Commander Geoffrey Basil Spicer-Simson DSO (15 January 1876 – 29 January 1947) was a Royal Navy officer. He served in the Mediterranean, Pacific and Home...
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– were under the command of the eccentric Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Spicer-Simson. The boats were transported to South Africa and from there by railway...
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originally been named Dog and Cat by their erstwhile commander, Geoffrey Spicer-Simson, only to have the names rejected by an apparently scandalized Admiralty...
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German historian Geoffrey Spicer-Simson (1876–1947), British Commander Harold Fraser-Simson (1872–1944), British composer Ivan Simson (1890–1971), British...
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Spicer (1820–1905), medical doctor and, briefly, politician in South Australia Geoffrey Spicer-Simson (1876–1947), a Royal Navy officer Grace Spicer (born...
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and absurd actions of the actors involved, specifically those of Geoffrey Spicer-Simson. During World War One, German warships controlled Lake Tanganyika...
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She was sunk by an Anglo-Belgian flotilla of small boats under Geoffrey Spicer-Simson in on 9 February 1916 at 11h50 in the Battle for Lake Tanganyika...
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the lake themselves. Under the command of Lieutenant Commander Geoffrey Spicer-Simson the British Royal Navy achieved the monumental task of bringing...
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Britain to the lake by an expedition led by Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Spicer-Simson. The faster and more nimble motor boats were able to chase down...
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Tanganyika. This smaller vessel was involved in the exploits of Geoffrey Spicer-Simson which were the basis of The African Queen, a 1935 novel by C. S...
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William and Dorothea Spicer. Frederick and Dora Spicer-Simson had four sons and six daughters. One of their sons was Geoffrey Spicer-Simson. Argentipallium...
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accent. In 1915, there was a successful expedition commanded by Geoffrey Spicer-Simson where the British dragged two Royal Navy gunboats across the African...
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Woody Woodpecker franchise. Another influence may have been Captain Geoffrey Spicer-Simson DSO, RN, a career Royal Navy officer noted for telling of his improbable...
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1915, two British motorboats, HMS Mimi and HMS Toutou (Commander Geoffrey Spicer-Simson), each armed with a 3-pounder gun and a Maxim gun, were transported...
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Victor Rousseau Mark Rutte Maharaja Sir Kishan Singh of Bharatpur Geoffrey Spicer-Simson Steven Spielberg Herman Teirlinck Theodore Whitmarsh Karel van de...
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HMS Fifi and with two Belgian ships under the command of Commander Geoffrey Spicer-Simson, attacked and sank the German ship Hedwig von Wissmann. The Graf...
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naval units despatched through Africa under Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Spicer-Simson had won strategic control of Lake Tanganyika in a series of engagements...
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essential for the Allied forces to gain control of the lake themselves. Geoffrey Spicer-Simson and the Royal Navy succeeded in the monumental task of bringing...
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Finding the harbour defended by a German fort, Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Spicer-Simson decided not to attack, and withdrew to Kituta. This allowed the...
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Moulaert again became involved in controversy when he fell out with Geoffrey Spicer-Simson, commander of the British forces on the lake, and with his own seniors...
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Southby-Tailyour OBE, Royal Marines Officer, Yachtsman and Author Geoffrey Spicer-Simson DSO, naval officer Aubrey St Clair-Ford DSO and bar, baronet John...
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commander of the naval squadron, that HMS Niger was a member of, was Geoffrey Spicer-Simson who would later become famous for commanding a small flotilla which...
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Cycle 3, 2007: Lauren McAvoy Cycle 4, 2008: Alex Evans Cycle 5, 2009: Mecia Simson Cycle 6, 2010: Tiffany Pisani Cycle 7, 2011: Jade Thompson Cycle 8, 2012:...
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Prehistory and Protohistory of the Arabian Peninsula. Hyderabad. ISBN. Simson Najovits (2004) Egypt, Trunk of the Tree, Volume 2. Algora Publishing. p...
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keyboardist for Jethro Tull David Fallows – musicologist Harold Fraser-Simson – composer Dai Fujikura – composer Sir John Eliot Gardiner – conductor JB...
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Assistant to the Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff Richard Arbuthnot Simson — Divisional Commander, Metropolitan Special Constabulary Edward Sinclair...
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Voter Fraud in the US?". Voice of America. Retrieved October 18, 2024. Simson, Gary J. (July 1, 2021). "Election Laws Disproportionately Disadvantaging...
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Debbie Yates and Teddie Thompson as Linda. 15 2 "Special Delivery" Bren Simson Paul Wheeler 24 February 1987 (1987-02-24) James Petheridge (Simon Rouse)...
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O'Brien (13-31) Skerries Skerries County Dublin Atlantic 85 Carriage Louis Simson (B-866) Howth Howth County Dublin Trent D-class (IB1) Moored afloat Launchway...
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Pezband "Buckingham Palace" by A. A. Milne (performed by Harold Fraser-Simson among others) "Buckingham Palace" by Bill Shepherd (arranger for the Bee...
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