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Bulbasket

Bulbasket: “ 58apr18: {{context}} SAS Operation Bulbasket Ill-fated operation by B Squadron,1st SAS Regt behind enemy lines in occupied France, June-August 1944. Operation commander – Captain John Tonkin. 35 SAS troopers (from total of 55) and one USAAF pilot (Lt Lincoln Bundy)captured and executed. Graves of 32 are located in the village cemetery of Rom, […]

Fenor GAA

Fenor GAA: “ ManfromDelmonte: [[WP:AES|←]]Created page with ‘{{Infobox GAA club | club gaa = Fenor GAA Club | crest = | irish = | county = Waterford | province = Munster | nickname = | colours = White and gre…’ {{Infobox GAA club | club gaa = Fenor GAA Club | crest = | irish […]

Alan Hunt (speedway rider)

Alan Hunt (speedway rider): “ Waterden: corrections and typos {{Infobox Speedway rider | image = [[Image:Replace this image male.svg|150px]] <!– Only freely-licensed images may be used to depict living people. See [[WP:NONFREE]]. –> | ridername= Alan Hunt | nationality = {{flagicon|ENG}} England | dateofbirth = 1925 | dateofdeath = 2 February 1957 | nickname = […]

RAF Barkway

RAF Barkway: “ Pandaplodder: {{Infobox Airport | name = RAF Barkway | nativename = | nativename-a = | nativename-r = | image = | image-width = | caption = | type = <br> Non Flying Military Communications | owner = [[Royal Air Force]] | operator = [[United States Air Force]] | city-served = | location […]

Robert Charleton (justice)

Robert Charleton (justice): “ Ironholds: done ”’His Worship Sir Robert Charleton”’ [[Serjeant-at-law|SL]] [[Justice of the Peace|JP]] (d. 1395/6) was a British justice. He is first recorded in July 1375, when he was made a commissioner of the peace for [[Wiltshire]] and [[Somerset]]; from here on his appointments were spread over much of England, including a […]

Skelmuir Hill

Skelmuir Hill: “ Hadrianheugh: ”’Skelmuir Hill” is a landform in [[Aberdeenshire]], [[Scotland]]. This is the location of a [[Trig point]] or official government survey marker.<ref>Geograph, 2008</ref> ==See also== * [[Laeca Burn]] ==Line notes== {{reflist}} ==References== * Geograph Bristish Isles (2008) [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/465270} {{Aberdeenshire-stub}} “ (Via Wikipedia – New pages [en].)

Anthony Miller (murderer)

Anthony Miller (murderer): “ 83.198.12.174: ”’Anthony Miller”’ became the second-last criminal to be executed in Scotland on December 22, 1960 when he was hanged at Glasgow’s [[Barlinnie Prison]] by [[Robert Leslie Stewart]] for the murder of John Cremin on Queen’s Park Recreation Ground (near [[Hampden Park]]) on April 6, 1960. At 19 years of age, […]

Dunsfold Aerodrome

Dunsfold Aerodrome: “ 58apr18: typo Dunsfold Aerodrome was built by the Royal Canadian Army and civilian contractors as a A Class Bomber Airfield for Army Co-Operation Command. It was commanded by the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1942-1944 and was entitled Royal Canadian Air Force Station Dunsfold. First squadrons based on the aerodrome were 400, […]

Matthew Paterson

Matthew Paterson: “ Daemonic Kangaroo: /* References */ {{Scotland-footy-striker-stub}} {{Football player infobox | playername = Matthew Paterson | image = | fullname = Matthew Paterson | dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1989|10|18|df=y}} | cityofbirth = | countryofbirth = | currentclub = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] | clubnumber = 35 | position = [[Striker]] | youthyears = | […]

Sigebert Buckley

Sigebert Buckley: “ Fruiteatingbear: {{copyedit|date=October 2008}} {{unreferenced|date=October 2008}} {{wikify|date=October 2008}} Sigebert Buckley was instrumental in the survival of the [[Benedictine]] Community in England. Although the English Benedictines had been dissolved by Henry VIII in the 1530s, one solitary monastery was re-established in Westminster Abbey by the Catholic Queen, Mary Tudor, 20 years later. After only […]

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