text: Ilorin

text: Kwara

text: Nigeria

text: table tennis

text: Egypt

text: Eli Saleh Ahmed

text: Manchester

text: United Kingdom

text: Melbourne

text: Australia

text: All-Africa Games

text: Bose Kaffo

text: Summer Olympics

text: Barcelona

text: 2008 Summer Olympics

text: Beijing

text: Jean-Michel Saive

text: David Zhuang

text: Jean-Michel Saive

text: Oh Sang-Eun

text: five Olympics

text: Mary Onyali

text: Bose Kaffo

text: six Olympics

text: João N'Tyamba

text: Angola

text: Maria Mutola

text: Mozambique

text: Saheed Idowu

text: Quadri Aruna

text: List of table tennis players

categories: Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics,African Games bronze medalists for Nigeria,Olympic table tennis players of Nigeria,Table tennis players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games,Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics,Table tennis players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games,Competitors at the 1995 All-Africa Games,Nigerian table tennis players,Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics,1974 births,Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Nigeria,Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Nigeria,Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics,Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games,African Games gold medalists for Nigeria,African Games silver medalists for Nigeria,Living people,Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics,African Games medalists in table tennis,Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics,Competitors at the 1999 All-Africa Games,Commonwealth Games medallists in table tennis,Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games,Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics

paragraph: Segun Toriola

paragraph: Segun Moses Toriola (born 18 September 1974 in Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria) is a Nigerian professional table tennis player.

paragraph: He is the youngest of nine brothers.

paragraph: Since 1995 he has been ranked as the best Nigerian player. He has been amongst the top table tennis players in Africa since the mid-1990s. Ranked number 1 in Africa from 1998 to June 2008, when Egyptian Eli Saleh Ahmed became the leading African table tennis player. However, since 2009, Toriola has again been the number 1 in Africa. Renowned for his unusual style of forehand play, which makes him an awkward opponent for many. Despite lacking good footwork has an excellent topspin, which has allowed him to pull off many upsets with top world players.

paragraph: During his career he has won multiple medals in international singles tournaments. Some of his important achievements are:

paragraph: BULLET::::- 4 African Table Tennis Singles Championships (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006) and 2 Doubles Championships (1994,1992)

paragraph: BULLET::::- A Commonwealth Singles Championship (2002) in Manchester (United Kingdom)

paragraph: BULLET::::- A Commonwealth Doubles Championship and Singles Bronze Medal (2006) in Melbourne (Australia)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 4 All-Africa Games Singles Gold Medals (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007), 4 Doubles Gold Medals (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007), 1 Mixed Doubles Gold Medal (1999, with Bose Kaffo; they also won silver in 2003) and 3 Team Gold Medals (1995, 1999, 2003).

paragraph: He represented Nigeria at seven Summer Olympics debuting at Barcelona. His biggest achievement at the Olympics has been reaching the Men's Singles 1/16 final at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, beating amongst others former world number 1 Jean-Michel Saive as well as David Zhuang. His 1/32 match-up with Jean-Michel Saive was seen by many as one of the highlights of the Men's Singles Tournament. He narrowly lost 4-3 to heavily favoured Oh Sang-Eun in the 1/16 final.

paragraph: His fifth Olympic appearance in 2008 made him the first Nigerian "man" to appear at five Olympics. This feat was achieved four years earlier by sprinter Mary Onyali and also in 2008 by fellow table tennis player Bose Kaffo. By the end of the 2008 Summer Olympics, only thirteen table tennis players worldwide had appeared at least five Olympics. With his participation in 2012 Olympics in London he became the only Nigerian athlete to appear at six Olympics. He therefore joined João N'Tyamba of Angola and Maria Mutola of Mozambique as only third ever African athlete to compete in so many Summer Olympics.

paragraph: 2018 ITTF African-Cup

paragraph: Toriola competed in the 2018 IITF African-Cup, placing first in group 4, allowing him to qualify for the Quarter Finals. In the Quarter Finals, Toriola faced and was defeated by Congolese player Saheed Idowu (2-4) resulting in Toriola's elimination. In the placement rounds, Toriola defeated both Thameur Mamia (3-2) and Sami Kheroff (3-1) to finish the tournament at 5th place.

paragraph: Legacy

paragraph: Segun Toriola's name is synonymous with Nigerian and African Table Tennis. Having won numerous African titles and appearing in five Olympic games, Toriola's presence on the sport has been impactful well into his 40's as he has consistently placed among Africa's top ten. His teaming with fellow powerhouse Quadri Aruna in Men's Doubles and Team events to represent their home country of Nigeria has become common on the world stage.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of table tennis players

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games

description: Nigerian table tennis player

wikidata_label: Segun Toriola

wikipedia_title: Segun Toriola


text:
VC
English
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
Uppingham School
second lieutenant
Royal Garrison Artillery
First World War
Feuchy
France
major
Clare College, Cambridge
Royal School of Mines
Home Guard
World War II
trench mortar
Ilkley
prep school
Nevill Holt
Medbourne
Ilkley
West Yorkshire
Bradford
CWGC entry
Location of grave and VC medal

categories: Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge,Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich,1898 births,British military personnel killed in World War II,1942 deaths,British Army personnel of World War I,People educated at Uppingham School,Royal Artillery officers,British Home Guard soldiers,British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross,People from Ilkley,Accidental deaths in England

paragraph: Thomas Harold Broadbent Maufe

paragraph: Thomas Harold Broadbent Maufe VC (6 May 1898 – 28 March 1942) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was educated at Uppingham School.

paragraph: Section::::VC details.

paragraph: He was 19 years old, and a second lieutenant in the 124th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: On 4 June 1917 at Feuchy, France, Second Lieutenant Maufe, on his own initiative and under intense artillery fire repaired, unaided, the telephone wire between the forward and rear positions, thereby enabling his battery to open fire on the enemy. He also saved what could have been a disastrous occurrence by extinguishing a fire in an advanced ammunition dump caused by a heavy explosion, regardless of the risk he ran from the effects of gas shells in the dump.

paragraph: Section::::Further information.

paragraph: By the end of the war he had achieved the rank of major, one of the youngest to hold that rank. After the war Maufe completed his interrupted education at Clare College, Cambridge and the Royal School of Mines where he was a member of The Chaps Club.

paragraph: Maufe served in the Home Guard as a volunteer during World War II in 28th West Riding (Otley) Bn. He was killed in an accident with a misfiring trench mortar during training at the age of 43 on 28 March 1942 near Ilkley. He is buried in Ilkley Cemetery.

paragraph: Maufe's name is listed on a war memorial on the gates of his former prep school, Nevill Holt, near the village of Medbourne, Leicestershire, along with other casualties of the world wars.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: He was the son of Frederick Broadbent and Helen Mann Maufe, of Warlbeck, Ilkley, West Yorkshire. He married Mary Gwendolen Carr.

paragraph: The family name was originally Muff but was changed to Maufe in 1909. The family owned the Bradford department store Brown, Muff. In response to their rising fortunes they left Bradford and changed their name to Maufe, thereby inspiring the local ditty: "In Bradford 'tis good enoof/To be known as Mrs Muff/But in Ilkley by the river Wharfe/'Tis better to be known as Mrs Maufe!"

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- CWGC entry

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal "(West Yorkshire)"

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Thomas Harold Broadbent Maufe

wikipedia_title: Thomas Harold Broadbent Maufe


text:
English
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
Rishton
Lancashire
Leysian Mission
City Road
King Edward VII School
Kingswood School
University of Bristol
Rishton
second lieutenant
The Gloucestershire Regiment
British Army
First World War
Epehy
France
liquid fire
bombs
Villers-Faucon

categories: British military personnel killed in World War I,1897 births,1917 deaths,British Army personnel of World War I,British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross,People educated at Kingswood School, Bath,Alumni of the University of Bristol,People from Rishton,Gloucestershire Regiment officers

paragraph: Hardy Falconer Parsons

paragraph: Hardy Falconer Parsons VC (13 June 1897 – 21 August 1917) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: He was born in Rishton, Lancashire, the son of the Reverend James Ash Parsons and Henrietta Parsons, of Leysian Mission, City Road, London. He was educated at King Edward VII School, Lytham St Annes, Kingswood School, Bath, and as a medical student at the University of Bristol, preparing for Medical Missionary Work.

paragraph: His grandmother is listed as Mary Parsons (born 1833 in Sidmouth, Devon) and had a brother, Ewart Parsons (born 1899 in Highbury, Middlesex).

paragraph: A commemorative stone was unveiled in his hometown of Rishton on 21st August 2017 at the town's War Memorial to mark 100 years since he died. As he was a Bristol University medical student, a blue plaque on his former residence was also unveiled in 2017.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: He was 20 years old, and a temporary second lieutenant in the 14th (Service) Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: On 20/21 August 1917 near Epehy, France, during a night attack by the enemy on his bombing post, the bombers holding the post were forced back, but Second Lieutenant Parsons remained at his post. Single-handed and although severely burnt by liquid fire, he continued to hold up the enemy with bombs until severely wounded. Second Lieutenant Parsons died of his wounds.

paragraph: He was buried at Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery, France.

paragraph: Section::::Citation.

paragraph: An extract from "The London Gazette", dated 17 October 1917, records the following:

paragraph: Section::::The medal.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed in the Officers' Mess of Bristol University Officer Training Corps at the Artillery Grounds, Whiteladies Road, Bristol. The mess is named the Falconer Parsons VC Mess in his honour.

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Hardy Falconer Parsons

wikipedia_title: Hardy Falconer Parsons


text:
English
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
lieutenant
Royal Regiment of Artillery
British Army
Crimean War
Battle of Inkerman
lieutenant-colonel
Imperial War Museum
VC sale

categories: Legion of Honour recipients,British recipients of the Victoria Cross,Crimean War recipients of the Victoria Cross,Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie,1874 deaths,1831 births,Royal Artillery officers,British Army personnel of the Crimean War,People from Stratford-on-Avon District

paragraph: Frederick Miller (VC)

paragraph: Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Miller VC (10 November 1831 – 17 February 1874) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: Miller was 22 years old, and a lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place at the Battle of Inkerman for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: Section::::Further information.

paragraph: He later achieved the rank of lieutenant-colonel. His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum, London.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- VC sale

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Frederick Miller

wikipedia_title: Frederick Miller (VC)


text:
VC
India
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
Jemadar
Subadar
1st Punjab Regiment
British Indian Army
Kennedy Peak
Burma
Myanmar
platoon
Lord Ashcroft
Imperial War Museum
London
Burial location

categories: 1912 births,1944 deaths,Indian Army personnel killed in World War II,Indian World War II recipients of the Victoria Cross,British Indian Army officers

paragraph: Ram Sarup Singh

paragraph: Ram Sarup Singh VC (12 April 1912 – 25 October 1944) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: He was 25 years old, and a Jemadar (acting Subadar) in the 2nd Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment, in the British Indian Army when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: On 25 October 1944 at Kennedy Peak in the Tiddim area, Burma (now Myanmar), two platoons were ordered to attack a strong Japanese position. The platoon commanded by Subadar Singh attained its objective and although Singh was wounded in both legs he insisted on carrying on. Later, the enemy's counter-attack was halted by Subadar Singh's dashing counter-charge in which he killed four of the enemy himself. He was again wounded, but continued to lead his men, killing two more of the enemy, before he was mortally wounded.

paragraph: The citation reads:

paragraph: His medals now form part of the Lord Ashcroft VC collection in the Imperial War Museum in London.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Burial location

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Ram Sarup Singh

wikipedia_title: Ram Sarup Singh


text:
VC
Scottish
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
sergeant
2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
British Army
Crimean War
Balaclava
Crimea
Morningside, Edinburgh
Newbridge, County Kildare
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh
Scotland
Monuments to Courage
The Register of the Victoria Cross
Scotland's Forgotten Valour
Location of grave and VC medal
The Scotsman

categories: British recipients of the Victoria Cross,1859 deaths,Crimean War recipients of the Victoria Cross,1827 births,British Army personnel of the Crimean War,Royal Scots Greys soldiers,People from Edinburgh

paragraph: Henry Ramage

paragraph: Henry Ramage VC (1827 – 29 December 1859) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: Ramage was about 27 years old, and a sergeant in the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys), British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: On 25 October 1854 at Balaclava, Crimea, Sergeant Ramage galloped out to the assistance of a private who was surrounded by seven Russians. The sergeant dispersed them and saved his comrade's life. On the same day, he brought in a prisoner from the Russian line and also, when the Heavy Brigade was covering the retreat of the Light Cavalry, lifted from his horse a private who was badly wounded and carried him safely to the rear under heavy cross-fire.

paragraph: He was born in Morningside, Edinburgh in 1827. He died in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland on 29th December 1859 aged 32 and is buried in Newbridge Cemetery

paragraph: Section::::The medal.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum at Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal "(Co. Kildare, Ireland)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Scotsman

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Henry Ramage

wikipedia_title: Henry Ramage


text:
VC
English
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
seaman
Royal Navy
Naval Brigade
Crimean War
Battle of Inkerman
Crimean Peninsula
James Gorman
Mark Scholefield
captain of the foretop
Imperial War Museum
Location of grave and VC medal
News Item

categories: British recipients of the Victoria Cross,Royal Navy recipients of the Victoria Cross,Crimean War recipients of the Victoria Cross,Royal Navy personnel of the Crimean War,People from Portsmouth,19th-century deaths from tuberculosis,1828 births,Royal Navy sailors

paragraph: Thomas Reeves (VC)

paragraph: Thomas Reeves VC (1828 – 4 August 1862) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: Reeves was approximately 26 years old, and a seaman in the Royal Navy serving with the Naval Brigade during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC:

paragraph: On 5 November 1854 at the Battle of Inkerman, Crimean Peninsula, when the Right Lancaster Battery was attacked and many of the soldiers were wounded, Seaman Reeves, with two other seamen (James Gorman and Mark Scholefield) and two others who were killed during the action, mounted the defence work banquette and, under withering attack from the enemy, kept up a rapid, repulsing fire. Their muskets were re-loaded for them by the wounded soldiers under the parapet and eventually the enemy fell back and gave no more trouble.

paragraph: He later achieved the rank of captain of the foretop. His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum, London.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal "(Hampshire)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- News Item "(grave details)"

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Thomas Reeves

wikipedia_title: Thomas Reeves (VC)


text: VC

text: Canadian Expeditionary Force

text: First World War

text: Victoria Cross

text: British

text: Commonwealth

text: Battle of Amiens

text: Cedar Springs

text: Ontario

text: Cedar Springs

text: Ontario

text: First World War

text: Canadian Expeditionary Force

text: 142nd Battalion

text: lance corporal

text: 161st Battalion

text: Western Front

text: taken onto the strength

text: 58th Battalion

text: 3rd Canadian Division

text: Croix de Guerre

text: Battle of Amiens

text: Hundred Days Offensive

text: Demuin

text: Victoria Cross

text: Crouy-Saint-Pierre

text: Huron County Museum

text: Goderich

text: Royal Canadian Legion

text: Legion Magazine article

categories: 1891 births,Canadian military personnel killed in World War I,People from Chatham-Kent,1918 deaths,Canadian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross,Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)

paragraph: Harry Miner

paragraph: Harry Garnet Bedford Miner VC (24 June 1891 – 8 August 1918) was a soldier in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He earned the award for events that occurred during the Battle of Amiens in August 1918. There are two plaques in his memory in his hometown, Cedar Springs, Ontario and his medals are displayed in a local museum.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Harry Garnet Bedford Miner was born at Cedar Springs in Ontario, on 24 June 1891, the son of John and Orphra Miner. He was educated in Selton and at Highgate School in Oxford Township. After finishing his education, he took up farming. He lived for a time in the United States, first in Ohio and then Detroit.

paragraph: Section::::First World War.

paragraph: In November 1915, after the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted in the Canadian Army. He volunteered for the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was posted to the 142nd Battalion. Arriving in England at the end of October 1916 as a lance corporal, he was transferred to the 161st Battalion. Then, after a period of training, he was sent to the Western Front and taken onto the strength of the 58th Battalion, part of 9th Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division. In early 1918, he was awarded the Croix de Guerre for his actions as a leader of a wiring party late the previous year. He was also promoted to corporal.

paragraph: On 8 August 1918, the opening day of the Battle of Amiens, and the beginning of the Hundred Days Offensive, the 9th Brigade was engaged in fighting at Rifle Wood and then near Demuin. It was at the latter location that he performed the actions that led to his recommendation for the Victoria Cross (VC). He was involved in attacks on two machinegun positions and then a bombing post, and was severely wounded in the process. He died later that day of his injuries. The citation for his VC read:

paragraph: Miner was buried in the Crouy Military Cemetery just outside the village of Crouy-Saint-Pierre, about 15 kilometers northwest of Amiens and about 25 km northwest of the battlefield on which he fell.

paragraph: Section::::The medal.

paragraph: Miner's medals, including the VC and the Croix de Guerre, are on display at the Huron County Museum in Goderich, Ontario. There is a plaque to his memory in his hometown of Cedar Springs; it was unveiled on 22 September 1963 by his brother Ross Miner. There is another plaque to him in the United Church at Cedar Springs. Branch 185 of the Royal Canadian Legion in Blenheim, Ontario, is named the Harry Miner Branch.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Harry Garnet Bedford Miner's digitized service file

paragraph: BULLET::::- Legion Magazine article

description: Canadian soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Harry Miner

wikipedia_title: Harry Miner


text: VC

text: Scottish

text: Victoria Cross

text: British

text: Commonwealth

text: corporal

text: British Army

text: First World War

text: battle of Aubers Ridge

text: France

text: sergeant

text: Monuments to Courage

text: The Register of the Victoria Cross

text: Scotland's Forgotten Valour

text: Location of grave and VC medal

categories: Accidental deaths from falls,British Army personnel of World War I,1933 deaths,British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross,People from Keith, Moray,Black Watch soldiers,Accidental deaths in Scotland,1867 births

paragraph: John Ripley

paragraph: John Ripley VC (20 August 1867 – 14 August 1933) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: He was 47 years old, and a corporal in the 1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), British Army during the First World War at the battle of Aubers Ridge when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: On 9 May 1915 at Rue du Bois, France, Corporal Ripley led his section on the right of the platoon in the assault and was the first man of the battalion to climb the enemy's parapet. From there he directed those following him to the gaps in the German wire entanglements. He then led his section through a breach in the parapet to a second line of trench. With seven or eight men he established himself, blocking other flanks, and continued to hold the position until all his men had fallen and he himself was badly wounded in the head.

paragraph: He later achieved the rank of sergeant and died after falling off a ladder.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- VCs of the First World War - The Western Front 1915 (Peter F. Batchelor & Christopher Matson, 1999)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal "(Fife)"

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: John Ripley

wikipedia_title: John Ripley


text:
VC
DCM
English
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
Drayton
The Border Regiment
Sergeant
The Border Regiment
British Army
Le Transloy
France
Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge
Location of grave and VC medal

categories: Recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal,British Army personnel of World War I,British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross,People from Vale of White Horse (district),Border Regiment soldiers,1893 births,1967 deaths

paragraph: Edward John Mott

paragraph: Edward John Mott VC DCM (4 July 1893 – 20 October 1967) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Born in Drayton he enlisted in The Border Regiment in 1910, and in 1915, took part in the ill-fated Dardanelles Expedition, after which he served in Egypt and then on the Western Front.

paragraph: He was 23 years old and a Sergeant in the 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment, British Army when he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: On 27 January 1917 south of Le Transloy, France, an attack by Sergeant Mott's company was held up at a strong-point by machine-gun fire. Although severely wounded in the eye, Sergeant Mott made a rush for the gun and after a fierce struggle seized the gunner and took him prisoner, capturing the gun. It was due to the dash and initiative of this NCO that the left flank attack succeeded.

paragraph: Section::::The Medal.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal (Oxfordshire)

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Edward John Mott

wikipedia_title: Edward John Mott


text:
VC
English
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
private
The Bedfordshire Regiment
British Army
First World War
Kefr Kasim
Palestine
Kantara
Egypt
Wardown Park Museum
Regimental Bio

categories: Deaths by firearm in Egypt,British military personnel killed in World War I,1885 births,British Army personnel of World War I,Royal Army Service Corps soldiers,People from West Lindsey District,British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross,1918 deaths,Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment soldiers,British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross,Accidental deaths in Egypt,Firearm accident victims

paragraph: Samuel Needham

paragraph: Samuel Needham VC (16 August 1885 – 4 November 1918) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: He was 33 years old, and a private in the 1/5th Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: On 10/11 September 1918 at Kefr Kasim, Palestine, one of our patrols was attacked by the enemy in considerable force, supported by very heavy fire. At a critical moment Private Needham ran back, turned to face a fresh body of the enemy which was approaching and fired rapidly at about 40 Turks at only 30 yards range. This action checked the enemy and just gave the patrol commander time to get his men together again. Half of the patrol were casualties but they managed to get back all their wounded. Private Needham's action in standing up to the enemy all alone did much to inspire the men and undoubtedly saved the situation.

paragraph: He was killed by an accidental gunshot wound at Kantara, Egypt on 4 November 1918.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regimental Collection at the Wardown Park Museum, Luton, Bedfordshire.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Regimental Bio

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Samuel Needham

wikipedia_title: Samuel Needham


text:
VC
English
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
private
9th Lancers
British Army
Indian Mutiny
Bolandshahr
India
Derby
Location of grave and VC medal

categories: People from Bow, London,British recipients of the Victoria Cross,1859 deaths,1826 births,Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross,9th Queen's Royal Lancers soldiers

paragraph: James Reynolds Roberts

paragraph: James Reynolds Roberts VC (1826 – 1 August 1859) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: Roberts was about 31 years old, and a private in the 9th Lancers (The Queen's Royal), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 28 September 1857 at Bolandshahr, India for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Regimental Museum of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers at The Strand, Derby, England.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal "(W. London)"

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: James Reynolds Roberts

wikipedia_title: James Reynolds Roberts


text:
VC
Scottish
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
Bengal Artillery
Bengal Army
Indian Mutiny
Relief of Lucknow
VC
killed in action
Lucknow
British India
Monuments to Courage
The Register of the Victoria Cross
Scotland's Forgotten Valour

categories: British recipients of the Victoria Cross,People from Glasgow,1835 births,Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross,1858 deaths,British military personnel killed in the Indian Rebellion of 1857,Bengal Artillery soldiers

paragraph: James Park (VC)

paragraph: James Park VC (1835 – 14 June 1858) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: Park was approximately 22 years old, and a gunner in the Bengal Artillery, Bengal Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deeds took place at the Relief of Lucknow for which he was awarded the VC:

paragraph: He was killed in action in Lucknow, British India on 14 June 1858.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995)

wikidata_label: James Park

wikipedia_title: James Park (VC)


text:
VC
Dover College
Essex Regiment
Second Boer War
English
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
King's College School, Cambridge
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
second lieutenant
lieutenant
British Army
Lieutenant-General
Kelly-Kenny
C.B.
London Gazette
Mention in Despatches
Chelmsford
Monuments to Courage
The Register of the Victoria Cross
Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Boer War
Dover College

categories: British Army personnel of the Second Boer War,British recipients of the Victoria Cross,Second Boer War recipients of the Victoria Cross,Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,1875 births,British military personnel killed in the Second Boer War,People educated at Dover College,Essex Regiment officers,People from Dover, Kent,1900 deaths

paragraph: Francis Newton Parsons

paragraph: Francis Newton Parsons VC (23 March 1875 in Dover – 10 March 1900) was educated at Dover College, joined the Essex Regiment and served in the Second Boer War. He was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Military career.

paragraph: Parsons was a chorister educated at King's College School, Cambridge from where he proceeded to Dover College, and then to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and on graduation was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Essex Regiment on 28 February 1896. He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 March 1898.

paragraph: Parsons was 24 years old, and in the 1st Battalion, The Essex Regiment, British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deeds took place for which he was awarded the VC. He was recommended by Lieutenant-General Kelly-Kenny, C.B.. for the award and the citation was published in the London Gazette of 20 November 1900:

paragraph: Parsons also received a posthumous Mention in Despatches on 8 February 1901.

paragraph: Section::::The medal.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Essex Regiment Museum, Chelmsford, Essex, England.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Boer War (Ian Uys, 2000)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dover College

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Francis Newton Parsons

wikipedia_title: Francis Newton Parsons


text:
VC
English
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
St Edmund's College, Ware
Bengal Native Infantry
Indian Mutiny
60th Rifles
Siege of Delhi
Imperial War Museum

categories: British recipients of the Victoria Cross,1857 deaths,1835 births,People from Coleorton,Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross,King's Royal Rifle Corps officers,People educated at St. Edmund's College, Ware,British military personnel killed in the Indian Rebellion of 1857,British East India Company Army officers

paragraph: Everard Aloysius Lisle Phillipps

paragraph: Everard Aloysius Lisle Phillipps VC (28 May 1835 – 17 September 1857) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: After attending St Edmund's College, Ware, in 1854 Everard Phillipps sailed for India to join the 11th Bengal Native Infantry. When the Indian Mutiny broke out in 1857, Phillipps' regiment was amongst the first to revolt. When the Queen's proclamation against the insurgents came, he had to read it out as he could speak the native tongue. Riding boldly forward while the bullets whistled round him, he began to read the proclamation, but before he got to the end of the first sentence his horse was shot from under him, and he fell to the ground, himself wounded by a stray bullet. Undeterred, he sprang to his feet and read through the whole proclamation from beginning to end before taking cover.

paragraph: On the desertion of the Bengal Infantry, he then joined the 60th Rifles. He performed many gallant deeds, and in the months before his death he was wounded three times. At the Siege of Delhi, he captured the Water Bastion with a small party and was killed in the streets on 17 September 1857. His death was recorded in the London Gazette on 18 September.

paragraph: Ensign Phillipps was awarded the Victoria Cross fifty years after his death. His citation reads:

paragraph: His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum, London.

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Everard Aloysius Lisle Phillipps

wikipedia_title: Everard Aloysius Lisle Phillipps


text: VC

text: MC

text: English

text: Victoria Cross

text: British

text: Commonwealth

text: captain

text: The Royal Scots (The Lothian Regiment)

text: British Army

text: First World War

text: Frezenberg

text: Belgium

text: Royal Scots Museum

text: Edinburgh Castle

text: Monuments to Courage

text: The Register of the Victoria Cross

text: Location of grave and VC medal

categories: Recipients of the Military Cross,Royal Scots officers,British Army personnel of World War I,People from Daventry District,British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross,1948 deaths,1883 births

paragraph: Henry Reynolds (VC)

paragraph: Henry Reynolds VC MC (16 August 1883 – 26 March 1948) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Reynolds was 38 years old, and a temporary captain in the 12th Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Lothian Regiment), British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: On 20 September 1917 near Frezenberg, Belgium, Captain Reynolds' company were suffering heavy casualties from enemy machine-guns and a pill-box. Captain Reynolds reorganised his men and then proceeded alone, rushing from shell-hole to shell-hole under heavy fire. When near the pill-box, he threw a grenade which should have fallen inside, but the entrance was blocked, so crawling to the entrance he forced a phosphorus grenade in. This set the place on fire, killing three, and the remainder surrendered with two machine-guns. Afterwards, although wounded, Captain Reynolds captured another objective, with 70 prisoners and two more machine-guns.

paragraph: Section::::The Medal.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Scots Museum, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- VCs of the First World War - Passchendaele 1917 (Stephen Snelling, 1998)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal "(Surrey)"

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Henry Reynolds

wikipedia_title: Henry Reynolds (VC)


text:
VC
MM
English
Victoria Cross
British
Commonwealth
Liverpool
Lancashire
British Army
South Africa
Second Boer War
India
Military Medal
Victoria Cross
Battle of Messines (1917)
Liverpool Docks
private
South Lancashire Regiment
First World War
Battle of Messines
Messines
Belgium
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London
Echoes of Liverpool
Location of grave and VC medal

categories: British Army personnel of the Second Boer War,1963 deaths,1884 births,British Army personnel of World War I,British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross,South Lancashire Regiment soldiers,Recipients of the Military Medal,Victoria Cross awardees from Liverpool

paragraph: William Ratcliffe

paragraph: William Ratcliffe VC MM (18 January 1884 – 26 March 1963) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: William Ratcliffe was born on 18 January 1884 at 38 Newhall Street, Liverpool, Lancashire. His parents were William Ratcliffe and Mary Ann Kelly. He was baptised at St Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church on 21 January 1884. His birth was not registered by his mother until 31 March 1884. His mother gave his month of birth as February in order to avoid late registration of the birth. He was educated at St. Vincent de Paul's Roman Catholic School in Norfolk Street, Liverpool.

paragraph: Ratcliffe worked on the Liverpool docks briefly after leaving school, then joined the British Army at the age of 17 and served in South Africa during the Second Boer War and in India. He initially served with the South Lancashire Regiment, 3rd Battalion and later transferred to the Durham Light Infantry. By 1914 he had left the army and was back working as a docker in Liverpool. When war was declared he quickly re-joined, enlisting with the South Lancashire Regiment in August 1914. He won the Military Medal and Victoria Cross at the Battle of Messines (1917).

paragraph: In 1929 Victoria Cross winners were invited, by the Prince of Wales, to attend a dinner at the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Ratcliffe was reluctant to attend due to lack of funds. After a newspaper story was published about him, the people of Liverpool raised money to kit him out in a new suit suitable for the occasion. He worked on the Liverpool Docks until an industrial accident forced him into early retirement in the 1940s. In 1956 he attended the Centennial of the institution of the Victoria Cross in London's Hyde Park, where the living holders were reviewed by Queen Elizabeth II. On this occasion the Victoria Cross Association paid for a new suit and accommodation.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: Ratcliffe was 33 years old, and a private in the 2nd Battalion, the South Lancashire Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place during the Battle of Messines for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: On 14 June 1917 at Messines, Belgium, after an enemy trench had been captured, Private Ratcliffe located an enemy machine-gun which was firing on his comrades from the rear, and single-handed, on his own initiative, immediately rushed the machine-gun position and bayoneted the crew. He then brought the gun back into action in the front line. Private Ratcliffe had displayed similar gallantry and resource on previous occasions.

paragraph: Section::::The medal.

paragraph: His VC is on loan to the Imperial War Museum in Lambeth Road, London.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Echoes of Liverpool "The Docker VC"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal "(Liverpool)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Liverpool VCs" (James Murphy, Pen and Sword Books, 2008)

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: William Ratcliffe

wikipedia_title: William Ratcliffe


text:
Mělník
Czechoslovakia
Czech
boxer
silver medal
2000 Summer Olympics
Sydney
Aleksandr Lebziak
World Amateur Boxing Championships
Bangkok
Evgeny Makarenko
Olanda Anderson
Jegbefumer Albert
Andriy Fedchuk
Aleksandr Lebziak
Giacobbe Fragomeni
News and Pictures of Rudolf Kraj

categories: Olympic boxers of the Czech Republic,Czech male boxers,Olympic silver medalists for the Czech Republic,Olympic medalists in boxing,1977 births,Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics,AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists,Living people

paragraph: Rudolf Kraj

paragraph: Rudolf Kraj () (born 5 December 1977 in Mělník, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech boxer.

paragraph: Section::::Amateur.

paragraph: He won the silver medal in the men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg) category at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He lost to Aleksandr Lebziak in the final.

paragraph: He also won a bronze medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok losing to another Russian, the eventual winner Evgeny Makarenko.

paragraph: He won 170 out of 200 amateur matches.

paragraph: Section::::Amateur.:Olympic results.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1st round bye

paragraph: BULLET::::- Defeated Olanda Anderson (United States) 13-12

paragraph: BULLET::::- Defeated Jegbefumer Albert (Nigeria) 8-7

paragraph: BULLET::::- Defeated Andriy Fedchuk (Ukraine) 11-7

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lost to Aleksandr Lebziak (Russia) 6-20

paragraph: Section::::Professional.

paragraph: Kraj began his professional career in 2005 in Germany and won all his thirteen bouts in the cruiserweight division including a stoppage of Armenian Melkomian (record 20-1).

paragraph: He fought Giacobbe Fragomeni for the WBC Cruiserweight title on October 24, 2008 and lost the fight by technical decision after eight rounds after and accidental headbutt earlier in the fight. His record is 14-1 with 10 knockouts.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- News and Pictures of Rudolf Kraj

description: Czech boxer and local politician

wikidata_label: Rudolf Kraj

wikipedia_title: Rudolf Kraj


text:
Guantánamo
Cuba
boxer
World Championships
Belgrade
World Title
Munich
West Germany
Pan American Games
Rai Sik
Angel Pacheco
Davey Lee Armstrong
Juan Paredes
Richard Nowakowski
Hirochi Ganobe
Viorel Ioana
Roman Gotfryd
Bratislav Ristić
Carlo Russolillo
Geza Tumbas
Galsandorj Batbileg
Kazimierz Adach
Viktor Demyanenko
Juhito Arai
Kosem Barake
Lofti Belkhir
Viorel Ioana
Pernell Whitaker

categories: Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics,Boxers at the 1983 Pan American Games,Olympic gold medalists for Cuba,Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba,1957 births,Olympic medalists in boxing,People from Guantánamo,Cuban male boxers,Boxers at the 1979 Pan American Games,Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics,Pan American Games medalists in boxing,Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics,AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists,Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics,Living people,Olympic boxers of Cuba

paragraph: Ángel Herrera Vera

paragraph: Ángel Herrera Vera (born August 2, 1957 in Guantánamo) is a Cuban boxer, who won two Olympic gold medals, and the world title at the second World Championships in Belgrade.

paragraph: First competing in the featherweight (– 57 kg) category, he won the 1976 Olympics as well as the 1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He then competed in lightweight (– 60 kg) to win another Olympic gold in 1980, and his second World Title in Munich, West Germany. In 1983 he won a silver medal at the Pan American Games.

paragraph: Section::::Results.

paragraph: 1976 Summer Olympics - Montreal

paragraph: BULLET::::- Round of 64: bye

paragraph: BULLET::::- Round of 32: Defeated Rai Sik (India) KO 1

paragraph: BULLET::::- Round of 16: Defeated Angel Pacheco (Venezuela) 5-0

paragraph: BULLET::::- Quarterfinal: Defeated Davey Lee Armstrong (United States) 3-2

paragraph: BULLET::::- Semifinal: Defeated Juan Paredes (Mexico) 5-0

paragraph: BULLET::::- Final: Defeated Richard Nowakowski (East Germany) KO 2

paragraph: 1978 World Amateur Championships

paragraph: BULLET::::- Defeated Hirochi Ganobe (Japan) RSC-3

paragraph: BULLET::::- Defeated Viorel Ioana (Romania) walkover

paragraph: BULLET::::- Defeated Roman Gotfryd (Poland) by decision, 5-0

paragraph: BULLET::::- Defeated Bratislav Ristić (Yugoslavia) by decision, 4-1

paragraph: 1980 Summer Olympics - Moscow

paragraph: BULLET::::- Round of 32 Carlo Russolillo (Italy) by decision, 5-0

paragraph: BULLET::::- Round of 16: Defeated Geza Tumbas (Yugoslavia) by decision, 5-0

paragraph: BULLET::::- Quarterfinal: Defeated Galsandorj Batbileg (Mongolia) by decision, 5-0

paragraph: BULLET::::- Semifinal: Defeated Kazimierz Adach (Poland) by decision, 5-0

paragraph: BULLET::::- Final: Defeated Viktor Demyanenko (USSR) TKO 3

paragraph: 1982 World Amateur Championships

paragraph: BULLET::::- Defeated Juhito Arai (Japan) 5:0

paragraph: BULLET::::- Defeated Kosem Barake (Israel) KO-2

paragraph: BULLET::::- Defeated Lofti Belkhir (Tunisia) RSC-1

paragraph: BULLET::::- Defeated Viorel Ioana (Romania) 4:1

paragraph: BULLET::::- Defeated Pernell Whitaker (United States) 3:2

description: boxer

wikidata_label: Ángel Herrera Vera

wikipedia_title: Ángel Herrera Vera


text:
Shirvanshah
Safavid
Ismail I
during his conquest of the area
Tahmasp I
Safavid province
Timurids
Uzun Hasan
Yaqub
Shirvanshahs
Ak Koyunlu
Timurid
Abu Sa'id Mirza
Ak Koyunlu
Baysonqor
Murad
emir
Mehmet the Conqueror
Moscow
Ivan III of Russia
Afanasy Nikitin
Golden Horde
Uzun Hasan
Shaykh Haydar
Safaviyya
Shia
Derbent
Shamakhy
Ak Koyunlu
Derbent
Qizilbash
Baysonqor
Barda
Ganja
Murad
Shaki
Ibrahim II Sheykhshah
Gabala
Ismail
Ak Koyunlu
Ardabil
Talysh
Karabakh
Erzincan
Battle of Jabani
Shamakhy
Tuba Shahi Mosque
Derbent
Adil bey
Gazi Beg
Shirvanshah Bahram Beg
Ibrahim II Sheykhshah
Princess Govhershakh
Uzun Hasan
Yaqub

categories: 1500 deaths,15th-century Iranian people,Year of birth unknown

paragraph: Farrukh Yassar

paragraph: Farrukh Yassar was the last independent Shirvanshah of Shirvan (1465–1500). In 1500, the first Safavid ruler, Ismail I, decisively defeated and killed Farrukh Yassar during his conquest of the area. Descendants of Farrukh Yassar continued to rule Shirvan under Safavid suzerainty, until 1538, when Ismail's son and successor Tahmasp I (r. 1524-1576) appointed its first Safavid governor, and made it a fully functioning Safavid province.

paragraph: Section::::Relations.

paragraph: Section::::Relations.:Ak Koyunlu.

paragraph: He averted strategy of his ancestor's - alliance with Timurids, instead he moved towards Uzun Hasan. He married his daughter to Uzun Hasan's son Yaqub. On 31 January 1468 the combined forces of Shirvanshahs and Ak Koyunlu defeated Timurid khan Abu Sa'id Mirza. Future sultans of Ak Koyunlu - Baysonqor and Murad were his grandsons.

paragraph: Section::::Relations.:Ottomans.

paragraph: He sent his "Khalaf ul umarah and akabir" (Deputy of emirs and nobles) Ziyaaddin Yusif and his personal merchant Khawja Yar Ahmad with 2 bullions of gold to Istanbul, in order to establish relations with Mehmet the Conqueror.

paragraph: Section::::Relations.:Russia.

paragraph: In 1465, Shirvanshah envoy Hasan Shirvani was sent to Moscow in order to establish diplomatic relations, in response Ivan III of Russia sent an embassy with leadership of Vasily Papin and a group of merchants (which also included Afanasy Nikitin) for trade and a pact against Golden Horde.

paragraph: Section::::Relations.:Safavids.

paragraph: During Uzun Hasan's reign, relations with Safavids were quite peaceful. But, in 1488 Shaykh Haydar of Safaviyya extremist Shia sect moved through Shirvan towards Derbent, supposedly to wage jihad against Circassians, but instead laid siege to Shamakhy. He captured the capital and burned it. Farrukh Yassar was not able to mount defense and asked his son-in-law Sultan Yaqub of Ak Koyunlu to come to his rescue on 9 June 1488. Upon hearing his arrival, Sheikh retreated to Derbent. Combined forces of Ak Koyunlu under Suleiman bey and Shirvanshah forces which were led by shah himself, attacked to Qizilbash on 9 July 1488. Their combined forces were able to defeat the Safavid Qizilbash forces and Shaykh Haydar was wounded by an arrow. He was captured by gatekeeper Ali aga who severed his head and sent to Sultan Yaqub.

paragraph: Section::::Ak Koyunlu civil war.

paragraph: Upon death of his son-in-law in 1490, he supported his grandson Baysonqor for keeping the throne. In 1492, he fled to Shirvan upon dethronement. However he was killed in a battle between Barda and Ganja. Brother of Baysonqor, Murad also fled to Shirvan sometime later and stayed there until 1497.

paragraph: Section::::Sheikhshah.

paragraph: In 1497 Shaki ruler Shah Hussain rebelled with Shah's youngest son future king Ibrahim II Sheykhshah and raided Gabala for 8 days. Shah crushed them with his other sons and Abulfath beg - wali of Gabala. However, they were pardoned.

paragraph: Section::::Later reign and death.

paragraph: Young Ismail was freed by his cousin, new Ak Koyunlu sultan Rustam in 1492. He decided to take revenge of his father, but rulers of Ardabil Ali beg Jayirli and Talysh ruler Muhammed who were vassals of Shirvanshahs did not give any help when demanded. Ismail then moved on to Karabakh and then to Erzincan. In 1499, he began to march on Shirvan. Two forces met on Battle of Jabani, near Shamakhy. Shirvanese forces were devastated and shah were captured and beheaded. Ismail captured Shamakhy, and moved on to Baku.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: He was remembered as merciful and glorious ruler by sources. His personal title was ""Shiranshah"" (). Construction of Tuba Shahi Mosque and Juma Mosque in Derbent were patronized by himself.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Farrukh Yassar was married to daughter of Usmi of Kaitag Adil bey

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gazi Beg - Shirvanshah in 1501.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Shirvanshah Bahram Beg - Shirvanshah in 1502.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ibrahim II Sheykhshah - Shirvanshah after his brothers.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Princess Govhershakh – Married to Uzun Hasan son Yaqub.

wikidata_label: Farrukh Yassar

wikipedia_title: Farrukh Yassar


text: French

text: cavalry

text: Napoleonic Wars

text: Ligny

text: French Revolution

text: French Revolutionary Wars

text: colonel

text: Caldiero

text: Friedland

text: general officer

text: 1807 Invasion of Portugal

text: War of the Sixth Coalition

text: Napoleon

text: Hundred Days

text: Montpellier

text: Chasseurs à Cheval

text: War of the First Coalition

text: Biberach

text: Valvasone

text: captain

text: Napoleon Bonaparte

text: aide-de-camp

text: Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte

text: Napoleon Bonaparte

text: Eugène-Casimir Villatte

text: colonel

text: Battle of Caldiero

text: Guttstadt

text: Friedland

text: general of brigade

text: Andoche Junot

text: 1807 Invasion of Portugal

text: Baron of the Empire

text: François Étienne de Kellermann

text: Algarve

text: Faro

text: Battle of Dresden

text: Légion d'Honneur

text: Rémi Joseph Isidore Exelmans

text: II Cavalry Corps

text: Battle of Leipzig

text: Battle of Laubressel

text: Napoleon

text: Louis XVIII of France

text: Hundred Days

text: Battle of Ligny

text: July Revolution

categories: 1771 births,1830 deaths,French commanders of the Napoleonic Wars,People from Montpellier,French generals,French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars

paragraph: Antoine Maurin

paragraph: Antoine Maurin (19 December 1771 – 4 October 1830) commanded a French cavalry division in 1814 during the Napoleonic Wars and in 1815 led his troops against the Prussians at Ligny where he was wounded. His army service began in 1792 during the French Revolution when he enlisted in a cavalry regiment as a trooper. He spent his entire military career as a cavalryman. During the French Revolutionary Wars he advanced through the ranks and became commander of a light cavalry regiment in 1802. While only a colonel, he commanded a brigade at Caldiero in October 1805. He fought in the Friedland campaign in 1807 and attained the rank of general officer that year. As a cavalry brigadier, he participated in the 1807 Invasion of Portugal but was captured in 1808 and held until 1812. He led a brigade in 1813 and a division 1814 during the War of the Sixth Coalition. After fighting for Napoleon during the Hundred Days, he retired in 1823. His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 40.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Maurin was born in Montpellier, France on 19 December 1771. He joined the 20th Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment as a trooper in 1792. He served in a number of actions during the War of the First Coalition rising to the rank of officer. He was wounded in the shoulder by a saber cut at Biberach in 1796. The following year he fought at Valvasone and received a battlefield promotion to captain from Napoleon Bonaparte. That year he was an aide-de-camp to Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, then a division commander. Believing he was about to be replaced, Bernadotte wrote a letter to Napoleon Bonaparte asking that he find employment for his aides Maurin and Eugène-Casimir Villatte.

paragraph: On 24 April 1802 he was named to lead the 24th Chasseur à Cheval Regiment as Chef de Brigade (colonel). While still a colonel, he led a brigade consisting of the 15th and 24th Chasseurs à Cheval at the Battle of Caldiero on 29–31 October 1805. Transferred to Poland, he fought at Guttstadt and Friedland in 1807 and was promoted to general of brigade on 25 June 1807.

paragraph: Maurin led a cavalry brigade in Andoche Junot's army during the 1807 Invasion of Portugal. He was named Baron of the Empire on 17 March 1808. He reported to François Étienne de Kellermann who commanded a cavalry division that included one squadron each of the 26th Chasseurs à Cheval, 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 9th, and 15th Dragoons. He was appointed governor of Algarve province in the south of Portugal. When the revolt against the French occupation broke out, he was in his sickbed in Faro. He and 70 other French soldiers were captured by Portuguese partisans on 16 June 1808 and handed over to the captain of a British vessel as prisoners.

paragraph: He remained a prisoner until September 1812. On his return he fought at the Battle of Dresden on 26–27 August 1813. He received the Commander's Cross of the Légion d'Honneur on 28 September 1813. Maurin commanded the 9th Light Cavalry Brigade in Rémi Joseph Isidore Exelmans' division of the II Cavalry Corps at the Battle of Leipzig on 16–19 October.

paragraph: The following year he was named to command the 2nd Light Cavalry Division and led this unit at the Battle of Laubressel on 3–4 March 1814. After Napoleon's abdication he submitted to King Louis XVIII of France. He later rejoined the emperor during the Hundred Days and was appointed to command the 7th Cavalry Division in the 1815 campaign. The division's 1st Brigade was led by Louis Vallin and consisted of the 6th Hussars and 8th Chasseurs à Cheval Regiments. The 2nd Brigade was under Pierre Marie Auguste Berruyer and comprised the 6th, 11th, and 18th Dragoon Regiments. At the Battle of Ligny on 16 June 1815, he was wounded in the chest by a bullet. Maurin retired in 1823. After the July Revolution of 1830 he returned to active service but died on 4 October 1830. His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on the west pillar.

description: French general

wikidata_label: Antoine Maurin

wikipedia_title: Antoine Maurin


text: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

text: École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr

text: Paris

text: Sorbonne

text: Breguet aircraft factory

text: Caudron

text: Renault

text: Yugoslavia

text: Zmaj

text: Brege

text: steam turbine

text: water turbine

text: tractor

text: agricultural machine

text: bicycle

text: locomotive

text: Hansa-Brandenburg B.I

text: Hansa-Brandenburg C.I

text: Rudolf Fizir

text: University in Belgrade

text: biplane

text: air-taxi

text: Rogožarski Brucoš

text: monoplane

text: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

text: Rogožarski Brucoš

text: Wind tunnel

categories: Aircraft designers,People from Belgrade,Serbian engineers,1904 births,University of Belgrade Faculty of Mathematics alumni,1989 deaths

paragraph: Miroslav Nenadović

paragraph: Miroslav Nenadović (; 18 March 1904 – 21 February 1989) was an engineer and professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade, a Yugoslav aerospace engineer, who gave immense contribution to the development of the faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade and the Yugoslav Air Force in general. In 1958 he was elected an associate fellow of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA), while in 1965 he was elected full member of the Academy.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: He was born on 18 March 1904 in Belgrade (Serbia), where he completed both elementary school and high school. He studied Mathematical Sciences at the University of Belgrade, graduating in 1926. Upon his graduation, he continued his studies in mathematics at the Department for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at the Faculty of Technical Engineering in Belgrade, graduating in 1932.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: After graduating from the Faculty of Engineering, the French government granted him a scholarship in 1933, so that year he pursued his studies at the Aerotechnical Department of the "École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr" Paris. In 1936 he passed the state PhD exam in aerospace sciences, while in 1937, he was promoted to the title of PhD in Sorbonne. As of 1935, he was a regular associate to the l'Institut Aérotechnique de Saint-Cyr-l'École (Aerotehnical Institute in Saint Cyr) as an assistant professor, an associate of the Breguet aircraft factory and later he was engaged as an associate for Caudron-Renault, while also being engaged as associate for the Air Force Secretariat.

paragraph: In 1937 he was elected associate professor in the newly formed Aeronautics Group at the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Belgrade, only to be elected a full-tenured professor in 1951. During his lifetime he held various positions from Head of the Department to Dean of Faculty.

paragraph: On January 30, 1958 he was elected an associate fellow of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) - The Department of Engineering, and on 16 December 1965, he became a full member of the SANU. In 1971 he was appointed deputy secretary of the Department of Technical Sciences, while from 1977 to 31 December 1988 he served as Secretary of the Department. During his work at the Academy of Sciences, he participated actively in the work of the Committee for Aeronautics, the Environment Protection Committee, the Energy Committee and the Astronautics Committee.

paragraph: Much of his work, M. Nenadovic dedicated to scientific research and theoretical and experimental study of the aerodynamic design of aircraft, including construction of aircraft while also taking interest in equipment for aerodynamic testing and the influence of wind on the building structures.

paragraph: Section::::Research projects.

paragraph: After World War I, industrialization began in Yugoslavia, which had previously been a predominantly agricultural country with somewhat developed light industries. As early as 1923, the first aircraft factory "Ikarus" was founde in Novi Sad in 1924. Rogozarski was established in Belgrade and in 1927 a Zemun-based company Zmaj " and Brege in Kraljevo took shape. The first aircraft engine factory called “Vlajkovic and Comp” was founded in Belgrade, while as early as 1929 an aircraft engine factory began operating in Rakovica near Belgrade. A factory for optics and precise mechanics "Teleoptik" from Zemun which was founded in 1923, changed its product range and in 1928 went on to be mainly engaged in manufacturing aeronautical instruments and equipment. This was followed by the founding of new factories for precise mechanics "Mikron" in 1930 and "Nestor" in 1938.

paragraph: The initial production in these factories focused on aircraft and equipment by foreign licenses, thus helping bridge the technological gap between the developed countries and Yugoslav. At that time, the Yugoslav industry was not producing a single steam turbine, water turbine, tractor, agricultural machine, not even a bicycle, yet it was making an aircraft which at the time was one of the most complex mechanical systems as well as locomotives. For the first aircraft Hansa-Brandenburg B.I and Hansa-Brandenburg C.I, the Ministry of the Army and Navy (MViM) placed at the disposal the technical documentation for these aircraft, created by engineer Rudolf Fizir, (Hansa-Brandenburg B.I to Ikarus, Hansa-Brandenburg C.I to Rogozarski factory) to aircraft factories which at the beginning of their work was invaluable. As for the staff, the first aerospace engineers were educated abroad, and in 1937 the Aeronautics Group at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University in Belgrade was established. The third part of the problem was the organization of research in this area because it was necessary to enable the local aircraft industry to carry out aerodynamic tests of its own home-made aircraft in their home country, as it was an established practice for aircraft models to be tested in aerospace institutes abroad.

paragraph: After Professor Nenadovic returned from his studies in France, he undertook the painstaking work of creating the material basis for aerodynamic testing. The idea for project of Aerotechnical Institute near Belgrade was drafted, and in 1939/40 projects had already been finished. However, with the invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941, all such research. The organization of scientific research in this field in our country came to a halt. The conditions for the continuation of these activities came to be fulfilled after the liberation of the country when prof. Nenadovic and his associates formed the Aerotechnical institute within the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. The equipment designed by prof. Nenadovic and his associates is divided into two groups: wind tunnels and other aerospace equipment.

paragraph: Section::::Aircraft projects.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Aircraft BN-101 - sports biplane designed in 1939 in Saint-Cyr, France, M.A. Starck constructed the plane, the prototype was made in France in 1941/42., fitted with a 76 hp Renier engine, with cruising speed 225 km / h, landing speed 55 km / h, with just a 56m-long runway.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Aircraft BN-203 – three-seater, biplane with 156 hp GM engine and propeller propulsion, with a tricycle-type landing gear. The project was done on behalf of the aircraft factory "Vistad" in 1940and the purpose of it was to be used as air-taxi.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rogožarski Brucoš – a sports training aircraft for basic training designed in collaboration with M. Mitrovic-Spirta in 1940 for the aircraft factory "Rogžarski" as a project for the public competition opened by the Air Force command (the prototype flew in 1940.). It had a designation NM, the initials of designers Nenadovic-Mitrovic, and the propulsion unit being engine being a 135 hp Gipsy. This aircraft was a low-wing monoplane of wooden structure .

paragraph: BULLET::::- NEMI – a twin-engine fighter monoplane with engines Gnome-Rohn, tricycle-type landing gear. Aerodynamic tests were carried out in Aerospace Institutes Eiffel in Saint-Cyr and Warsaw. The plane was designed in collaboration with M. Mitrovic and using the initials of designers Nenadovic and Mitrovic the plane was called NEMI. The plane is designed for the purposes of the air force command 1940/41, but further development came to a halt with the outbreak of the Second World War.

paragraph: Section::::Wind tunnel projects.

paragraph: BULLET::::- AT-SB-E - the project of a wind tunnel with operating unit being 2.00x1.80 m2, coaxial contra fans and power 2x48 = 96 kW (performed in a small tunnel in 1941)

paragraph: BULLET::::- AT-SB-P - propulsion wind tunnel with contra power fans of 5 kW, elliptical cross section of 0.60x40m2 in 1948.

paragraph: BULLET::::- AT-SP-1 - wind tunnel for qualitative studies of flow in supersonic speed, storage capacity cca 24 m3 and an installed capacity compressor 2 x 20 = 40 kW in 1949.

paragraph: BULLET::::- AT-SB-1 - wind tunnel project for aerodynamic testing, operating unit 2.80 x 00 m2, with an installed power of 180 kW = 2h95 and coaxial contra fans, 1952 / 57.

paragraph: BULLET::::- AA-SD-1 - wind tunnel project, vacuum type, with an intermittent effect for aerodynamic testing in supersonic speed. Operating unit 300 x 225 mm2, engine power of vacuum pumps 6 x 35 = 210 kW, tank capacity cca 320 m3.

paragraph: BULLET::::- AT-SB-1 - propulsion unit of engine installed capacity 2 x 300 = 600 kW, 1956/58

paragraph: BULLET::::- AT-SD-2 - wind tunnel with continuous action, with installed power of vacuum pumps’ engine 6 x 35 = 210 kW, 1956.

paragraph: BULLET::::- AT-SD-3 - Vacuum-type wind tunnel project with intermittent action for aerodynamic testing in supersonic speed. Installed power of vacuum pumps 6x35 +190 = 400 kW,

paragraph: Section::::Other aerospace equipment.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Reumaskop,

paragraph: BULLET::::- Reoelektroskop,

paragraph: BULLET::::- Reohidroskop,

paragraph: BULLET::::- Aerospace scales

paragraph: Section::::Teaching career.

paragraph: Immediately after he defended his PhD thesis in 1937, Miroslav Nenadovic, PhD, got involved in teaching courses at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Belgrade, as an associate professor in the newly founded Aeronautical group, at the Department of Mechanical engineering. As of 1937 he took up the positions at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering as Head of the Aerospace Technology Department, Chair of the Aerospace Group and the Aerospace Technology Department Aviation Department, Chair of Aeromechanics, director of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering and director of the Aeromechanical Institute. From 1938 to the beginning of WWII, in addition to the regular duties at the Faculty of Engineering, he was a regular associate to airplane factories: "Utva", "Rogozarski", "Ikarus" and "Vistad".

paragraph: Following the end of the war in 1945, he founded the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, at the Faculty of Technical Engineering, jointly with several laboratories that contributed to the renewal of faculty labs destroyed during the Second World War. After the reorganization of the University and Technical College, and following the establishment of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, the Institute of Mechanical Engineering was transformed into a research facility, later turned into the Bureau for Machines and Tools, at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, as well as other workshops for maintenance.

paragraph: Along with the restoration of the Faculty Mechanical Engineering following liberation, Professor Nenadovic continued his activities in the field of scientific research programs, including the development of the Yugoslav Air Force in collaboration with such institutions as the Directorate of the Aviation Industry, VTI, the Mostar-based plane and helicopter factory "Soko", Air Force Technical Institute in Zarkovo and other companies engaged in the production or manufacture of aircraft or production for aviation’s needs.

paragraph: Together with his associates, professor Nenandovic founded Institute of Aerospace Technology at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. As the founder of the Institute, he established a number of laboratories, the equipment for the laboratories was designed and developed by the members of the Institute Professor under the mentorship of professor Nenadovic. Thanks to this equipment, various experiments are conducted at the Institute and lectures in various fields of aerospace technology and related disciplines. In this way professor Nenadovic together with his colleagues laid a solid foundation for modern teaching thus educating young experts the Yugoslav aviation needed so much.

paragraph: In 1951 he was elected full-tenured professor, in the Aerospace Engineering Department, of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, while in the period from 1956 to 1959 he was Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. As dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering he gave enormous contribution to completing the experimental part of teaching, establishing and equipping laboratories the newly built Faculty building needed. During his tenure, a new building of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering was completed with facilities and labs for wind tunnels with complete infrastructure. Professor Nenadovic loved his students and they loved him, and out of favor they called him "Uncle Misha", to which he always replied by calling them "my children,". Another interesting bit of information was that everyone in SANU, both his fellow academicians and staff called him by his nickname "Miro".

paragraph: Section::::Books.

paragraph: Prof. M. Nenadovic was a prolific author and he published many scientific papers in national and international journals, while also authoring papers that were never published, but were part of internal communications of the Aerotechnical institutes including military and government institutions. Furthermore, he wrote several books most of which are used as university textbooks, some of them had several editions and are used to this day.

paragraph: He worked extensively on the development of encyclopedias, as an for aerospace technology within the Technical Encyclopedia of the Yugoslav Institute of Lexigraphy, was a member of the Editorial Board of the Bulletin of the SASA, editor of Mechanical Engineering Gazette and a member of the Standing Subcommittee for Scientific Information, Publications and Documents of the Republic Research Association.

paragraph: Section::::Awards and honors.

paragraph: For his dedication academic Miroslav Nenadović received the following awards:

paragraph: BULLET::::- October Award of the City of Belgrade in 1974. year

paragraph: BULLET::::- Order of the Red Flag 1965, and

paragraph: BULLET::::- Numerous plaques and acknowledgments.

paragraph: He was also a member of many national and international professional organizations such as:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Српске академије наука и уметности (САНУ), (Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts - SASA),

paragraph: BULLET::::- Југословенског аерокосмонаутичког друштва (1972), (Yugoslav Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics),

paragraph: BULLET::::- Југословенског друштва за механику, (Yugoslav Society of Mechanics),

paragraph: BULLET::::- Друштва математичара, физичара и астронома Србије, (Serbian Society of Mathematicians, Physicists and Astronomers)

paragraph: BULLET::::- International Academy of Astronautics (1972),

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Royal Aeronautical Society (1951),

paragraph: BULLET::::- Congres International Aeronautique - C.I.A (1953),

paragraph: BULLET::::- Association Aeronautique et Astronautique de France,

paragraph: BULLET::::- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (1975.),

paragraph: BULLET::::- International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences - ICAS,

paragraph: BULLET::::- Council of Engineering Institutions (1965.).

paragraph: BULLET::::- GAMM (Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik)

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rogožarski Brucoš

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wind tunnel

description: mechanical engineer

wikidata_label: Miroslav Nenadović

wikipedia_title: Miroslav Nenadović


text: Incorporated Society of Artists

text: St Nicholas Church, Liverpool

text: River Mersey

text: Man's Island

text: Christie's

text: Seven Years' War

text: Battle of Quiberon Bay

text: Isle of Man

text: John Elliot

text: François Thurot

text: Ramsey Bay

text: Stade

text: Harwich

text: Royal Yacht

text: Fubbs

text: George III

text: Royal Collection

text: Hampton Court Palace

text: Admiral Lord Anson

text: Joshua Reynolds

text: National Gallery

text: sloop-of-war

text: action of 31 May 1762

text: William Woollett

text: Vernet

text: Man-of-War

text: Admiral

text: line ahead

text: figurehead

text: kilt

text: glengarry

text: Jervoise Clarke

text: Walker Art Gallery

text: oil

text: panel

text: Bryan

text: The Connoisseur

text: George Stubbs

text: William Caddick

text: Horace Walpole

text: still life

text: Somerset Street, Portman Square

categories: 1775 deaths,1723 births,Year of birth uncertain,Year of death uncertain,Artists from Liverpool

paragraph: Richard Wright (painter)

paragraph: Richard Wright ( – ) was an English marine painter. An entirely self-taught artist, he first appeared as an exhibitor in London in 1760, and between that date and 1773 exhibited twenty-five works with the Incorporated Society of Artists and one with the Free Society.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: One of Wright's earliest known works is a picture of the St Nicholas Church, Liverpool, known as 'The Sailor's Church', and where Wright himself was probably baptised. The scene depicts the church and surrounding buildings viewed across the River Mersey from "Man's Island". It was one of several works originally executed by Wright for his shoemaker.

paragraph: Wright first came to public attention 1762 after when he regularly exhibited at the Society of Artists until 1773. Exhibited works included "A Storm with a Shipwreck", "Sunset, a Fresh Breeze", "A Fresh Gale", "River with Boats, &c., Moonlight." The latter is thought to be "A moonlit river landscape with a windmill, boats and figures", exhibited between 1770 and 1773 and sold at Christie's, London, in 2012 for £6000. In 1764 a fifty guinea premium was offered by the Society of Arts for the best marine picture; this he won, as was the case with similar prizes given by the society in 1766 and 1768.

paragraph: Wright's career encompassed the latter years of the Seven Years' War and several of his works depict naval battles and the vessels involved. His painting of the Battle of Quiberon Bay, fought on 20 November 1759 and painted in 1760, depicts the wrecked 74-gun in the right foreground with the 64-gun ahead of her and the French and in flames in the right distance. To the left are the captured French 80-gun , with a two-deck English vessel.

paragraph: Wright painted a scene from the action off the Isle of Man that took place on the 28 February 1760 in which under John Elliot, with and , attacked a French squadron under François Thurot aboard the flagship that resulted in Thurot's death and the surrender of all three French frigates. Wright also painted an accompanying picture of the ships in Ramsey Bay after the action. Measuring by , the paintings were engraved by Millar and Goldar and dedicated to Captain Elliot and the Merchants of the Port of Liverpool respectively. Wright is noted as having been on board the "Belle Isle" sketching in the aftermath of the battle.

paragraph: In 1761 Wright painted several pictures of the storms encountered on the journey from Stade to Harwich of the Royal Yacht "Fubbs" that conveyed Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz to England to marry George III. One in the Royal Collection at Hampton Court Palace, "The Royal Yacht bringing Queen Charlotte to England in a Storm" is thought to be the picture first exhibited by Wright in 1762 as "A View of the Storm when the Queen was on her passage to England". The flotilla was led by Admiral Lord Anson aboard the and his wife, Mary, accompanied Princess Charlotte aboard the "Fubbs". Joshua Reynolds painted separate portraits of both Anson and his wife and Wright contributed background detail to each of them. The version of Anson's portrait in the National Gallery pre-dates Wright's intervention.

paragraph: In 1762 Wright painted a picture depicting the capture of the by the 28-gun frigate and the 18-gun sloop-of-war off the coast of Spain near the port of Cadiz in the action of 31 May 1762.

paragraph: His most notable work is a sea-piece, for which he obtained a premium of fifty guineas in 1764; from it William Woollett engraved his fine plate ‘The Fishery.’ No doubt owing to excellence of the engraver's work, a copy of this was published in France, on which the name of Vernet was affixed as painter. The ship has been identified as . The engraving embellishes the original painting, adding the words "Fish Machine" to a horse-drawn fish cart in the detail of the foreground fishing scene from which the popular name derives.

paragraph: Around 1767 Wright painted "Man of War in a Harbour" depicting a Man-of-War of about 60 guns flying an Admiral's flag departing from harbour led by several more distant similar-sized ships and smaller craft in line ahead formation. The ship's figurehead, viewed from the rear, appears to be of a figure wearing kilt and glengarry, suggesting a Scottish name, but the ship has yet to be identified. Like "The Fishery", the foreground detail depicts fishermen unloading their catch. The detail of the fish is sufficient to identify the species. Sold by Wright to Jervoise Clarke for sixty guineas the painting remained in the family collection until sold at auction in 1975. It was purchased by the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, in 2006.

paragraph: An indistinctly-dated oil on panel entitled "Shipping in a bay by a ruined tower" was sold by Christie's, New York, in 2007 for $2500.

paragraph: Section::::Personal.

paragraph: Sources vary in their estimates of Wright's year of birth. Bryan, who many other sources draw on, states 1735, but an article in "The Connoisseur" observes that this was probably too late, as he would only have been eighteen on the birth of his eldest son. It is probable that the 4 April 1723 baptismal entry for Richard Wright, son of Edward Wright, at St. Nicholas Church, Liverpool, relates to him.

paragraph: The following year Wright's longtime friend, artist George Stubbs, is also thought to have been baptised at St Nicholas. Wright was also a near neighbour of William Caddick. Richard initially worked as a house and ship painter and had no formal training as an artist. With little patronage for his trade in Liverpool, he moved to London around 1760, his address being recorded as 'Near King's Road, Pimlico'. There he was able to resume his friendship with Stubbs by 1762.

paragraph: He was described by Horace Walpole as a man of rough manners and warm temper, and during his membership of the Incorporated Society he took an active lead among those discontented with its affairs.

paragraph: With his wife, Louisa, Wright had a son, Edward, and two daughters: Nancy and Elizabeth. All three children were baptised at St Nicholas. Walpole noted that both Wright's wife and children all painted and exhibited, mostly still life and fruit pieces. Louisa, maiden name unknown, exhibited still lifes at the Society of Artists from 1770 to 1777. Edward, (baptised 10 April 1746), and Nancy (born 29 May 1748, baptised 24 June) both exhibited landscapes at the Society of Artists in 1772 and 1773. Elizabeth (born 25 March 1751, baptised 26 April) exhibited landscapes at the Society of Artists between 1773 and 1776. The family friendship with Stubbs is evidenced by Elizabeth's use of Stubbs' address, 24 Somerset Street, Portman Square, on some of her submissions for exhibition.

paragraph: Edward pre-deceased his father, aged about twenty. Wright died soon afterwards, following an unsuccessful exhibition in York about the same time as his son's death, in about 1775 and was survived by his wife.

alias:
Younger Wright
Wright of Liverpool
Wright of the Isle of Man
Of Liverpool Wright
Wright
R. Wright
richard wright f.s.a.

description: English marine painter

wikidata_label: Richard Wright

wikipedia_title: Richard Wright (painter)


text: Margaret of Nuremberg

text: Walram IV

categories: 14th-century German people,Counts of Nassau,1333 births,1386 deaths,House of Nassau

paragraph: Gerlach II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden

paragraph: Gerlach II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden (1333–1386) was the eldest son of Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein and his wife Margaret of Nuremberg. When his father died in 1370, he inherited Nassau-Wiesbaden.

paragraph: He married Agnes, a daughter of Henry II of Veldenz. The marriage remained childless. After his death, his younger brother Walram IV inherited Wiesbaden.

description: Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1370-1386)

wikidata_label: Gerlach II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

wikipedia_title: Gerlach II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden


text:
Haitian Navy
naval base
Port-au-Prince
mulatto
Haiti
seaworthy
Florvil Hyppolite
yacht
Natalie
Savannah
Long Cay
Bahamas
Defence
Dessalines
Crête-à-Pierrot
flagship
knots
Tirésias Simon Sam
Emil Lüders
1889 constitution
National Assembly
direct elections
Anténor Firmin
Pierre Nord Alexis
Crête-à-Pierrot
Cap-Haïtien
Port-au-Prince
Toussaint Louverture
Gonaïves
Cap-Haïtien
Toussaint Louverture
Jean Jumeau
decommissioned
Artibonite
Cap-Haïtien
Markomannia
pirate ship
Gonaïves
shore leave
Captain LaPorte
down with the ship
salvaged
Saint Thomas, Barbados

categories: Haitian military leaders,1902 deaths,Haitian people of Mulatto descent,1856 births

paragraph: Hammerton Killick

paragraph: Hammerton Killick (April 18, 1856 – September 6, 1902) was an admiral in the Haitian Navy. He was killed in the 1902 Fermin rebellion when he refused to surrender his ship to the German warship . A naval base in Port-au-Prince is named after him. In 1943, he was honored with a postage stamp.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Killick was an "Anglo-Haitian mulatto." His father was of either Scottish or Irish descent.

paragraph: Section::::Military service.

paragraph: Haiti in Killick's time was a poor country, and its navy was ill-equipped, with many of its officers serving under contract from other nations. At any given time, the number of ships in the Navy ranged between two and four. An observer in 1899 described obsolete, possibly un-seaworthy ships badly in need of paint being cannibalized for parts. Sailors in the navy often had to go without pay, and often had little, poor quality food. Moreover, the political situation in Haiti was not stable, with President Florvil Hyppolite facing revolts and rebellions, and the scorn of the international community.

paragraph: As the Admiral of this poorly equipped, underfunded force a significant amount of Killick's resources went to trying to acquire more ships. In January 1894 an American yacht called the "Natalie" sailed out of Savannah, went missing and was presumed lost. There were rumors that the "Natalie" was carrying arms and ammunition to be used in a plot to overthrow Hyppolite, but her captain denied that there were any weapons on board, and claimed the trip was just a pleasure cruise. The "Natalie" was spotted near Long Cay, Bahamas in February. A short time later two Haitian vessels, the "Defence" and the "Dessalines", with Killick on board, showed up near the "Natalie". The "Defence" was carrying $25,000 in American gold to purchase the "Natalie", and the "Dessalines" was carrying $60,000 in gold coin for the purchase of the "Natalie". Killick and the "Natalie"'s captain negotiated a purchase of the "Natalie" for £5,208 6"s" 8"d", roughly $25,000. The "Natalie" was retrofitted in Savannah and added to the Haitian Navy.

paragraph: In 1896 Haiti was able to add a brand new ship to its fleet, the "Crête-à-Pierrot". The "Crête-à-Pierrot" was commissioned to be the flagship of the navy. It was built in England and armed in France. It had 11 guns, could steam 15 knots, and displaced 940 tonnes of water. In 1899 the captain commented about how often the Admiral came aboard.

paragraph: In July 1898, Admiral Killick caused some anxiety in the international community when he went missing for nineteen days.

paragraph: Section::::Rebellion and death.

paragraph: In May 1902, Haitian President Tirésias Simon Sam resigned in embarrassment over Haiti's inability to assert itself in the international community after the Emil Lüders incident. The 1889 constitution provided for the National Assembly to name a president, but there was an uprising demanding direct elections. A provisional government was created to oversee the election of deputies who, together with the National Assembly would appoint the president. Anténor Firmin soon emerged as a popular favorite, but he was opposed by the military and the provisional government, which both supported Pierre Nord Alexis. By June 1902 a civil war had broken out between the supporters of Firmin and the supporters of Alexis.

paragraph: Admiral Killick declared his support for Firmin very early on, and his support meant that although Alexis had the support of the military, Firmin had the support of the navy, and full control of the coast. As of 15 May, Killick had not only declared for Firmin, but taken the flagship of the Haitian Navy, the "Crête-à-Pierrot", to Cap-Haïtien to pick up Firminist troops and transport them to Port-au-Prince. Meanwhile, the rest of the Haitian Navy, comprising a single ship, the "Toussaint Louverture", was in Gonaïves, where Firmin had many supporters.

paragraph: Firmin campaigned to be elected deputy of both his hometown Cap-Haïtien, and Gonaïves. He was elected deputy for Gonaïves, but on June 28 fighting broke out in Cap-Haïtien between his supporters and troops controlled by Alexis, who had been sent there to supervise the elections. After the fighting broke out Firmin embarked on the "Crête-à-Pierrot" and sailed to Gonaïves. There he continued to protest against the way the elections were being conducted.

paragraph: Killick, meanwhile, proceeded to bombard Cap-Haïtien with both ships. When he left Cap-Haïtien he accidentally ran the "Toussaint Louverture" aground on a reef, but through the rest of the summer Killick and the "Crête-à-Pierrot" transported soldiers for the Firminist cause, attacked coastal towns, and isolated and slowly demobilized Alexis' forces. Meanwhile, Jean Jumeau marched on Port-au-Prince by land.

paragraph: Due to his role in the conflict between Firmin and Alexis, Killick was decommissioned by July 12.

paragraph: Although the disrupted, disputed elections were still on-going in July, by July 26, Firmin had been declared president by inhabitants of Artibonite and several other regions of Haiti, Jumeau's land forces were reported to be within one day's march of Port-au-Prince, and the "Crête-à-Pierrot" was in the harbor at Port-au-Prince.

paragraph: Eventually, Killick attempted to establish a blockade of the harbor at Cap-Haïtien.

paragraph: On September 2, 1902, Killick and his crew seized a German ammunition ship, the "Markomannia" en route to Cape Haitian to provide ammunition to Alexis' forces. Alexis asked Germany for help subduing a pirate ship. In response, Germany sent the gunboat to find and capture the "Crête-à-Pierrot".

paragraph: On September 6, the "Crête-à-Pierrot" was in port at Gonaïves, with Killick and most of the crew on shore leave when the "Panther" appeared. Killick rushed on-board and ordered his crew to abandon ship. When all but four crew members had evacuated the ship Killick, inspired by the tale of Captain LaPorte, wrapped himself in a Haitian flag, fired the aft magazine, and blew up the ship, along with the arms that were supplied by German merchants, rather than let the Germans take her. Killick and the remaining four crew members went down with the ship.

paragraph: An hour later, the "Panther" fired thirty shots at the "Crête-à-Pierrot" to finish it off, then sailed away. The ship's rifles and machine guns were salvaged. Killick's body was recovered and buried that same day.

paragraph: Killick's sacrifice was seen as the ultimate act of patriotism, yet Firmin's struggling revolution was doomed to failure by the loss of the "Crête-à-Pierrot" and the support of Haiti's navy. Within a month Firmin went into exile in Saint Thomas, Barbados, where he died in 1911.

description: Haitian admiral

wikidata_label: Hammerton Killick

wikipedia_title: Hammerton Killick


text:
Belgian
motorcycle trial
FIM Trial World Championship
Verviers
Belgium
Honda
FIM Trial World Championship
Fantic
Bultaco
Montesa
Scottish Six Days Trial
FIM Trial World Championship

categories: 1961 births,Belgian motorcycle racers,Living people,People from Verviers

paragraph: Eddy Lejeune

paragraph: Eddy Lejeune (born 4 April 1961), is a Belgian former International motorcycle trials rider and 1982, 1983 and 1984 FIM Trial World Championship title holder. Eddy also won the Belgian National Trials Championship 7 times.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Born in Verviers, Belgium, Lejeune followed in the footsteps of his elder brother Jean Marie Lejeune who was Belgian Trials Champion in 1974, 1977 and 1978. He began as a schoolboy riding a Honda and after impressing at youth level was signed by the Honda Factory in 1979 at the age of 16. In 1980, Lejeune won his first Belgian title and placed 4th in the FIM Trial World Championship, winning his first world championship trial on home ground at the Belgian round. 1981 was another Belgian title and another 4th in the World Championship for the young Belgian. Lejeune ran away with the World Championship in 1982 taking 9 wins and 2 podiums throughout the season, also retaining his Belgian title. He defended the title for Honda at both World and National level during the 1983 and 1984 seasons. 1985 was a battle for the title between Eddy and Fantic factory rider Thierry Michaud. Lejeune won the Belgian and Austrian rounds and podiumed at 8 of the other 10 rounds, but was beaten by Michaud and wound up the season in 2nd place. 1987 saw another season long battle with not only Michaud but with his own Honda teammate Steve Saunders. After sharing almost all of the wins and podiums between them it all came down to the final round in Finland. Lejeune had a rough day finishing 13th with rivals Michaud and Saunders taking 1st and 3rd at the trial, and 1st and 2nd in the championship. 1987 didn't produce Lejeune's usual results and at the end of the season Honda decided not to renew his contract. Ignacio Bulto, son of Bultaco founder Paco Bulto was at this time pushing his new Merlin trials bike line and was quick to sign Lejeune for the 1988 season. Lejeune finished a creditable 6th in the championship with podiums in Luxemburg and Belgium, but unfortunately Merlin folded at the end of the season. Lejeune was contracted by Montesa for the 1989 and 1990 seasons then retired at the end of 1990. In 1998, Lejeune had a bad road accident which left him with head injuries which he still suffers with today.

paragraph: All three of the Lejeune brothers, Eddy, Jean Marie and Eric had a one off ride in the 2011 Scottish Six Days Trial.

paragraph: Section::::Honors.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Belgian Trials Champion 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986

paragraph: BULLET::::- FIM Trials World Champion 1982, 1983, 1984

paragraph: Section::::Related Reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- FIM Trial World Championship

description: Belgian motorcycle racer

wikidata_label: Eddy Lejeune

wikipedia_title: Eddy Lejeune


text:
British
jockey
racehorse trainer
Derby
horseracing
Derby
bookmaker
Frederick
40/1
Frank Buckle
Little Wonder
David Robertson, 1st Baron Marjoribanks
The Merry Monarch
Foster Bell
Angmering
Sussex
golf course
Oxford Street
London
Epsom
Great Britain
Epsom Derby
Frederick
Great Britain
Epsom Derby
Frederick
The Merry Monarch

categories: British horse trainers,1848 deaths,1769 births,British jockeys

paragraph: John Forth

paragraph: John Forth (c. 1769 - 4 February 1848) was a British jockey and racehorse trainer. He is the oldest man to have ridden the Derby winner and one of the very few to have both ridden and trained the winner.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Forth rose to prominence in the horseracing world late in life. There is no record of him having any major race victories as a young man, either as jockey or trainer. The peak of his career came only in 1829 when, aged 60, he performed the remarkable feat of both riding and training the Derby winner. As far as records are known, this also makes him the oldest jockey to win the Derby.

paragraph: A year prior, he had placed a bet with a bookmaker named Crockford that he would win the race on a horse, The Exquisite, which he trained and planned to ride. Over the winter, however, he decided that Frederick, another horse in his stable, would be a more likely winner. He therefore asked Crockford to change his bet, and the bookmaker consented, considering neither to have a chance. Frederick won at 40/1, while Forth's other horse, The Exquisite, ridden by Frank Buckle, finished second, beaten just a head, at 50/1.

paragraph: Forth would train a second winner of the Derby in 1840 - Little Wonder for David Robertson, 1st Baron Marjoribanks.

paragraph: Forth later became embroiled in a Derby scandal when Leander, owned by a German horse-dealer friend of his, broke its leg and died running in the 1844 Derby. Accusations were made that Leander was a four-year-old and therefore ineligible for the race (the Derby being a race for three-year-olds). To settle the matter, the horse was disinterred to check its mouth, as a way of telling its correct age. On exhumation, however, the horse's lower jaw was found to be missing, Forth having removed it earlier to protect his friend.

paragraph: The following year's Derby would be happier for Forth, recording a second win as a trainer with The Merry Monarch, ridden by Foster Bell. Both Forth's Derby winners were owned by G. William Gratwicke of Angmering, Sussex, heir to a fortune. Gratwicke had Frederick buried on his estate, under what is now the 18th green of Ham Manor golf course.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Forth married Hannah Townsend (died 1825). They had at least one son, H. T. Forth (died 1852) and one daughter (1797-1830).

paragraph: He died on 4 February 1848 at Oxford Street in London, after a long illness, and was buried in St. Martin's Churchyard, Epsom.

paragraph: Section::::Major wins (as jockey).

paragraph: Great Britain

paragraph: BULLET::::- Epsom Derby - "Frederick (1829)"

paragraph: Section::::Major wins (as trainer).

paragraph: Great Britain

paragraph: BULLET::::- Epsom Derby - "Frederick (1829), The Merry Monarch (1845)"

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