Major-General Cecil Llewellyn Firbank, CB, CBE, DSO & Bar, DL (1903–1985) was a British Army officer. Born in Oakhill, Mendip District, Somerset, Firbank entered...
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Heather Firbank (27 August 1888 – 13 April 1954) was an English socialite, now known for her fine collection of clothes kept at the Victoria and Albert...
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(1859–1914) killed at the First Battle of the Aisne Major-General Cecil Firbank Major-General Arthur Fisher Lieutenant-General Sir Bertie Fisher Brigadier...
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Military offices Preceded by Cecil Firbank GOC 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division 1954–1957 Succeeded by Hugh Borradaile...
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Pepper Commandant of the School of Infantry 1945–1948 Succeeded by Cecil Firbank Preceded by Sir Harold Pyman GOC 1st (British) Corps 1958–1960 Succeeded by...
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George Symes GOC 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division 1949–1951 Succeeded by Cecil Firbank Preceded by Lord Bourne Commandant, British Sector in Berlin 1951–1954...
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Military offices Preceded by Cecil Firbank Commandant of the School of Infantry 1951–1954 Succeeded by Cosmo Nevill Preceded by Ralph Younger GOC 49th...
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influence has been discerned in novels written by Henry Harland, Ronald Firbank, Graham Greene, and Alexander Theroux, and in his coinage of neologisms...
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anonymous sex. On the train home, Will reads Valmouth, a novel by Ronald Firbank, given to him by his best friend, James. James is a hard-working doctor...
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Regiment, his father's regiment, on 30 January 1924. Robert King and Cecil Firbank were among his graduates, both also future major-generals. Bols was...
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into the West Yorkshire Regiment on 30 January 1924. Eric Bols and Cecil Firbank were among his graduates, both also future major generals. King served...
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as the 2003 film Bright Young Things, is a satirical look at this scene. Cecil Beaton began his career in photography by documenting this set, of which...
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Anna Jesson Jack Hedley as Graham Jesson Rosemary Leach as Mrs Gaines Ann Firbank as Melanie Harvey John Le Mesurier as Stephen Patricia Franklin as Beryl...
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and author William Fawcett, writer on horses, hunting and racing Ronald Firbank, novelist Pat Fish, songwriter and musician James Elroy Flecker, poet and...
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Inspector Rodrigues Isabel Dean as Miss Bannister Daniele Vargas as Osman Ann Firbank as Miss Nolan John Bartha as Ludmar The cast had a falling out with director...
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realized her ambition to act when she got the leading role in Ronald Firbank's play The Princess Zoubaroff at Dhurjati Chaudhury's Irving Theatre Club...
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collection, and later specially adapted it for London socialite Heather Firbank and other well-known clients, including actress Kitty Gordon and dancer...
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Durkin, Haluk Bilginer, Ralph Michael, Barry Stanton, Jan Waters, Ann Firbank The Monster Squad Tri-Star Pictures Fred Dekker (director/screenplay);...
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Burrell Frederick Kingslake Goldsmith, CB, CBE 1963–1968: Maj-Gen. Cecil Llewellyn Firbank, CB, CBE, DSO, DL 1968: Regiment amalgamated with The King's Own...
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Three Leaps of Wang Lun (Die drei Sprünge des Wang-lun, dated 1915) Ronald Firbank – Inclinations Walter Flex – Der Wanderer zwischen beiden Welten (The Wanderer...
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homosexuality. 1926 Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli Ronald Firbank UK Firbank's last novel, published posthumously. It is set in Spain, and tells...
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Magee, Geoffrey Bayldon, Barbara Parkins, Sylvia Syms, Richard Todd, Ann Firbank, John Franklyn-Robbins, Charlotte Rampling, James Villiers, Megs Jenkins...
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Lye as the Swaggie Edmund Allison as Tom Stevens Alexander Archdale as Firbank Charles Tasman as the Undertaker Don McNiven as Patrick Rooney Jerold Wells...
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Coast Walk Dock Museum Dove Cottage Eden Valley Railway Fell Foot Park Firbank Fell Furness Abbey Haig Colliery Mining Museum Harrison Stickle Hadrian's...
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Richardson The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf (England) Vainglory by Ronald Firbank (England) Rashōmon by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Genre fiction The Thirty-Nine...
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Contrary to some sources, his birth name was Lewis Allan Reed, not Louis Firbanks, a name that was coined as a joke by Lester Bangs in Creem magazine. Some...
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Finkbeiner, American science journalist Ann Finlayson, English artist Ann Firbank (born 1933), British actress Ann Fitz (born 1977), American attorney Ann...
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the radio station in 1988 to work on the short-lived revival of Beany and Cecil, which was his first voice role in television. West's first major roles...
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2006) January 9 Ken Barrie, English voice actor and singer (d. 2016) Ann Firbank, British actress January 12 – Liliana Cavani, Italian director January...
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(Newnham) Sebastian Faulks (Emmanuel) Julian Fellowes (Magdalene) Ronald Firbank (Trinity Hall) Tibor Fischer (Peterhouse) John Fletcher (Corpus Christi)...
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