Commodore John Fairbairn (12 March 1912 – 20 March 1984) was a South African Naval officer. Fairbairn was born in Plumstead, Cape Town. After being educated...
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(naval officer) (1912–1984), South African naval officer who annexed the Prince Edward Islands for South Africa Kaʻimi Fairbairn, full name John Christian...
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Lieutenant Colonel William Ewart Fairbairn (/ˈfɛərbɛərn/; 28 February 1885 – 20 June 1960) was a British soldier and police officer. He developed hand-to-hand...
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Hobhouse is established and named after Emily Hobhouse. 12 March – John Fairbairn, naval officer, (d. 1984) 18 May – Walter Sisulu, anti-apartheid activist....
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rapper, actor 27 December – Gail Mabalane, actress 20 March – John Fairbairn, naval officer, (b. 1912) 21 November – Princess Magogo, Zulu princess and...
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Ian Donald – physician David Eadie – first-class cricketer John Fairbairn - naval officer Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu - Springbok rugby player Robbie Fleck...
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Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Baronet of Ardwick Bt FRS (19 February 1789 – 18 August 1874) was a Scottish civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder...
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Lieutenant Colonel William E. Fairbairn, a former British General Service Corps who transferred to United States as "officer in rent" to train SOE agents...
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Sir David Eric Fairbairn, KBE, DFC (3 March 1917 – 1 June 1994) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served in the House...
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Brian Barttelot (redirect from Brian Herbert Fairbairn Barttelot)
Admiral Sir Brian Herbert Fairbairn Barttelot, KBE, CB, CVO (13 December 1867 – 4 February 1942) was a Royal Navy officer who became Admiral Superintendent...
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Dirk (redirect from Naval dirk)
dirk (Scottish Gaelic dearg) where it was a personal weapon of officers engaged in naval hand-to-hand combat during the Age of Sail as well as the personal...
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Battleships. Naval Institute Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-87021-101-0. 中國古代船舶 Archived 2006-06-16 at the Wayback Machine Fairbairn, pp. 351–9. Fairbairn, pp. 353–4...
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Centre in Achnacarry, Scotland. The stiletto was patterned after the Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife, which was in use at the centre before the arrival...
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U.S. naval forces. The Army does not issue officer or medical diver badges; however, Navy-awarded Diving Officer Insignia, Diving Medical Officer Insignia...
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CQB training called Get Tough. U.S. Army officers Rex Applegate and Anthony Biddle were taught Fairbairn's methods at a training facility in Scotland...
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(c. 1792–1843), surgeon and explorer in Australia John Wood (1812–1871), cartographer, naval officer and surveyor who explored many Asian rivers and compiled...
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combat training called Get Tough. U.S. Army officers Rex Applegate and Anthony Biddle were taught Fairbairn's methods at a training facility in Scotland...
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Royal Marines (redirect from Serving Officer of the Royal Marines)
but a lawsuit by a Royal Artillery officer resulted in a court decision that Army officers were not subject to Naval orders. As RMA uniforms were the blue...
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George Thomas Napier (category 52nd Regiment of Foot officers)
and military historian. Brother - Henry Edward Napier (1789–1853), naval officer and historian Wife - Frances Dorothea Blencowe, formerly married to...
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Defence for Naval Services. In 1944, he played a pivotal role in the dismissal of Vice-Admiral Percy W. Nelles, the highest-ranking officer in the Royal...
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Proserpine, Ariadne, and Medusa, was built by John Laird's yard at Birkenhead and William Fairbairn & Sons at Millwall. Launched in 1839, the Nemesis...
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Tactics U.S. Army Warrant Officer Career College, Fort Rucker, AL Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island College of Naval Warfare Maritime Advanced...
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support. The Navy's SEAL Team Six, an earlier incarnation of the current Naval Special Warfare Development Group, was created for maritime counter-terrorism...
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Foreman, Johnson Matthey. John Fairbairn, Moulder-Leading Hand, William Beardmore & Company Ltd. John Nicholson Fairbairn, Chief Steward, SS Salacia...
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William Rankine (redirect from William John MacQuorn Rankine)
quite wrong, and inhibited worthwhile research until the work of William Fairbairn a few years later, which showed the weakening effect of repeated flexure...
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Lees Knowles (category Knights of Grace of the Order of St John)
Women's Franchise Association". Votes for Women. 21 May 1909. Fairbairn, James (1892). Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland...
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Lieutenant John Thomas Essam, Cheshire Home Guard. Captain (Quartermaster) Charles Stanley Fairbairn (79577), Royal Artillery. Warrant Officer Class II...
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exceptional masters in the art of knife-wielding combat, such as William E. Fairbairn and Eric A. Sykes, to instruct trainees. Many members of the Office of...
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HMS Ramillies (07) (category Naval ships of Operation Neptune)
combined exercises with the Atlantic Fleet two months later. Captain Bernard Fairbairn replaced Monroe in late April. She went to Jaffa in Mandatory Palestine...
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release. At 11 am, Holt left Parliament House and was driven to RAAF Base Fairbairn, where he boarded a military jet to Melbourne. His wife Zara stayed in...
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