A to Z of Historical names.

[Robbity]

Hercules

 

[Ali Baba]

Ian Smith

 

[Lamont D]

Jan Christian Smuts.

 

[Ali Baba]

Ken Barrington

 

[Robbity]

Laurence Olivier

 

[Ali Baba]

Somerset MAUGHAM

 

[Lamont D]

Naesby, battle of, English civil war.

 

[Ali Baba]

Orde Wingate


The Wingate Institute, the national institute for excellence in sports of the State of Israel, is named after the British officer Charles Orde Wingate.

 

[Lamont D]

Orde Wingate

my father was a Chindit and fought in Burma, on the second tour of behind the lines campaign.
he was extremely fortunate to come out alive. However, he came home with malaria, and he died in 1985.

His Burma star and other medals, along with photographs and such.

Percival, Arthur, General. WWII. Synonymous with the surrender of singapore.

 

[Ali Baba]

Quisling, Vidkun

 

[Lamont D]

Raleigh. Sir Walter.

 

[Ali Baba]

Sir Simon Rattle

 

[Robbity]

Thomas (à) Becket

 

[Ali Baba]

U-Thant

 

[Lamont D]

Verdun, battle of WWI.

 

[Robbity]

Wellington, (Grand Old) Duke of

 

[Lamont D]

Xerxes

 

[Robbity]

Yuri Gagarin

 

[Ali Baba]

Zubin Mehta

 

[Robbity]

Abraham Lincoln