe Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS), operatives have arrested a group of seven suicide bombers during an operation in Nangarhar province. Provincial governor’s spokesman Ataullah Khogyani confirmed that the suicide bombers were arrested from the vicinity of Jalalabd city.
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NBCNews- Officials worry Trump may back Erik Prince plan to privatize war in AfghanistanPresident Donald Trump is increasingly venting frustration to his national security team about the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and showing renewed interest in a proposal by Blackwater founder Erik Prince to privatize the war, current and former senior administration officials said.
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Stripes- Afghanistan’s tank battalion is melting awayU.S. Marines plugged their ears as the muzzle blast from an Afghan T-55 tank firing toward enemy positions ripped through a gap in Hesco barriers at an embattled base in Helmand province, the same violent area where an American Green Beret was killed earlier this week.
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KP- Officials confirm 34 as confirmed death toll in yesterday’s attack in KabulThe officials have confirmed that 34 people were killed in yesterday’s deadly attack in attack targeting an educational center in Kabul city. This comes as the public health officials had earlier said at least 48 people have been killed in the attack in the West of Kabul city.
British military casualties - Editorial policy
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