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Men of Valour 

Captain Stephen Halden Beattie VC

20 December 202020 December 2020 Ben Davidson 0 Comments Captain Stephen Beattie VC, HMS Campbelltown, Navy, St Nazaire, WW2

Captain Stephen Halden Beattie VC, 29 Mar 1908 – 20 Apr 1975, was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross,

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Men of Valour 

John Daniel ‘Jack’ Hinton VC

18 October 202018 October 2020 Ben Davidson 0 Comments John Hinton VC, New Zealand, Victoria Cross

John Daniel “Jack” Hinton VC, 17 Sept 1909 – 28 Jun 1997, John, known as Jack, was born in Colac

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Christopher Furness
Men of Valour 

Christopher Furness VC

14 October 202014 October 2020 Ben Davidson 0 Comments army, tanks, Victoria Cross

Christopher Furness VC, 17 May 1912 – 24 May 1940, Furness was born in London on 17 May 1912, the

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mick mannock
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Mick Mannock VC

14 October 202014 October 2020 Ben Davidson 0 Comments aerial warfare, Flying Corp, RAF, Victoria Cross

Edward Corringham “Mick” Mannock VC, DSO & Two Bars, MC & Bar 24 May 1887 – 26 July 1918, Edward

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Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews, VC

12 October 202012 October 2020 Ben Davidson 0 Comments army, Dunkirk, Harold Ervine Andrews, Victoria Cross, WW2

Lieutenant Colonel Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews, VC, 29 Jul 1911 – 30 Mar 1995. Marcus Ervine-Andrews was born in Keadue, County

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Men of Valour 

Anders Lassen VC, MC & Two Bars

1 October 20201 October 2020 Ben Davidson 0 Comments Anders Lassen VC, Danish, Italy, North Africa, Victoria Cross, wwII

Anders Lassen VC, MC & Two Bars, 22 Sept 1920 – 9 April 1945, was a highly decorated Danish soldier.

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Noor Inayat Khan GC

28 August 202028 August 2020 Ben Davidson 0 Comments George Cross, Indian, Noor Inayat Khan, SOE, WW2

Inayat Khan, the eldest of four children, was born on 1 January 1914 in Moscow. Her father, Inayat Khan, came

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Men of Valour 

Albert Herbert Lindsay Robertson VC

19 August 202019 August 2020 Ben Davidson 0 Comments Boer War, Canada, Victoria Cross

Albert Herbert Lindsay Robertson was born 23rd September 1872 in Southport, Lancashire, Richardson emigrated to Canada in 1891. After a

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Men of Valour 

George Boyd-Rochfort VC

19 August 202019 August 2020 Ben Davidson 0 Comments George Boyd-Rochfort, Ireland, Scots Guards, Victoria Cross, ww1

Boyd-Rochfort was born on 1st January 1880, the eldest son of Major Rochfort Hamilton Boyd-Rochfort, and the grandson of George

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Tom Edwin Adlam VC

27 July 202027 July 2020 Ben Davidson 0 Comments Bedfordshire, Tom Adlam, Victoria Cross, ww1

Lieutenant-Colonel Tom Edwin Adlam VC, 21 Oct 1893 – 28 May 1975, was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross,

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US Civil War

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Crittenden Compromise

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The compromise proposed six constitutional amendments and four Congressional resolutions. Crittenden introduced the package on December 18. It was tabled

George Armstrong Custer
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Women’s Timber Corps
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Women’s Timber Corps

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Formed in 1942, the origins of the WTC go back to the First World War when the Women’s Timber Service

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WW2 Food Rations

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Ministry of Food
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Ministry of Food

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Lord Woolton Pie
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Lord Woolton Pie

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