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    Pearl Assurance War Memorial, also known as the Pearl Centre War Memorial, is a First World War memorial, designed by George Frampton for the Pearl Assurance...
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    England. "Pearl Centre war memorial (1462803)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 October 2020. "War Memorials Register: Pearl Assurance". Imperial...
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  • England. "Pearl Centre war memorial (1462803)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 January 2021. "War Memorials Register: Pearl Assurance". Imperial...
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    bombard Chinese forts on the Pearl River straight, the Bocca Tigris, in a show of force. This command was followed through, but war was avoided due to Napier...
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    List of public art formerly in London (category Monuments and memorials in London)
    List for England. Retrieved 12 March 2020. Historic England. "Pearl Centre war memorial (1462803)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 March...
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  • Henry Clausen (category Attack on Pearl Harbor)
    charge of the message center, learned that the War Department's radio system could not contact Pearl Harbor, he decided to send their message by RCA...
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    Attack on Mers-el-Kébir (category British violations of the rights of neutral nations during World War II)
    submarine Eurydice – submarine Attack on Pearl Harbor Battle of Taranto Naval Battle of Casablanca The French war fleet was "neutral", as required by the...
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    personal assurances from the leaders of Allied countries that they did not wish to invade Spain.[citation needed] At the end of the Civil War in April...
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  • September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York. Last name initial A B C D E F G H–N (next page) "Names on the 9/11 Memorial". National September 11 Memorial & Museum...
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    College War Memorial Library, architect Sir Aston Webb, 1925. Shuffrey & Co. supplied the fireplace in the upper hall. Pearl Life Assurance Building...
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    Himalayas, Chinese leadership thought a two-front war undesirable. From July on, after receiving American assurances that KMT government would not invade, China...
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    Shrouds of the Somme (category World War I memorials in London)
    Park Shrouds of the Somme: Artist's memorial to war dead, BBC Arts, 30 June 2016 Shrouds of the Somme, Commonwealth War Graves Commission Shrouds of the...
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  • September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York. Last name initial A–G (previous page) H I J K L M N O–Z (next page) "Names on the 9/11 Memorial". National September...
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  • September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York. Last name initial H–N (previous page) N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z "Names on the 9/11 Memorial". National September...
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    rusty metal splinters can still be found. The statue forms part of a war memorial complex which includes the ruins of the Grain Silo and Pavlov's House...
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    Maria Skobtsova (category Soviet civilians killed in World War II)
    encouraged her to take vows as a nun, something she did only with the assurance that she would not have to live in a monastery, secluded from the world...
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  • 2011. "Prudential Assurance Company – WW2". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 7 November 2022. Pearl Assurance Company Heraldic Relief...
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    William D. Leahy (category American military personnel of the Philippine–American War)
    asked to be recalled after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into the war. Leahy was recalled to active duty as the Chief of...
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    Eli Lilly (category People of Indiana in the American Civil War)
    staff a dedicated research department and put into place numerous quality-assurance measures. Using his wealth, Lilly engaged in numerous philanthropic pursuits...
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    Germans concluded an agreement with the Vatican in December 1943 giving assurance that German troops would not occupy the abbey. The British official history...
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    Lyndon B. Johnson (category United States Navy personnel of World War II)
    SEATO requesting assistance. Johnson later in the campaign expressed assurance that the primary U.S. goal remained the preservation of South Vietnam's...
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    Corke and Young built the Pearl Buildings (now called Charter House) on Commercial Road in Portsmouth for Pearl Assurance to the design of architect...
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    USS Volador (SS-490) (category World War II submarines of the United States)
    she departed San Diego on 13 October, bound for Hawaii. She arrived at Pearl Harbor on 7 November but returned to San Diego on 18 November and spent...
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    Orlando Dutton (category Art Deco sculptures and memorials)
    entrance, and, being in ivory white, will stand out well against the mother-of-pearl glazed terra-cotta. Much work is involved in the completion of such a group...
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    within the camps. In early May 2009, days before the civil war ended, the government gave assurances that over 80% of the displaced people would be resettled...
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  • 230–252. Delgado James P. 2012. Misadventures of a Civil War Submarine: Iron, Guns, and Pearls. Texas A&M University Press. 184pp. ISBN 1-60344-472-6....
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    defences and sat with Winston Churchill's British War Cabinet. He was unable to achieve significant assurances for increased commitment to Singapore's defences...
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    Józef Poniatowski (category People of the Polish–Russian War of 1792)
    the return of Kraków and he felt that his presence there was the best assurance that the city would remain in Polish hands. In April 1811 Poniatowski...
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    specified. U.S.–Taiwan relations were further informally grounded in the Six Assurances in response to the third communiqué on the establishment of US–PRC relations...
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    entered World War II, the Roosevelt Administration became concerned about the vulnerability of the many above-ground fuel storage tanks at Pearl Harbor. In...
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