• Richard John Vulliamy Battle (21 January 1907 – 26 May 1982) was an English plastic surgeon. The son of William Henry Battle and Anna Marguerite (née Vulliamy)...
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    His opponent Richard III, the last king of the House of York, was killed during the battle, the last English monarch to fall in battle. Historians consider...
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    King Richard I of England (known as Richard the Lionheart). It was the final battle of the Third Crusade, after which Saladin and King Richard were able...
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    of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England. Richard was created Duke of Gloucester in 1461...
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    maint: others (link) Hernandez, Daniel V.; Best, Richard H. (2004). SBD-3 Dauntless and the Battle of Midway. Valencia, Spain: Aeronaval Publishing....
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    sequence, such as the name "Roy G. Biv" or sentences such as "Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain". In the Renaissance, several artists tried to establish...
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    Somerset was killed in the battle, and King Henry VI captured, clearing the way for a subsequent parliament to appoint Richard of York Lord Protector. The...
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  • (1222–1262), also 2nd Earl of Gloucester Richard de Clare, Steward of Forest of Essex (1278–1318), killed at the Battle of Dysert O'Dea in Ireland de Clare...
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    his cousin Richard, Duke of York's interest in a claim to the throne. Warfare began in 1455 with York's capture of Henry at the First Battle of St Albans...
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    The Battle of Arsuf took place on 7 September 1191, as part of the Third Crusade. It saw a multi-national force of Crusaders, led by Richard I of England...
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    The remains of Richard III, the last English king killed in battle and last king of the House of York, were discovered within the site of the former Grey...
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  • Richard Brooke Garnett (November 21, 1817 – July 3, 1863) was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War...
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    Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion (Norman French: Quor de Lion) or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation...
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    at the Battle of Wakefield, alongside his son, Edmund. Two of his surviving sons later ascended the throne: Edward IV and Richard III. Richard of York...
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    Homme Richard into a third armed conflict, and she deployed on five Southeast Asia combat tours over the next six years. Her aircraft battled North Vietnamese...
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    The battle commenced in the manor of Harlescott about a mile south west of where Battlefield Church now stands. (The owner of this manor, Richard Hussey...
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  • Castle. The following year he took a prominent part in a naval battle off the Kent coast. Richard had scutage for Poitou in 1214. By right of his wife he became...
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    during the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas), and later in the Battle of Savage's Station, Battle for Maryland Heights and Battle of Antietam, during...
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    Dutch United Provinces for repairs. Though Bonhomme Richard sank after the battle, the battle's outcome was one of the factors that convinced the French...
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    The First Battle of the Marne or known in France as the Miracle on the Marne (French: miracle de la Marne) was a battle of the First World War fought...
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    protracted battle over parts of the inheritance ensued, particularly with Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, who had married a daughter from Richard Beauchamp's...
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    of the Swiss. Battles of the Old Swiss Confederacy "The Panorama of the Battle of Murten - The Battle of Murten, 1476". Vaughan, Richard (2002). Charles...
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    side, and the army of Richard, Duke of York, the rival claimant to the throne, on the other. For several years before the battle, the Duke of York had...
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    seen. The battle secured the defeat of the poorly organised Welles Uprising against King Edward IV, but ultimately led to the defection of Richard Neville...
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    Ibraahin Xoorane (English: Ibrahim Hoorane) killed Richard Corfield. A native Somali account of the battle is found in the poem Annagoo Taleex naal. Dul Madoba...
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    The Battle of Stoke Field on 16 June 1487 may be considered the last battle of the Wars of the Roses, since it was the last major engagement between contenders...
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  • The Baby Richard case was a highly publicized custody battle that took place over Danny Kirchner, a young child whose adoption was revoked when his biological...
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    The Battle of the Thames /ˈtɛmz/, also known as the Battle of Moraviantown, was an American victory in the War of 1812 against Tecumseh's Confederacy and...
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    The Battle of Ortona (20–28 December 1943) was fought between two battalions of elite German Fallschirmjäger (paratroops) from the German 1st Parachute...
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    Richard Stoddert Ewell (February 8, 1817 – January 25, 1872) was an American military officer and a Confederate general during the American Civil War...
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