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The Guinean contingent of MINUSMA composed of 850 soldiers, including 16 women, they are based in Kidal in the extreme north of Mali. They ensure the security of the MINUSMA camp, through the occupation of strategic points around the city of Kidal called Galaxies. In addition, the Guinean contingent conducts mine search and improvised explosive device activities on the roads used by MINUSMA vehicles. This contingent also ensures the safety of the civilian population, thanks to the control of the vehicles which return which by the checkpoints of the city of Kidal.
Photo: MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko
Cérémonie d’adieu au Capitaine Massamaesso TANGAOU du contingent Togolais de la MINUSMA, décédé le 14 août dernier à Douentza dans la Region de Mopti au centre du Mali lors de l’attaque du camp de la MINUSMA.
Photo: MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko
Departure of Bushmen's contingent. Police band en route
Dated: 28/02/1900
Digital ID: 1254_a011_a011000017R
This series comprises photographs of the New South Wales Bushmen's Contingent departing for active service in the Cape Colony during the Boer War.
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Contingent from Chicago taking photos at the sign during the 2023 National Scout Jamboree at The Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mount Hope, West Virginia. (BSA Photo by Leo He)
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Two of the Scottish contingent at the Lincoln 1940s and WWII event during the last weekend in May 2015. On the Saturday the sun shone and the crowds flocked to experience the excitement of people in period costume and a collection of old military vehicles in the Cathedral Quarter of the city.
Lincoln attracts tourists from all over the world and you can hear many accents and languages being spoken - some of them must have been bemused at what this event was about but the tourists from the Orient looked so happy and excited when we pulled up in a horse and trap carriage that their cameras were going ten to the dozen on us.
My images are processed to look good on my laptop, and they do look good on there - and on my phone and tablet - I am aware though that some other screens will show my images as either too dark or indeed too light. This is due to individual screen settings and not my inability to produce a clear image ....
New Jersey State Police Superintendent Colonel Patrick Callahan and a contingent of New Jersey State Troopers pay their respects for retired New Jersey State Police Lieutenant Gerald T. Barbato, #2939, at St. James Church in Red Bank, N.J. and Fairview Cemetery in Middletown N.J., on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Lt. Barbato died as a result of an illness contracted while responding to the World Trade Center terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. He passed away at his home on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (New Jersey State Police / Tim Larsen)
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Nothing you see here is real, even though the model, the conversion or the presented background story might be based on historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
HNLMS Karel Doorman (R81) was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Formerly the British ship HMS Venerable, she was sold to the Netherlands in 1948 as a light attack carrier and operated Fairey Firefly strike fighters and Hawker Sea Fury fighters, which were in 1958 replaced by Hawker Sea Hawk jet aircraft. In 1960, she was involved in the decolonization conflict in Western New Guinea with Indonesia. After a major refit in 1964, following the settlement of issues threatening its former colonial territories and changes in the mission for the Royal Netherlands Navy within NATO, the role was changed to anti-submarine warfare carrier and primarily ASW aircraft and helicopters were carried. At that time, the last Dutch Sea Hawks were phased out and the Koninlijke Marine ’s FJ-4B fighter bombers were relegated to land bases and soon handed back to the USA and re-integrated into USMC units. As an alternative multi-role aircraft that could both deliver strikes against ground as well as sea targets and provide aerial defense for the carrier or escort its slow and vulnerable ASW aircraft, the American Douglas A-4 Skyhawk was procured.
The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk was a single-seat subsonic carrier-capable light attack aircraft developed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps in the early 1950s. The delta-winged, single turbojet-powered Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company, and later by McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated A4D under the U.S. Navy's pre-1962 designation system. The Skyhawk was a relatively light aircraft, with a maximum takeoff weight of 24,500 pounds (11,100 kg), had a top speed of 670 miles per hour (1,080 km/h) and very good handling, making it a serious threat in an aerial dogfight. The aircraft's five hardpoints supported a variety of missiles, bombs, and other munitions.
The A4D (re-named into A-4 under the USA’s unified designation system) was capable of carrying a bomb load equivalent to that of a World War II–era Boeing B-17 bomber and could even deliver nuclear weapons using a low-altitude bombing system and a "loft" delivery technique. The A-4 was originally powered by the Wright J65 turbojet engine, but from the A-4E onwards, the more fuel efficient and powerful Pratt & Whitney J52 engine was used. The Skyhawk proved to be a relatively common United States Navy aircraft export of the postwar era. Due to its small size, it could be operated from the older, smaller World War II-era aircraft carriers still used by many smaller navies during the 1960s. These older ships were often unable to accommodate newer Navy fighters such as the F-4 Phantom II and F-8 Crusader, which were faster and more capable than the A-4, but significantly larger and heavier than older naval fighters.
At the same time as the Netherlands, Australia was looking for a new carrier-borne jet aircraft, too, and in negotiations with Douglas for newly built A-4s for the RAN's carrier HMAS Melbourne, a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier. These aircraft had a very similar duty profile to those the Royal Netherlands Navy was looking for, and in order to save development costs and speed up the procurement process, the Royal Netherlands Navy simply adopted the Australian specifications which became the unique A-4G variant, the Skyhawk’s first dedicated export version.
The A-4G was directly developed with minor variations from the current, most modern Skyhawk variant, the USN's A-4F. In particular, the A-4G was not fitted with the late Skyhawk variants' characteristic avionics "hump", had a simple ranging radar for air-to-air combat and was modified to carry four underwing Sidewinder AIM-9B missiles (instead of just two), increasing their Fleet Defense capability. Additionally, the A-4Gs for the Royal Netherlands Navy received the avionics package to deploy radio-controlled AGM-12 Bullpup missiles, which the Kon. Marine had been using together with the FJ-4Bs for some years, and Skyhawks’ capability to provide buddy-to-buddy refueling services with a special pod made them a vital asset for carrier operations, too.
A total of twenty A-4G Skyhawks were purchased by the Royal Australian Navy in two batches for operation from HMAS Melbourne, and the Koninlijke Marine ordered twelve. These aircraft were part of the first A-4G production batch and arrived in 1967, together with four TA-4J trainers, for a total fleet of sixteen aircraft. The machines were delivered in the contemporary US Navy high-visibility scheme in Light Gull Grey and White, but they were soon re-painted in a less conspicuous scheme of Extra Dark Sea Grey on the upper surfaces and Sky underneath, conforming to NATO standards of the time. After initial conversion training from land bases the re-formed MLD 861 Squadron (a carrier-based unit that had operated Fairey during the Fifties) embarked upon HNLMS Karel Doorman in February 1968 with a standard contingent of six carrier-based aircraft. The rest was stationed at Valkenburg Naval Air Base for maintenance and training and frequently rotated to the carrier.
However, the Dutch Skyhawks' career at sea was very short – it lasted in fact only a couple of months! A boiler room fire on 26 April 1968 removed HNLMS Karel Doorman from Dutch service. To repair the fire damage, new boilers were transplanted from the incomplete HMS Leviathan. But this did not save the ship, and in 1969 it was decided that the costs for repairing the damage in relation to the relatively short time Karel Doorman was still to serve in the fleet proved to be her undoing and she was sold to the Argentine Navy, renamed Veinticinco de Mayo, where she would later play a role in the 1982 Falkland Islands Conflict.
Additionally, the fatal fire accident coincided with the arrival of land-based long range maritime patrol aircraft for the Royal Netherlands Navy that were to take over the ASW role Karel Doorman had been tasked to perform ever since the start of the 1960s. These were one squadron of Breguet Atlantique sea-reconnaissance aircraft and one of P-2 Neptunes, while the international NATO anti-submarine commitment was taken over by a squadron of Westland Wasp helicopters operated from six Van Speijk-class anti-submarine frigates.
This left the Royal Netherlands Navy with a full operational squadron of almost brand-new aircraft that had overnight lost their raison d'être. To avoid sunk costs the government decided to keep the Skyhawks in active service, even though only land-based now and as part of the Netherlands air force's home defense – a plan that had been envisioned for the A-4Gs for the mid-Seventies, anyway.
In 1974, the A-4G's MLD 861 Squadron was disbanded (again) and the aircraft were formally transferred to the Royal Netherlands Air Force, where they received new tactical codes (H-30XX - H- 30YY) and formed the new RNLAF 332 Squadron, primary tasked with aerial support for the Netherlands Marine Corps. To avoid staff and equipment transfer costs to a different location, the Skyhawks stayed at their former home base, Valkenburg Naval Air Base, where they operated alongside the MLD’s new long-range maritime patrol aircraft.
At that time, the machines received a small update during regular overhauls, including the ability to deploy the new TV-guided AGM-65 Maverick missile (which replaced the unreliable and rather ineffective AGM-12) as well as more effective AIM-9J air-to-air missiles, and an AN/APQ-51 radar warning system, recognizable through small cone-shaped radomes under the nose, at the tail and under the wing roots. Being land-based now, some machines received a new NATO-style camouflage in Olive Drab and Dark Grey with Light Grey undersides, even though the Skyhawks’ full carrier capability was retained in case of a NATO deployment on another nation’s carrier.
In 1979, when the RNLAF received its first F-16A/B fighters, all Skyhawks eventually received a more subdued grey three-tone camouflage with toned-down markings which was effective both over the sea and in the sky, similar to the RNLAF’s NF-5A/B day fighters.
However, the arrival of the modern F-16, which was in any aspect superior to the A-4 except for a lack of carrier-capability, meant that the RNLAF Skyhawks’ career did not last much longer. In the early Eighties, all Dutch A-4Gs were replaced with license-built F-16A/B fighter bombers. They were placed in store and eventually sold to Israel in 1985, where they were revamped and re-sold with surplus A-4Es to Indonesia as attrition replacements after high losses during the anti-guerilla warfare in East Timor. They were delivered in 1986 and served in Indonesia until 2003, where the last Skyhawks were finally retired in 2007.
General characteristics:
Crew: 1
Length: 40 ft 1.5 in (12.230 m)
Wingspan: 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Height: 15 ft 2 in (4.62 m)
Wing area: 260 sq ft (24 m²)
Airfoil: root: NACA 0008-1.1-25; tip: NACA 0005-.825-50
Empty weight: 9,853 lb (4,469 kg)
Gross weight: 16,216 lb (7,355 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 24,500 lb (11,113 kg)
Powerplant:
1× Pratt & Whitney J52-P-6A turbojet engine, 8,500 lbf (38 kN) thrust
Performance:
Maximum speed: 585 kn (673 mph, 1,083 km/h) at sea level
Range: 1,008 nmi (1,160 mi, 1,867 km)
Ferry range: 2,194 nmi (2,525 mi, 4,063 km)
g limits: +8/-3
Rate of climb: 5,750 ft/min (29.2 m/s)
Wing loading: 62.4 lb/sq ft (305 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight: 0.526
Armament:
2× 20 mm (0.79 in) Colt Mk 12 cannon with 100 RPG
5× hardpoints with a total capacity of 8,500 lb (3,900 kg)
The kit and its assembly:
This what-if project was more or less a stopgap: I had a Hasegawa 1:72 A-4E/F kit in The Stash™, primarily bought for its separate avionics hump that is supposed to be transplanted on a Fujimi A-4C someday to create an A-4L, of which AFAIK no OOB kit exists. However, I played with potential fictional operators, and read about the Australian A-4Gs. When I compared them with the historic timeframe of the Dutch HNLMS Karel Doorman, I recognized very close parallels (see background above) so that a small Skyhawk fleet for a single carrier with a focus on ASW duties would make sense – even though Karel Doorman was soon struck by a fire and ended the story. However, this was a great framework to tell the story of Dutch Skyhawks that never had been, and my model depicts such an aircraft soon after its update and in late RNLAF colors.
The Hasegawa kit is not bad, but IMHO there are better offerings, you can see the mold’s age. It goes together easily, comes with a good pilot figure and offers optional parts for an E or F Skyhawk, plus lots of ordnance, but it comes with raised (yet very fine) panel lines and an odd canopy: the clear part is actually only the canopy’s glass, so that the frame is still molded into the fuselage. As a result, opening the cockpit is a VERY tricky stunt (which I eventually avoided), and the clear piece somehow does not fit well into its intended opening. The mold dates back to 1969, when the A-4E/F was brand new, and this was all acceptable in the Seventies and Eighties. But for today’s standards the Hasegawa kit is a bit outdated and, in many cases, overpriced. Permanent re-boxings and short-run re-issues do not make the old kit any better.
Despite these weaknesses the kit was built OOB, without big modifications or the optional camel hump for the A-4F, with the early straight IFR probe and with parts from the OOB ordnance. This included the ventral drop tank (which comes with an integral pylon) and the underwing pylons; from the outer pair the integral launch rails for the Bullpups were sanded away and replaced with a pair of longer launch rails for AIM-9B Sidewinder AAMs from the scrap box.
As a modern/contemporary detail I scratched a training/dummy AGM-65 Maverick without fins for one of the inner underwing stations, which would later become a colorful eye-catcher on the otherwise quite subdued aircraft. Additionally, some small blade antennae were added around the hull, e. g. on the front wheel well cover for the Bullpup guidance emitter.
Painting and markings:
A Kon. Marine Skyhawk offers a wide range of painting options, but I tweaked the background that I could incorporate a specific and unique Dutch paint scheme – the early Eighties livery of the RNLAF’s NF-5A/Bs. These aircraft initially wore a NATO-style green/grey livery with pale grey undersides, but they were in the late Seventies, with the arrival of the F-16s, repainted with the F-16s’ “Egypt One” colors (FS 36118, 36270 and 36375). However, the Egypt One scheme was not directly adopted, only the former RAF-style camouflage pattern was re-done with the new colors. Therefore, the Skyhawks were “in my world” transferred from the Dutch Navy to the Air Force and received this livery, too, for which I used Humbrol 125, 126 and 127. The pattern was adapted from the sleek NF-5s as good as possible to the stouter A-4 airframe, but it worked out.
However, the result reminds unintentionally a lot of the Australian A-4Gs’ late livery, even though the Aussie Skyhawks carried a different pattern and were painted in different tones. Even more strangely, the colors on the model looked odd in this striped paint scheme: the dark Gunship Gray appeared almost violet, while the Medium Gray had a somewhat turquoise hue? Weird! Thankfully, this disappeared when I did some post-panel-shading after a light black in washing…
The cockpit became Dark Gull Grey (FS 36231, Humbrol 140), even though there’s hardly anything recognizable through the small canopy: the pilot blocks anything. The landing gear and the respective wells became classic bright white (Revell 301), as well as the air intake ducts; the landing gear covers received a thin red outline.
The Sidewinders and their launch rails became white, the drop tank was painted in FS 36375 like the underside. The dummy AGM-65 was painted bright blue with a white tip for the live seeker head.
The decals were gathered from various sources. The RNLAF roundels came from a generic TL Modellbau sheet, the tactical code from a Swiss F-5E. The small fin flash is a personal addition (this was not common practice on RNLAF aircraft), the red unit badge with the seahorse comes from a French naval WWII unit. Most stencils were taken from the OOB sheet but supplemented with single bits from an Airfix Skyhawk sheet, e. g. for the red trim around the air intakes, which was tricky to create. The interior of the fuselage air brakes was painted in bright red, too.
After a Koninlijke Marine FJ-4B Fury some years ago, here’s a worthy and logical successor, even though it would have quickly lost its naval base, HNLMS Karel Doorman. Really bad timing! Even though not much was changed, this simple looking aircraft has IMHO a certain, subtle charm – even though the paint scheme makes the Dutch Skyhawk look more Australian than intended, despite representing an A-4G, too. But time frame and mission profiles would have been too similar to ignore this parallel. Not a spectacular model, but quite convincing.
Contingents taking photos at the sign during the 2023 National Scout Jamboree at The Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mount Hope, West Virginia. (BSA Photo by Leo He)
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20230723-12-41-01--LH date - 7/23/23 time - 12:41:01
Date: March 1940
Reference code: P1319
Item is a group photograph of members of the Osgoode Hall Contingent, Canadian Officer Training Corps, in uniform standing in front of the Registry Office in Toronto.
Depicted in the photograph are (left to right) : [Top row] Cadet Odette, Jr., T.C.; Cadet Fox, W.H.; Cadet Parker, S.P.; Cadet Bowman, W.C.; Cadet Enstone, J.A.; Cadet Macdonald, Ian; Cadet Campbell, J.H., Sgt. Carrick, J.D.; Cadet Henderson, W.J.; Cadet Plant, F.O.; Cadet Harris, W.T.; Cadet Rogers, W.S.; Cadet Jeanneret, J.G.; Cadet McNabb, G.A.; Cadet Robarts, J.P.; Cadet Reason, W.A.; Cadet Smith, H.E.; Cadet Opper, C.P.; [7th row] Cadet Weekes, R.N.; Cadet Sturgeon, R.R.; Cadet McLean, Ian; Cadet Adams, S.M.; Cadet Devlin, C.G.; Cadet Treadgold, D.M.; Cadet Thompson, W.J.; Cadet Fallis, G.A.; Cadet Jamieson, W.S.; Cadet McCormack, W.E.; Cadet Henry, D.H.W.; Cadet Seldon, T.B.; Cadet Shea, W.J.; Cadet Liscombe, W.L.; Cadet Bastedo, E.F.; Cadet Howitt, H.R.; Cadet Gale, G.T.; Cadet Adams, W.H.; [6th row] Cadet Henderson, A.J.; Cadet Clark, J.F.; Cadet Malcomson, P.S.R.; Cadet Colter, W.E.C.; Cadet Symmes, G.L.; Cadet Bruce, A.H.C.; Cadet Costello, F.; Cadet Ferguson, R.I.; Cadet Gent, L.J.; Cadet Slaght, P.; Cadet Ryan, S.P.; Cadet Killoran, C.J.L.; [5th row] Cadet Smith, E.W.; Cadet Cook, H.E.; [4th row] Cadet Brocklesby, R.E.B.; Cadet Burrows, R.G.; Cadet Crow, A.D.; Cadet Bissett, A.; Cadet Hall, D.F.; Cadet Lamon, T.R.; Cadet Carscallen, H.M.; Cadet Riches, C.H.W.; Cadet Delamere, T.D.; Cadet Webster, H.F.R.; Cadet Jennings, R.D.; Cadet Sullivan, G.F.; Cadet Torrance, F.W.; Cadet Tanner, J.E.; Cadet Pennington, A.C.; Cadet Palmer, W.J.; Cadet Ferguson, R.G.; Cadet Craig, J.S.; Cadet Robinson, D.P.; Cadet Wells, D.C.; Cadet Johnston, R.W.C.; [3rd row] Cadet Pritchard, J.E.; Cadet Mackenzie, H.S.; Cadet Butler, R.E.; Cadet Nasimok, T.; Cadet White, H.F.; Cadet Kerr, A.W.H.; Cadet Seagram, N.O.; Cadet Landriau, L.A.; Cadet Webb, G.S.; Cadet Morris, W.J.H.; Cadet Sanders, H.A.; Cadet Drukarsh, Chas.; [2nd row] Corporal Neil, R.H.; Cadet McMullen, J.R.; Cadet Thorne, E.S.; Cadet Rose, H.R.; Cadet Rapoport, M.L.; Cadet Frauman, E.; Cadet Swartz, H.M.; Cadet McKague, A.E.; Cadet Keyfetz, C.; Cadet Schiller, S.C.; Cadet Rowe, O.J.; Cadet Kellerman, M.W.; Cadet Doyle, L.A.; Cadet Goodwin, L.H.; Cadet Fienberg, W.; Cadet Hunter, J.W.G.; Cadet McMaster, D.A.; Cadet Wilson, J.L.; Cadet Klein, A.O.; Cadet Kemp, C.H.; Cadet Rich, B.W.; Cadet Lake, J.F.; Cadet Forster, F.C.; Cadet Burke-Robertson, W.D.G.; Cadet Lind, W.H.; Cadet Morden, K.G.; [1st row] Sergeant C.A. Thoburn; C.Q.M.S. R.F. Egan; C.Q.M.S. F.A. Dashwood; Sergeant T.R. Deacon; R.S.M. E.J. Ryan (W.O.I.); Captain (Q.M.) H.P. Edge, M.C.; Lieut. John White; Lieut. B.M. Osler; Captain G.G. Morrow; Captain Nicol Kingsmill; Lieut. F.J. Cornish; Lieut-Colonel R.J.S. Langford (C.I.); Major G.H. Cassels, K.C., C.M.G.; Mr. D.L. McCarthy, K.C. (Treasurer Law Society); Lieut. Colonel H.W.A. Foster, D.S.O., M.C., K.C.; Colonel The Hon. Mr. Justice Hope, D.S.O., M.C., E.D.; Colonel R.B. Gibson, K.C., E.D.; Mr. W. Earl Smith (Secretary Law Society); Captain Wilfrid Heighington, K.C., E.D.; Captain Hamilton Cassels, M.B.E., K.C.; Lieut. H.M. Howell; Lieut. W.M. Vickers; Lieut. H.B.L. Jones; R.Q.M.S. R.F. Cassels, (W.O.2.); C.S.M. J.C.N. Currelly (W.O.2); Sergeant J.R. Robinson; Cadet F.R. Hume.
Les Casques bleus sénégalais, lors de l’opération militaire « ORYX » dans le Centre du Mali, un plan d’urgence en soutien aux autorités maliennes pour protéger les civils.
La région de Mopti, dans le Centre du Mali, est affectée depuis plusieurs mois par une escalade de la violence marquée par plusieurs massacres de civils. La première priorité du plan d’urgence est de multiplier les patrouilles dans les zones sensibles pour que la présence soit visible, qu’elle rassure, qu’elle dissuade et qu’elle anticipe.
La multiplication des patrouilles de moyennes ou de longue portée de ces Casques bleus, a pour but de contribuer à sécuriser les populations du Centre. Dans les zones les plus reculées, les forces de la MINUSMA sont présentes quelques heures, parfois plusieurs jours, pour rassurer la population.
Cette patrouille a eu lieu le 04 juillet 2019 au village de So (Bandiagara), Sadhia Pheul (Bankass) et Djominati (Bankass).
Photo: MINUSMA/Gema Cortes
El contingente español en Letonia perfecciona sus procedimientos con todas sus capacidades junto a nuestros aliados de OTAN
El contingente español desplegado en Malí, destinado tanto en el Cuartel General de Bamako como en los campamentos de entrenamiento de Koulikoro, recibió ayer la visita del JEME, general de ejército Jaime Domínguez Buj.
La comitiva en la que viajó hasta el país africano, encabezada por el Jefe de Estado Mayor de la Defensa, almirante general Fernando García Sánchez, hizo una primera escala en la capital maliense. Allí el JEME tuvo la oportunidad de entrevistarse con el segundo jefe de la misión, coronel español Félix E. García Cortijo, que hizo una presentación a la delegación sobre los cometidos y responsabilidades asumidos por España en el contexto de la Misión de Entrenamiento de la Unión Europea en Malí.
Luego se trasladaron hasta Koulikoro, donde están establecidos los campamentos en los que los instructores europeos realizan su labor de entrenamiento con los militares del Ejército de Malí, y cuya seguridad está a cargo de una Fuerza de Protección en la que se incluye una compañía española.
En la actualidad, esta compañía está formada por personal del Regimiento de Cazadores de Montaña "Galicia" nº 64, que acaban de tomar el relevo a los efectivos de la Brigada Paracaidista que se han ocupado de la seguridad de los campamentos y del personal durante los últimos meses.
La delegación pudo recorrer las instalaciones y conocer la zona de vida y de trabajo que ocupan los militares españoles, e intercambiar impresiones con ellos sobre su labor allí. Además, el JEMAD aprovechó su estancia para trasladarles a todos ellos el apoyo de la Familia Real y sus mejores deseos para las fiestas navideñas que pasarán lejos de sus hogares.
On 28 September 1899, the New Zealand government offered the Imperial Government (London) a contingent of mounted rifles to serve in South Africa in the event of war. The offer was accepted within days, causing the Premier of the day, 'King Dick' Seddon, to proclaim proudly that New Zealand had been the first legislature in the Empire to offer assistance to the Boer War (overlooking the fact that five other colonies had offered forces in July). According to Seddon, the ‘crimson tie’ of Empire bound New Zealand to the ‘Mother-country’, and the majority of the public agreed. When war finally broke out on 11 October 1899, New Zealand was swept up in a wave of patriotic fervour.
Hundreds of New Zealand men applied to serve, and by the time war began men from regular and Volunteer Forces were already in training at Karori, Wellington. This 1899 photograph by John James Lewis is from the Patents Office collection, and shows the New Zealand Contingent in marching order at Karori, 10 minutes before leaving to board their troopship. They arrived in South Africa on 23 November, and what began as a grand venture soon became an arduous campaign. Some 6500 men and 8000 horses were eventually sent from New Zealand (exceeded only by Great Britain and Rhodesia), with 69 killed, 190 wounded, and 136 dying from disease.
Archives reference: AEGA 18982 PC4 Box 16 1899/37
www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=18288290
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El Gobernador del Estado, Carlos Lozano de la Torre, al encabezar la entrega del Premio Estatal del Deporte 2012 en Palacio de Gobierno, sostuvo que Aguascalientes está respondiendo cabalmente a los deportistas para que desarrollen la fuerza, la técnica, las habilidades y el deseo de sobresalir, cantando también con las familias, las instituciones y la ciudadanía que les anima a redoblar una férrea voluntad capaz de superar todos los obstáculos.
En este sentido, el Jefe del Ejecutivo felicitó a Jhonatan Antonio Muñoz Martínez, Estephanie Denisse Romo González, Liliana Hernández Medina, el entrenador Alfonso Macías Luévano y la la asociación Latidos Sanos, Latidos Fuertes por haber obtenido los premios de este año, cosechando además la admiración de todos gracias a los éxitos obtenidos en competencias nacionales e internacionales y que se reconocieron hoy con el Premio Estatal del Deporte 2012.
Se realizaron también menciones especiales para el entrenador de tenis, Sergio García Lozano, y de manera póstuma al reconocido cronista deportivo Rubén Negrete Perales.
“Familiares, amigos, entrenadores y cada uno de los aguascalentenses seguimos animándoles a seguir adelante, porque este el comienzo de una carrera que seguirá llenándoles de satisfacciones e inspirando a otros jóvenes, a imitar su ejemplo de perseverancia, que también reconocemos en quienes han compartido de manera generosa, seria y profesional sus conocimientos y experiencias con jóvenes deportistas que están labrando un porvenir muy prometedor para la entidad”, dijo.
El Jefe del Ejecutivo estatal agregó que México y Aguascalientes necesitan del talento y del entusiasmo de jóvenes deportistas, así como del profesionalismo de sus entrenadores y de la generosidad y el apoyo de cada uno de los aguascalentenses para consolidar un país más democrático, de pleno respeto a los derechos humanos y sociales y de apego irrestricto a la legalidad y al Estado de Derecho.
“Por eso, seguirá siendo irrestricto el apoyo de mi administración al deporte adaptado, al deporte de alto rendimiento y al deporte popular, para que toda la población, en especial los niños y jóvenes, puedan desarrollar todo su potencial, y así podamos prevenir graves padecimientos con la activación física”, apuntó.
El Mandatario Estatal aprovechó la oportunidad para felicitar públicamente al director del IDEA, Jesús García Campos y a la Secretaria de Turismo, Verónica Sánchez, por el éxito en la organización del Torneo de la Amistad que durante una semana se realizó en esta ciudad. “Para que se tenga una dimensión de estos juegos, son prácticamente el mismo número de atletas que participaron en los juegos panamericanos, ello nos da la dimensión de que en Aguascalientes estamos listos para recibir los grandes eventos”, concluyó.
Posteriormente, el gobernador Carlos Lozano de la Torre encabezó la ceremonia de izamiento de la bandera monumental en la Plaza de Armas de la ciudad capital, para luego asistir al desfile cívico-deportivo por la Conmemoración del centésimo segundo aniversario del inicio de la Revolución Mexicana, donde aseguró que su administración recuperó este tradicional evento para consolidar la unidad de los aguascalentenses y honrar a los hombres y mujeres que ofrendaron su vida por un México vigoroso.
El Jefe del Ejecutivo del Estado expresó que “esta es una labor a la que todos estamos llamados al celebrar 102 años de la Revolución Mexicana, porque en ella tenemos la oportunidad para reafirmar en las palabras, pero sobre todo en los hechos, la unidad de nuestro pueblo para que continúe con la construcción de un México y de un Aguascalientes con más progreso y bienestar para todos”, concluyó.
De esta forma, el Gobernador del Estado refrendó su convicción de que es de suma importancia que las instituciones educativas y deportivas consoliden su presencia y participación en las celebraciones de las fechas cívicas para reforzar el respeto de los niños y los jóvenes a los símbolos patrios.
Cerca de 40 mil personas asistieron a la celebración de este magno desfile cívico-deportivo, que se engalanó con lo más granado de las escuelas primarias, secundarias, preparatorias y universidades de Aguascalientes.
En los contingentes, en los que desfilaron poco más de 10 mil personas, participaron el Instituto de Educación de Aguascalientes, que agrupó a otros contingentes como la Universidad del Valle de México y la Universidad Panamericana, así como la Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, el Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes, la Universidad Politécnica de Aguascalientes, la Universidad Tecnológica de Aguascalientes y diversas instituciones de educación media y media superior.
Otro de los contingentes que fueron aplaudidos por los asistentes fueron los que encabezó el Instituto del Deporte de Aguascalientes (IDEA), en el que participaron animadamente las agrupaciones y asociaciones de diferentes disciplinas deportivas como natación, taekwondo, fútbol, gimnasia, atletismo, baseball, basquetbol y ajedrez, además de los integrantes de las delegaciones de deporte adaptado.
El Instituto de la Juventud del Estado de Aguascalientes también encabezó un importante contingente de agrupaciones de jóvenes, asociaciones de autos antiguos y grupos de skate.
Otros contingentes que participaron en esta parada cívico-deportiva fueron los conformados por la Secretaría de Seguridad Pública del Estado, la benemérita Cruz Roja Mexicana, el sistema DIF Estatal y el Ayuntamiento de Aguascalientes.
SEMBLANZA DE LOS PREMIADOS
Jhonatan Antonio Muñoz Martínez
Levantamientos sub-17 de pesas
Aguascalientes Ags. 10/11/1995
03 medallas de oro por parte de en la Olimpiada Nacional 2012
Campeonato mundial sub-17 Eslovaquia consiguiendo 01 medalla de plata y 02 de bronce
Campeonato panamericano Viña del Mar, Chile, obteniendo 3 medallas de oro
Estephanie Denisse Romo González
Handball
Aguascalientes Ags. 26/03/1990
Cuatro veces medallista por aguascalientes en la Olimpiada Nacional en las ediciones 2008, 2009, 2010 y 2011
Seleccionada nacional para participar en los campeonatos mundiales juveniles y élite desde el año 2007 hasta la fecha.
Mejor guardameta de los Juegos Panamericanos Guadalajara 2011
Liliana Hernández Medina
Atletismo sobre sillas de ruedas
Deporte adaptado
Aguascalientes ags. 19/04/1993
Múltiple medallista por Aguascalientes en la Paralimpiada Nacional en sus ediciones 2009 al 2012
Seleccionada nacional para participar en los juegos Parapanamericanos Guadalajara 2011
Alfonso Macías Luévano
Natación para personas con parálisis cerebral
Entrenador
Aguascalientes Ags. 07/06/1987
Entrenador de las selección estatal de natación de personas con parálisis cerebral desde el año 2008
Bajo su tutela se consiguieron 1 medalla de oro, 8 medallas de plata y 2 medallas de bronce en la Paralimpiada Nacional 2012.
1 deportista en selección nacional en los Juegos Parapanamericanos Guadalajara 2011 (Fabiola Ramírez Martínez)
Latidos Sanos, Latidos Fuertes
Organismo dedicado a la práctica y fomento deportivo
Organización de gran tradición en Aguascalientes la cual a través de la práctica del atletismo busca prevenir y combatir la obesidad, diabetes, hipertensión entre otras enfermedades que han aquejado a la sociedad aguascalentense.
A female contingent of the march through the city put on by the Guyana Defence Force on Saturday November 20, 2010. Here they march on Vlissengen Road back to their headquarters, Camp Ayangana. Georgetown, Guyana, South America
Contingent Number 44: POOF DOOF. I can't find any particular organization this is associated with. The best I can offer is their SBS blurb:
POOF DOOF - PLANET POOF DOOF: BEYOND STARDUST
ROCKET NO.9 TAKES OFF FOR PLANET POOF DOOF IN A SONIC BOOM OF STARDUST AS WE CELEBRATE WHAT MATTERS MOST IN 2020 – THE FUTURE OF THE LGBTQI+ COMMUNITY! WHETHER IT’S TRANS RIGHTS, THE RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION BILL, OR ANTI-NIGHTLIFE LEGISLATION, IT’S IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO LOOK TO THE STARS AND ADVOCATE FOR THE SAFETY, ACCEPTANCE AND HAPPINESS OF CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF LGBTIQ+ PEOPLE. TRAVEL IN LIGHT YEARS WITH US ON A DANCE FLOOR ADVENTURE TO THE STARS, WITH OUR FUTURE FORWARD FLOAT THAT’S OUT OF THIS WORLD – AND HELP US WELCOME ALL SPACE PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE EARTH TO OUR INTERGAYLACTIC POOF PARADISE!
This year's theme was "Looking Back and Moving Forward".
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The Canadian Armed Forces has deployed an Air Task Force to Gao to enhance MINUSMA operations with aeromedical evacuations to safeguard UN forces as well as transport and logistics capacity. Operation PRESENCE consists of 250 soldiers, sailors, air women and men and includes three CH-147F Chinook and five armed CH-146 Griffon helicopters.
Members of the Canadian contingent relax by playing video games during their spare time at Camp Castor in Gao. Photo MINUSMA/Marco Dormino
Semi-nude cyclists biking past the Newseum. World Naked Bike Ride Day. Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC.
from Anarchy In The UK fanzine, issue #1 (1976)
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A contingent of nearly a hundred Canadian Armed Forces members are welcomed by Brigadier-General Dwayne Parsons, Canadian Defence Liaison Staff London, as they arrive in Royal Air Force Brize Norton for Operation LONDON BRIDGE, to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II in the United Kingdom, September 13, 2022.
Please credit: MCpl Genevieve Lapointe, Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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Un contingent comprenant près de 100 membres des Forces armées canadiennes est accueilli par le brigadier-général Dwayne Parsons, de l’État-major de liaison des Forces canadiennes (Londres), à son arrivée à la base aérienne Brize Norton de la Royal Air Force pour l’opération LONDON BRIDGE, visant à commémorer la reine Elizabeth II au Royaume-Uni, le 13 septembre 2022.
Photos : Cplc Geneviève Lapointe, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes, Forces armées canadiennes
Over 1,300 personnel from all three armed services, veterans and cadets made the 2019 National Armed Forces Day parade in Salisbury the largest one to date. Originally conceived as Veterans Day, the name of the event was changed in 2009 to National Armed Forces Day to celebrate the contributions of both past and present members of the British Armed Forces. Taking place on the last Saturday of June, the parade is one aspect of a whole weekend where the national lead event is hosted by a different town or city each year around the UK.
The national event was held from 28 to 30 June 2019 in Salisbury and hosted by Wiltshire Council and its council leader Baroness Scott of Bybrook OBE.
Her Royal Highness Princess Anne reviewed the parade on 29 June 2019 of more than 1,300 service personnel, cadets and veterans and took the salute on the dais in front of the Guildhall, accompanied by the Mayor of the City of Salisbury John Walsh, as the procession went by. The parade was preceded by a fly past by the Red Arrows at 10 am. The parade was led by a detachment from the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, followed by bands and marching contingents from the three armed services, veterans and cadets and finished with the British Army units which hold the Freedom of the City of Salisbury.
The order of the procession was as follows:
Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment
Band of HM Royal Marines Portsmouth
Royal Navy drawn from ships across the Fleet
Corps of Royal Marines
King’s Royal Hussars
Royal Tank Regiment
Coyote Tactical Support Vehicle
22 Engineer Regiment, Corps of Royal Engineers
Front loader vehicle
Queen’s Gurkha Signals
1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment, with troops from Royal Regiment of Fusiliers and Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas
Army Air Corps
Royal Logistics Corps
Heavy haulage tractor unit
Royal Army Medical Corps
Army ambulance
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Towing truck
Adjutant General’s Corps
1st Military Working Dog Regiment, Royal Army Veterinary Corps
Intelligence Corps
Royal Army Physical Training Corps
Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment
Queen’s Colour Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment
Royal Air Force drawn from squadrons across the UK
Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioners
Royal British Legion Standard Bearers
Veterans
War Widows’ Association
Sea Cadet Corps and Royal Marines Cadets
Army Cadet Force, The Rifles
Army Cadet Force, The Rifles, Bugles and Drums
Air Training Corps
Community Police Cadets
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
Fire engine
Regiments having the Freedom of the City of Salisbury:
Band of the Royal Artillery
Royal Artillery
Royal Military Police, Adjutant General’s Corps
Military Police car
Royal Wessex Yeomanry
Band and Bugles of the Rifles
5th Battalion, The Rifles
Warrior tracked armoured vehicle
Paramedic
Police car
Royal Air Force Police
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster David Lidington, Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt, senior military officers and civic dignitaries also watched the parade.
Defence Secretary, Penny Mordaunt said: “On Armed Forces Day we celebrate the exceptional contribution service personnel, regular or reservist, veterans and their families make to our security and prosperity. The Armed Forces protect us and defend us around the world and serve communities throughout our country. With more than 300 events taking place across the UK, it’s incredible to see people coming together to show their support for the Armed Forces.”
The national event provided an opportunity to welcome the troops returning from Germany to Wiltshire, as one-quarter of the British regular army will be based in the county by 2020.
The Armed Forces and Salisbury have a close and historic relationship and the national event gave the people of Salisbury the chance to thank the Armed Forces for their tireless support towards the city’s recovery following the Novichok poison attacks in 2018.
Baroness Scott of Bybrook OBE, leader of Wiltshire Council, said: “Wiltshire is the beating heart of the Armed Forces and we are extremely proud of our long association with the military. The Armed Forces Day National Event is a unique opportunity to recognise and pay tribute to the specialist military teams, the emergency services and the other organisations that managed the incident and the subsequent clean-up that has helped south Wiltshire to return to normal.”
Montpelier, Vermont USA • The elaborate House Chamber of the state Capitol building. • After 140 years, the Vermont State House still commands the landscape of Montpelier, the smallest capital city in America. The House and Senate chambers are the oldest legislative chambers in their original condition anywhere in the country. – from the State of Vermont's website.
Between 1778 and 1808, Vermont had no permanent seat of government, and its legislature met 47 times in 13 different towns around the state. In 1805, Montpelier was established as the permanent seat of the legislature, contingent on the town erecting suitable buildings and conveying them and the land to the State by September, 1808. Subscriptions and pledges were made, and the land was donated by Thomas Davis, son of Jacob Davis, the first permanent settler of Montpelier. The first wooden State House, "whittled out of use" by representatives' pocket knives, was replaced in the late 1830s with a Barre granite building designed by Ammi B. Young. It looked similar to the present Capitol, but was smaller, In January 1857, fire destroyed the Capitol so that reconstruction was necessary, with only the Greek Revival portico remaining. For the third time, Montpelier raised the funds. Architects Thomas W. Silloway and Joseph R. Richards designed the exterior and interiors, respectively. Standing on a small rise with a spacious and carefully landscaped approach, this Renaissance Revival building combines dignity of purpose with grace and beauty. Ceres, the goddess of agriculture, stands atop a gold-leafed dome. – per Central Vermont Historic Walking Tour's Montpelier's State Street Tour list.
From Wikipedia: The dome is topped by a statue titled Agriculture though more commonly referred to as Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture. The original statue was carved by Vermont artist Larkin Goldsmith Mead, who carved the large bust of Lincoln in the Hall of Inscriptions on the State House's ground floor. The current statue is a replacement, and something of a piece of folk art, based on Mead's original. It was carved in 1938 by then 87-year old Dwight Dwinell, Sergeant-at-Arms (in Vermont this official position is similar in nature to the White House Chief Usher).
☞ On December 30, 1970, the National Park Service designated this structure a National Historic Landmark (#70000739); one of only 17 in Vermont.
National Historic Landmarks are nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of the Interior because they possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States. Today, fewer than 2,500 historic places bear this national distinction. [And only 17 in Vermont.] Working with citizens throughout the nation, the National Historic Landmarks Program draws upon the expertise of National Park Service staff who work to nominate new landmarks and provide assistance to existing landmarks.
National Historic Landmarks are exceptional places. They form a common bond between all Americans. While there are many historic places across the nation, only a small number have meaning to all Americans--these we call our National Historic Landmarks. – from the National Park Service.
☞ This Statehouse has also been listed on the National Register of Historic Places (#70000739), since 1970.
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☞ Shot during a visit to Montpelier, Vermont, to participate in the Third Annual Worldwide Photo Walk, one of 1,000 locations around the world where photographers meet-up & shoot away, all on the same day. • Why? More info.
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In July, 2010, I started a project to visit and document all seventeen Landmarks in Vermont. Here they are (in order of designation by the National Park Service):
[01] 09/22/60 – JUSTIN S. MORRILL HOMESTEAD, Strafford, Orange County
[02] 01/28/64 – TICONDEROGA (Side-paddle-wheel Lakeboat), Shelburne, Chittenden County
[03] 06/23/65 – CALVIN COOLIDGE HOMESTEAD DISTRICT, Plymouth Notch, Windsor County
[04] 12/21/65 – EMMA WILLARD HOUSE, Middlebury, Addison County
[05] 11/13/66 – ROBBINS AND LAWRENCE ARMORY AND MACHINE SHOP, Windsor, Windsor County
[06] 06/11/67 – GEORGE PERKINS MARSH BOYHOOD HOME, Woodstock, Windsor County
[07] 05/23/68 – ROBERT FROST FARM, Addison County
[08] 12/30/70 – VERMONT STATEHOUSE, Montpelier, Washington County
[09] 11/28/72 – MOUNT INDEPENDENCE, Addison County
[10] 12/20/89 – STELLAFANE OBSERVATORY, Springfield, Windsor County
[11] 11/04/93 – NAULAKHA (Rudyard Kipling House), Dummerston, Windham County
[12] 06/19/96 – OLD ROUND CHURCH, Richmond, Chittenden County
[13] 06/19/96 – ST. JOHNSBURY ATHENAEUM, St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County
[14] 12/09/97 – ROKEBY, Ferrisburgh, Addison County
[15] 05/16/00 – ROCKINGHAM MEETING HOUSE, Windham County
[16] 05/16/00 – SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY HALL, Barre, Washington County
[17] 01/03/01 – SHELBURNE FARMS, Shelburne, Chittenden County
A contingent of nearly a hundred Canadian Armed Forces members are welcomed by Brigadier-General Dwayne Parsons, Canadian Defence Liaison Staff London, as they arrive in Royal Air Force Brize Norton for Operation LONDON BRIDGE, to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II in the United Kingdom, September 13, 2022.
Please credit: MCpl Genevieve Lapointe, Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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Un contingent comprenant près de 100 membres des Forces armées canadiennes est accueilli par le brigadier-général Dwayne Parsons, de l’État-major de liaison des Forces canadiennes (Londres), à son arrivée à la base aérienne Brize Norton de la Royal Air Force pour l’opération LONDON BRIDGE, visant à commémorer la reine Elizabeth II au Royaume-Uni, le 13 septembre 2022.
Photos : Cplc Geneviève Lapointe, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes, Forces armées canadiennes
Female members of Mogadishu neighbourhood watch teams look on as physical instructors from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) police contingent demonstrate during a training programme designed to teach basic and practical self-defense skills to women, 11 September 2013. 20 trainees drawn from camps for the internally displaced in Banadir and Middle Shabelle region were taught personal defence skills and given advice on what to do in case of an attack. In addition to empowering women to protect themselves, AMISOM is also working to build the capacity of the Somali security services and police to enhance security in Somalia. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
Nith Navigation September 2015
Ships, shanties, burgers and boules:
T’was another early start for most of our intrepid explorers as this week’s adventure took us westwards and upwards to Dumfries and the Nith Navigation Race. Ours was a truly Northumbrian contingent as members of three clubs banded together to crew “Coquet Spirit”. Huge thanks to those good folks who joined us, bringing their energy, enthusiasm (and Tupperware boxes) and helping make this trip happen (hurrah!)
We cheerfully observed the ever darkening skies as we crossed the A69 and we're motivated en route by texts from those crew-mates who had travelled the previous evening, explaining their relaxing morning and full Scottish breakfast in detail (cheers folks!). Rain turned into more rain but we managed to seek solace in the fact we were heading for a marginally lighter shade of grey! (Skiffies are waterproof anyway!) The puddles at the sides of the road raised columns of water as we rattled along the narrow country lanes, the view at times akin to the parting of the red sea. At one point we considered taking the boat off the trailer and rowing along the road itself.
It wasn’t long however before the horizon on the sat nav turned from green to blue and we found ourselves at our destination. Opening the car door and alighting we found we’d parked next to a sign that cheerfully welcomed us with the words “Warning, fast tides and quicksand” (I must admit our hearts leapt a bit with excitement at the tides… and a touch of trepidation at the quicksand)
We quickly dashed across the car park to seek welcome shelter. Here we commented thankfully on the genius of planning a row that started at a café and ended at a pub.
We’d poured into the café at 9.00 only to be told that they didn’t really open for another hour, but the cheerful chap happily agreed to tear up the rule book and furnish us with tea and bacon rolls anyway… it wasn’t however until 10.00 that he put the lights on !!! By this time the room was filling with skiffies and the car park was filling with water as we watched the tide start to hurtle by the windows. Today’s tide wasn’t particularly high (but still a belter by east coast standards) so the anticipated tidal bore wasn’t as dramatic as previously recorded (8 to 10m tides !!!!) .. But there certainly was still some cracking energy in the water. The Cox’s briefing pointed us to the fastest part of the flow and with a wicked grin we were advised to “use this to our advantage”. It was a short drag to the slip where fully-loaded skiffs were pushed down to the water by diesel power and floated off into the current for an energetic row back up to the starting point (against the tide).We chose the "push to the edge and clarty feet" option to save removing electrics etc. Thankfully someone had cleared the silt from the slip so we could tell it apart from the "sinky stuff" Once back up at the starting point, crews had steered themselves into the mud banks to get some purchase before a staged start (partly to avoid clutter and partly because you’d never get boats to stop in that current .. never mind line up!) and with a wave….we were off…….
The first half of the six mile course was ably assisted by the tide, then time to lengthen out the strokes and pick up the pace a touch. Eager heads were cast over shoulders to try and gauge the field in comparison to our relative starting positions as Boatie Blest (starting last) grew from a spec on the horizon to pass us in the last few minutes. For a while we held our own and it was great to race through the bridges together. Before we knew it chequered flags were waived (by Elsie from Gosforth!!) and all crews applauded each other’s efforts as a close field came in one shortly after the other. A quick draw of breath saw the last of the rain pass and skies clear in time for a row in company back down the river. This time we took the opportunity to look at the scenery we’d obviously ignored on the way down. This included a derelict mill building that looked as if it came straight out of an episode of Scooby Doo (Mr Grimes the caretaker would have gotten away with it too if it wasn’t for those meddling skiffs!!).
With the sun out and in clear water we broke into a few “traditional” shanties (artistic license and local flavour applied aplenty as usual!!) before turning and mooring up at Kingholme Quay, alongside tall ship La Malouine. Here boats were admired and oars/footrests/mascots/blisters compared before the “skiff extraction machine” swung into action. At this point chains and strops were secured and lowered over the quay edge and skiffs were lifted from the water, swung around and deftly lowered to their waiting trailers (thanks guys!!). Several fingernails may have been bitten as the first skiff was lifted, but these were quickly forgotten and the clubs all pulled together checking landings, moving trailers and unhooking/re-hooking chains. Here new friendships were made and old ones rekindled … all with the re-assuring squelch of mud underfoot. Rob revisited the “shuggy boats” of our youth as he was lifted to land aboard the final skiff as Geoff and Jenny furnished the masses with pasties and chilli infused scotch eggs from Tupperwares 1 and 2)
With the boats safely on trailers we adjourned to the pub where skiffies of all ages filled the room with hearty chatter. At this point Ian and Elsie broke out Tupperwares 3 and 4 supplying the table with Rocky Road and flapjacks (fruit well soaked) before Roy (our gracious host) announced that food was served and we were treated to a mountain of cracking burgers and sausage buns. All were well and truly stuffed when glasses were "pinged" to herald the announcement that more burgers had arrived… well? It would be rude not to would it ?? Buttons were universally unfastened and attention drawn to the presentations where all crews received a commemorative bottle of whisky featuring the fair Malouine herself (a really nice touch, thanks) and apologies made for lack of planned cheese due to an accident involving the “cheese man” (we all wish him well!!) The final presentation was made to the deserved winners Boatie Blest (hip hip……)
At this point hugs and handshakes are normally exchanged and folks make their way home, however this is not the way of Nith. Seconds later a stranger in a beret carrying a French flag entered from stage left (looking uncannily like our host) and we were marched to the riverside for the first “Coastal Rowing Boules Tournament” a respectful nod to the lineage of the fair ship to our left. The rules were explained, heats were drawn and eager skiffies set about examining the equipment and discussing proposed technique. Watched by an enthusiastic crowd the crews ran through two qualifiers and a final with Troon taking the inaugural title followed by three hearty and well deserved cheers for our hosts and all involved…. (Absolutely cracking way to round off a day)
The sun was now well and truly beaming and we toddled up to the tall ship and were welcomed and offered open access to “climb aboard and take to look”. Here we were regaled with tales of the ship’s chequered history from Icebreaker to party boat in Martinique to the theft of its sails in France and how it ultimately found residence here. We did all but climb the rigging before bidding Roy a fond farewell with a promise to return (any other NE skiffs fancy coming next year and staying over perhaps??)
By now we’re used to these stories extending (brevity is not, I’m afraid, a gift that I posses to any great degree) and today was to be no exception …so we settled back in the beer garden for a quick beverage and the remnants of Tupperwares 1,2,3 and 4 (sounds like the ACRC equivalent of Thunderbirds!!) Conversation was varied and eclectic and shifted from boat and surfboard building through to 18 month sourdough cultures to the absorbency of bread buns and “whims”. As if fate couldn’t have arranged a better day already, a lady from behind the bar came out to our table with an additional beer stating simply that “it was our lucky day”. We responded in the only manner we knew how, tastefully arranging a plate from our respective Tupperwares, taking it into the bar and reciprocating her sentiment word for word….. Happy days indeed!
Farewells were finally exchanged as we recounted the day’s events and were again astounded at what you can fit into 12 hours when you’ve got a skiff, some water and good company…
Huge thanks to all involved.
Right then fellow adventurers……… what’s next ???
Note: Apologies that there are no actual race photos to accompany this …. Maybe someone can help us out?
The transport 'Maplemore' on the eve of departure of the Bushmen's contingent
Dated: 28/02/1900
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A soldier serving with the Djiboutian contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) talks whilst out on an early morning foot patrol, to a woman as she rides her donkey-drawn cart towards the central Somali town of Belet Weyne in the Hiraan region of Somalia, approx. 300km north west of the capital Mogadishu, 18 November 2012. AMSIOM troops have been this week begun increasing their forces in Belet Weyne since first deploying there in September after the town liberated from Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab in December 2011 by a combined force of the Ethiopian Army and Somali government forces. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
This year's theme was "Looking Back and Moving Forward".
...100th view 7-12-23...
...200th view 7-18-23...
...300th view 7-28-23...
...400th view 8-31-23...
...500th view 11-13-23...
...700th view 6-13-24...
...800th view 3-26-25...
Contingent Japonais 1er matin au 23ème Jamboree Scout Mondial du 28/07 au 08/08 2015 à Yamaguchi, Japon. Photo © Jean-Pierre Pouteau
Rennes (Gallo: Resnn, Breton: Roazhon, Latin: Condate, Condate Riedonum) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the Bretagne region, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.
The ancient centre of the town is built on a hill, with the north side being more elevated than the south side. It is at the confluence of two rivers: the Ille and the Vilaine.
Rennes is the capital of the région of Brittany, in France, the seat of the 'préfecture de région' and of the 'conseil régional'. It has a long history due to its location at the confluence of two rivers.
The eastern Armorican people of Redones founded Condate— an ancient Celtic word meaning confluent— at the confluence of the Ille and Vilaine rivers and made it the capital of a territory that extended to the Bay of Mont Saint-Michel. The name of the city of Redon also reflects that of the Redones. Early in the 1st century BCE, they adopted the Greek and Roman practice of issuing coinage[3], adapting the widely-imitated gold staters of Philip II of Macedon, in the characteristic Celtic coin metal alloy called billion. Without inscriptions, as the Celtic practice was, the Redones coinage features a charioteer whose pony has a human head. Large hoards of their coins were unearthed in the "treasure of Amanlis" found in June 1835 and that of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande, discovered in February 1941. The Museum at Rennes contains a large representative collection.
They joined the Gaulish coalition against Rome in 57 BC, which was suppressed by Crassus. The following year, Roman emissaries were held hostage by the Redones, which obliged Julius Caesar to intervene in Armorica and suppress the rebels, and the following year to cross the Channel to discourage further support of the Redones by the Britons. In 52 the Redones responded to the call of Vercingetorix to furnish a large contingent of warriors[4]
Roman era
In the Roman era, Condate became Condate Riedonum, capital of Civitas Riedonum.
The oldest known rennais is Titus Flavius Postuminus, known to us from his steles found in Rennes in 1968. As indicated by his name, he would have been born under the Flavian dynasty, under the reign of Titus, i.e. between 79 and 81 AD. One of the steles tell us, in Latin, that he took charge over all the public affairs in the Civitas Riedonum. He was twice duumvir and flamine for life for Mars Mullo.
During the Roman era, the strategic position of the town contributed to its importance. To the west the principal Roman route, via Osismii stretched from Condate to Vorgium (modern Carhaix).
In the year 275, the threat of barbarians led to the erection of a robust brick wall around Rennes. Rennes became known as the "red town".
Threatened by the danger of peasant marauders called bagaudae at the end of the Roman Empire in the fifth century, the Armorican peninsula, including Brittany and therefore Rennes, made up the last of the stronghold of the western Roman Empire. The invincible Armorican Romans held their ground against Clovis I, who occupied most of Alamans, then the Visigoths. Melaine, the bishop of Rennes, played an important role in the peace treaty between the Franks and the Armoricans in the year 497. He famously declared "Il faut faire la paix entre chrétiens" ("Peace must be made between Christians").
Middle Ages
Starting in the fifth century, Bretons occupied the western part of the Armorican peninsula, which started to be called little Britain, and then Brittany, while the Franks took the rest of Armorica. To contain the expansion and avoid Breton incursions, the Carolingians instituted a Breton march, composed of the counties of Rennes, Nantes, and Vannes.
These marches were entirely absorbed by the Breton Kingdom in the ninth century, and Rennes became Breton in 851. Rennes would later become the capital of Ducal Brittany.
During the Breton War of Succession, in 1356 and 1357, the city was laid siege to by Henry of Grosmont, the Duke of Lancaster, cousin of the English king, but Bertrand du Guesclin slipped into the city and took over the resistance, which would ultimately be victorious. After nearly a year, Lancaster renounced the English siege in 1357.
The Cité Judiciaire, an example of the striking modern architecture present in Rennes.
In 1491, it was the French army of Charles VIII, led by his general, La Trémoïlle, that unsuccessfully attacked Rennes. Brittany having already capitulated elsewhere, Rennes alone still resisted. The defenders of Rennes were determined to resist to the death, but the Duchess Anne of Brittany chose instead to negotiate. By her marriage to Charles VIII, she made Brittany a part of France. Anne jealously guarded Brittany's autonomy, but the duchy was eventually fully merged with the French crown by her daughter Claude of France.
Modern era
In 1857 the Rennes train station was built, which gradually led to the southward sprawl of the town. In 1899 Alfred Dreyfus' trial in Rennes caused a national commotion.
During World War II Rennes suffered heavy damage from just three German airplanes which hit an ammunition train parked alongside French and English troop trains and near a refugee train on the yard: 1,000 died. The next day, June 18, 1940, German troops entered the city. Later, Rennes endured heavy bombings in March and May 1943, and again in June 1944, causing thousands of deaths. Patton's army freed the capital of Brittany on August 4, as retreating German troops blew the bridges behind them, adding further damage. About 50,000 German prisoners were kept in four camps, in a city of only about 100,000 inhabitants at the time.
From 1954 onwards the city developed extensive building plans to accommodate upwards of 520,000 inhabitants, helping it become the third fastest-growing city in France, after Toulouse and Montpellier (1999 census).
Historic Centre
The Parlement de Bretagne (Parliament of Brittany, Breujoù Breizh) is arguably the most famous 17th century building in Rennes. It was rebuilt after a terrible fire in 1994 caused by a flare launched by a protester during a demonstration. It houses the Rennes Court of Appeals.
Some medieval houses, such as these at Champ-Jacquet, can still be found in the center of Rennes.
Basilica Saint-Sauveur is also located in the historic centre.
Colourful traditional timber frame houses are situated primarily along the roads of Saint-Sauveur, Saint-Georges, de Saint-Malo, Saint-Guillaume, des Dames, du Chapitre, Vasselot, Saint-Michel, de la Psallette and around the plazas of Champ-Jacquet, des Lices, Saint-Anne and Rallier-du-Baty.
There are 16th century polychromatic wooden busts in the façade of 20, Rue du Chapitre.
* Place des Lices and surrounding area
o Les Halles Martenot of the 19th century, built between 1868 and 1871 by Jean-Baptiste Martenot, host the market on Saturday mornings (the third largest market in France).
o The Mordelaises Gate (Portes Mordelaises), chatelet with two towers and a drawbridge
o The remaining fortifications of the 3rd century
o The Jehan Duchesne tower of the 15th century, on rue Nantaise
o The 15th century ramparts east of the Gallo-Roman fortifications, in place Rallier-du-Baty.
* The former St. Yves chapel, now the tourist bureau and a museum about historic Rennes development.
* Place Saint-Anne (Plasenn Santez-Anna)
o Saint-Aubin Church
o Location of a former 14th century hospital
o Jacobite convent
* La rue Saint-Michel nicknamed rue de la soif (road of thirst) because there are bars all along this street.
* Area from Saint-Mélaine to Place Saint-Mélaine
o Notre-Dame en Saint-Mélaine Church,
+ tower and transept from the 11th century Benedictine abbey of Saint-Mélaine
+ 14th century Gothic arcades
+ 17th century columnar façade
+ bell tower topped with a gilded Virgin Mary (19th century)
+ 17th century cloister
o
Thabor park's bandstand.
Magnificent park, The Parc Thabor, (formal French garden, orangerie, rose garden, aviary), on 10 hectares of land, built between 1860 and 1867. Contains the Jardin botanique du Thabor, a botanical garden.
o The 17th century promenade "la Motte à Madame", and a monumental stair overlooking the rue de Paris entrance to the Thabor.
* Rue Saint-Georges and rue Gambetta
o 1920s Saint George Municipal Pool, with mosaics
o Saint George Palace, and its garden
* Place de la Mairie (City Hall Plaza, Plasenn Ti Ker)
o City Hall
o Opera
* Place du Vau-Saint-Germain
o Vau de Saint-Germain Church
o Saint-Germain footbridge, 20th century wood and metal construction to link the plaza with Émile Zola Quay.
* Place du Champ-Jacquet
o statue of Leperdit ripping up a conscription list.
South of the Vilaine
The Fine Arts Museum is situated on Quai Émile Zola (Émile Zola Quay), by the Vilaine River.
Les Champs Libres is a building on Esplanade Charles de Gaulle designed by the architect Christian de Portzamparc that houses the Brittany Museum (Musée de Bretagne), regional library Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole on six levels and a Espace des Sciences science centre with a planetarium. At Place Honoré Commeurec is Les Halles centrales, a covered market of 1922, with a part converted into contemporary art gallery.
Mercure Hotel is located in a restored building on rue du Pré-Botté, which was the prior location of Ouest-Éclair, and then of Ouest-France, a premier daily regional newspaper.
There are large mills at Rue Duhamel, constructed on each side of the south branch of the Vilaine in 1895 and 1902.
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Description: "Photograph of Australian Contingent at Handoub." Photograph taken by Felice Beato on the Nile Expedition to relieve Khartoum.
Date: 1884/5
Our Catalogue Reference: COPY 1/373/386
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In Loving Memory
Of
Alice Martha
Beloved wife of
W.C. FAULKNOR,
Died 2nd June 1937 – Aged 70
Joseph George, Eldest son
Quat. M. Serg. F.A.A.C.
Who died at Alexandria,
7 June 1915 – Aged 28.
Doris, infant daughter
Aged 10 months
Plaque on top of grave:
William George
FAULKNOR
Died 12th July 1942
Aged 82 years
Section: CH ENG Plot: 490 A [5]
Alice supposedly buried 4 November 1937 [5]. She died on her 51st wedding anniversary.
William supposedly buried 6 October 1942 [6]
JOSEPH (portrait in 1911 Coronation Contingent uniform in London in comments section below):
Service no. 2/609, enlisted on the 9 August 1914 at Wellington. He was a gas fitter aged 29 (declared age) and born at Hastings on 2 January 1887. [2]
He died of Toxaemia in No. 17 General Hospital, Alexandria [2]. At the time his mother was living at 40 Mortimer Terrace, Wellington.[1] He is buried in (Alexandria) Chatby Military Cemetery. [2]
He applied for a place [3] in the NZ Coronation contingent and was successful.
As well as receiving the 1914-1915 Star, British War medal and Victory medal, he had been granted in 1911 the King George Coronation Medal and served ten years including time in NZ Submarine Miners and Coronation Contingent.[2]
New Zealand Times: 6 April 1911
Smoke Concert.
“A feature of the evening was the presentation to Sergeant Faulkner (sic) of a silver-mounted military cane and a set of silver-mounted pipes. In making the presentation. Captain Hume said that Sergeant Faulkner would be a member of the New Zealand Coronation contingent. He had been volunteering for the past six years, first in the old. Submarine Miners and later in the No. 3 Company, and had risen from a gunner to the rank of sergeant in the latter corps. He had set a good example which should be copied by the junior members of the company. The speaker hoped that while at Home, Sergeant Faulknor would be attached to one of the regiments, or live in barracks, in Loudon.
Sergeant Faulkner, acknowledging the presentation, said he would try to attach himself to a garrison artillery corps in the Old Country.”[3]
Obituary
Quartermaster - sergeant Joseph George Faulknor, New Zealand Field Artillery Brigade, whose death from toxaemia is announced to-day. was 28 years of age and a native of Napier. He was a son of Mr George Faulkner, of the Wellington City Tramways Department. formerly of the firm of Faulknor and Sons, coachbuilders. Napier and a nephew of the Messrs Ballinger, of Wellington. After completing his education, he joined the staff of the Wellington Gas Company. For some years he was in the Karori Rifle Club and was the first of its members to enlist. He was a first class shot and last year won the Colonial Ammunition Company’s Cup. with the fine score of 101 out of a possible 105. He was a member of the contingent which represented the dominion at the King’s Coronation.[4]
ALICE
“The late Mrs. Alice Martha Faulknor, who died on June 2 at her residene, 91 Webb Street, Wellington, was a sister of the late Mr. T. Ballinger, the late Mr. W. H. Ballinger and Mr. A. Ballinger. She leaves a widower and one son, Mr S. Faulknor and three grandchildren. A son was killed in the war. [9]
WILLIAM
Died at a private hospital, Wellington, previously of 56 Thompson Street. Son Sydney noted in death notice.[7]
Alice and William
GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Faulknor, well-known Wellington residents, celebrated their golden wedding on Tuesday when there was a gathering in honour of the occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. Faulknor were married on June 2, 1886, at St. Peter's Church, Wellington, by the Ven. Archdeacon Stock. The bride was Alice Martha, youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ballinger, Wellington, and the bridegroom was second son of the late Mr. and Mrs G. Faulknor, Napier. The party in honour of Mr. and Mrs. Faulknor was a bright and cheery one, among those present being Mr. and Mrs. S. Faulknor, Mrs. E. Muir (Palmerston North), Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Ballinger, Mr A. J. Faulknor, Mr. A. V. Faulknor (Masterton), Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Ballinger, Mr. and Mrs. F. Ballinger, Mr and Mrs. W. Ballinger, Mr. and Mrs W. Avery, Mrs. Lumsdon (Te Horo), Mr. and Mrs. Astley, Mrs. Alcorn, Mrs. J. Spurdle, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Swan (Wanganui), Mrs. Searle, Mrs Duigan, Mrs. Burt, and Misses F. Ballinger, N. Ballinger, E. Ballinger, E Ballinger, B. Faulknor, G. Avery, M Spurdle, Messrs. E. Ballinger, J. Faulknor, and B. Durham. Many telegrams and messages of congratulation were received by Mr. and Mrs. Faulknor.[8]
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SOURCES:
[1]
Paperspast portal via National Library of New Zealand website; Sun (Christchurch), 11 June 1915; paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNCH19150611.2.51.1...
[2]
Military Personnel record; ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServle...
[3]
Paperspast portal via National Library of New Zealand website; Otago Witness, 15 March 1911; paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19110315.2.183
[4]
Paperspast portal via National Library of New Zealand website; Colonist, 11 June 1915; paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19150611.2.28?end_...
[5]
Wellington City Council online cemeteries database; wellington.govt.nz/cemeteries/cemetery-search-and-plot-lo...
[6]
Wellington City Council online cemeteries database; wellington.govt.nz/cemeteries/cemetery-search-and-plot-lo...
[7]
Paperspast portal via National Library of New Zealand website; Evening Post, 13 July 1942; paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420713.2.5?items...
[8]
Paperspast portal via National Library of New Zealand website; Evening Post, 4 June 1936; paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360604.2.164.15?...
[9]
Paperspast portal via National Library of New Zealand website; Evening Post, 8 June 1937; paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19370608.2.149.8?i...
Image of Joseph in Coronation Contingent uniform; Te Papa Museum; collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/310058
Image of Colonial Coronation Contingents Camp, Duke of York’s School, London; Te Papa museum; collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1405492
The University of Maryland College Park Mayday contingent produced a guide to the Mayday 1971 anti-Vietnam War demonstrations that were intended to shut down the government by using civil disobedience to block traffic in Washington, D.C.
For a PDF of the entire 14-page manual that is unsigned, see washingtonspark.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/1971-mayday-m...
The target of the District of Columbia-Maryland contingents was the 14th Street Bridge. Several hundred people assembled near the Washington Monument grounds and attempted to march to the bridge at around 5:30 a.m.
A massive police presence quickly drove the group back using mace and batons. The large group of Mayday protesters quickly broke up into the component affinity groups and began blocking traffic using hit-and-run tactics in the area from the approaches to the 14th Street Bridge and Southwest Freeway to the area around 14th Street and Constitution Ave. NW.
The protests at this target were over by 9:00 a.m.
City-wide demonstrators attempted to block traffic at 10 sites (reduced from the original 21) for about 5 hours on Monday, May 3, 1971 using non-violent civil disobedience.
Early attempts at human blockades at key intersections were broken up by overwhelming force. A total of over 18,000 police and troops were called upon to combat the protests.
President Nixon feared the international consequences of the nation’s capital being paralyzed by antiwar protestors and his administration worked closely with local police, revoking permits and suspending normal arrest procedures.
Frustrated by the slow progress in clearing demonstrators, police suspended civil liberties sometime around 5:30 a.m. and locked up anyone who vaguely resembled a protestor.
Demonstrators and bystanders were taken to makeshift detention facilities at a practice field for the NFL Washington football team, a recreation yard at the D.C. jail and the old Uline Arena. On the unusually cold day, those arrested were housed for hours without running water, bathroom facilities, adequate shelter or food.
The protests around the city were largely over by about 9:30 a.m., except in the Georgetown-Key Bridge area where police used massive amounts of tear gas in an attempt to clear the demonstrators who sometimes fought back with rocks, bottles and other debris.
On May 4th and 5th, police employed mass arrests outside the Justice Department and at the U.S. Capitol.
In all, more than 12,000 people were arrested in the largest mass arrest for a single event in U.S. history. The total surpassed the previous record of over 7,000 arrested during the disturbances in Washington, D.C. after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King.
Charges were later dropped against nearly everyone involved and thousands later received compensation from the government for their arrest.
U.S. troops continued to be withdrawn from Southeast Asia and nearly all the U.S. combat forces were removed following the Paris Peace Treaty in 1973. Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of [North] Vietnam and the National Liberation Front defeated the Republic of [South] Vietnam in 1975 leading to unification of the country.
In the end, the Mayday protests disrupted but did not stop U.S. government operations. However, the protest and countless other actions against the Indochina Wars helped to change Americans views toward U.S. military intervention against national liberation movements. Unfortunately, it wouldn’t be long before the U.S. would embark on new misadventures.
For a PDF of the entire 14-page manual, see washingtonspark.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/1971-mayday-m...
For more information and related images, see
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Donated by Robert “Bob” Simpson
Camp of Bushmen's contingent, Kensington Racecourse, Sydney
Dated: c.01/01/1900
Digital ID: 1254_a011_a011000019r
Rights: www.records.nsw.gov.au/about-us/rights-and-permissions
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