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Title / Titre :
1st Contingent waiting for vaccinations, Valcartier, Quebec /
Membres du 1er contingent attendant de se faire vacciner, Valcartier (Québec)
Creator(s) / Créateur(s) : Unknown / Inconnu
Date(s) : 1914-1919
Reference No. / Numéro de référence : ITEM 3395721
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Location / Lieu : Valcartier, Québec, Canada
Credit / Mention de source :
Library and Archives Canada, a066819 /
Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, a066819
Photos from the Sept 21, 2014 Peoples Climate March, primarily Unitarian Universalist and larger faith contingent.
Media & Other Use: Permission granted to media, bloggers and Unitarian Universalists everywhere to use with photo credit: © Peter Bowden.
Somali troops practise military drills during a training session conducted by Djiboutian soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) at the Lama Galaay Military Camp in Beletweyne. The 300 military and 400 police officers are being trained in radio and communications techniques, leadership skills, intelligence gathering and discipline, as well as technical and tactical training offered by the AMISOM Djiboutian Contingent instructors. AU-UN IST PHOTO / ILYAS A. ABUKAR.
Beni, Province du Nord Kivu, RD Congo : Les hélicoptères du contingent Ukrainien de la MONUSCO volent dans le ciel de Béni pour sécuriser l’espace aérien lors de la visite dans la zone des membres du Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies. Photo MONUSCO/Anne Herrmann
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Beni, North Kivu Province, DR Congo: The helicopters of the MONUSCO Ukrainian contingent fly in the sky of Beni to secure the airspace during the visit in the area of the members of the UN Security Council. Photo MONUSCO/Anne Herrmann
A contingent from the French Air Force Academy marches during the "Fete National". The French Air Force Academy offers and exchange program where U.S. Air Force officers spend up to 2 years teaching and studying at the Academy. This U.S. Air Force Major has been busy! Multiple tours in Iraq, Afghanistan. Based on his badges, medals, and ribbons mostly likely was part of Air Force Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron.
1. Parachutist badge
2. Senior civil engineer Badge
3. Ribbons (top to bottom, left to right):
Bronze Star en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Star_Medal,
Meritorious Service Medal en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritorious_Service_Medal_(United_States)
Air Force Commendation medal
Air Force Achievement medal, www.afpc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7784
Air Force outstanding unit award, www.afpc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7785
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL (1 star), www.afpc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7803
AFGHANISTAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL (silver service star), www.afpc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7810
IRAQ CAMPAIGN MEDAL, www.afpc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7811
GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, www.afpc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7812
GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM SERVICE MEDAL, www.afpc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7813
AIR FORCE OVERSEAS RIBBON - SHORT TOUR, www.afpc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7819
AIR FORCE OVERSEAS RIBBON - LONG TOUR, www.afpc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7820
AIR FORCE EXPEDITIONARY SERVICE RIBBON (w/o gold border), www.afpc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7821
AIR FORCE EXPEDITIONARY SERVICE RIBBON (w/ gold border), www.afpc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7821
AIR FORCE LONGEVITY SERVICE AWARD, www.afpc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7822
SMALL ARMS EXPERT MARKSMANSHIP RIBBON (1 bronze service star), www.afpc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7828
AIR FORCE TRAINING RIBBON, www.afpc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7829
Visite des contingents chinois de la MINUSMA basés à Gao par le Secrétaire général adjoint des Nations Unies aux Opérations de Paix, Jean-Pierre Lacroix.
Photo : MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko
Members of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps' United States Contingent conducted a range day at Imjin Barracks, Innsworth, United Kingdom on Friday 17 October 2014.
The aim of the range day was to allow the soldiers to qualify on their M4 rifle, keeping the soldiers at peak readiness for any future operation.
(NATO photo/WO2 Ian Houlding GBR Army)
Brig. General Dick Olum shakes hands with officers at the AMISOM basecamp in Mogadishu, Somalia, during a handover ceremony on September 25. General Olum takes over as the new Contingent Commander of the Ugandan troops currently fighting in Somalia. AU UN IST PHOTO / Tobin Jones
Visite des contingents chinois de la MINUSMA basés à Gao par le Secrétaire général adjoint des Nations Unies aux Opérations de Paix, Jean-Pierre Lacroix.
Photo : MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko
The lead contingent of an Equal Rights Amendment demonstration proceeds down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the U.S. Capitol July 9, 1978.
More than 40,000 women, many wearing the tradition white of the suffragette movement, staged the demonstration to urge Congress to pass an extension for state legislatures to adopt the Equal Rights Amendment.
The effort to attain equal rights for women under the Constitution stalled. Thirty five states passed the amendment, but only one—Indiana—in the previous three years.
Meanwhile, under a right-wing effort to kill the amendment, three states rescinded their ratification in votes by their state legislature.
When Congress proposed the amendment it gave a stipulation that it be ratified in seven years—a time limit that was set to expire within a year.
Congress granted four more years, but no state ratified within that time limit.
In 2017, Nevada passed the Amendment—although long after the deadline.
Opposition centered around the military draft.
Fringe arguments included suggesting that alimony would be eliminated. The issue of bathrooms also came up with opponents saying that same-sex bathrooms would be an outcome of the Amendment. Opponents also claimed it would lead to abortion on demand.
The language was first proposed in 1923 by feminist Alice Paul. The amendment that passed Congress reads:
Section 1: Women shall have equal rights in the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
Section 2: Congress and the several States shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Section 3: This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.
The lack of a Constitutional amendment providing equality leaves women as a second class since the Constitution does not provide equality anywhere in its test. Laws that have been passed prohibiting discrimination and providing equal pay are held to lesser standards than Constitutional protections. Further, laws can be changed as the political winds shift.
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Photo by Bill Wilson. The image is courtesy of the D.C. Public Library Washington Star Collection © Washington Post.
27 September 2011. Um Kadada: Egyptian soldiers, members of the UNAMID troops posted in Um Kadada (North Darfur), patrol inside in an APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) in Nazaha (East Um Kadada).
860 troops from Egypt are posted in Um Kadada where they assume the responsibility of the security. However, since 2010, this area is free of clashes and there is no camps for displaced people. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
Remembrance Sunday, 8 November 2015
In the United Kingdom, Remembrance Sunday is held on the second Sunday in November, which is the Sunday nearest to 11 November, Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of hostilities in the First World War at 11 a.m. on 11 November 1918. Remembrance Sunday is held to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts.
Remembrance Sunday is marked by ceremonies at local war memorials in most cities, towns and villages, attended by civic dignitaries, ex-servicemen and -women, members of local armed forces regular and reserve units, military cadet forces and uniformed youth organisations. Two minutes’ silence is observed at 11 a.m. and wreaths of remembrance poppies are then laid on the memorials.
The United Kingdom national ceremony is held in London at the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Wreaths are laid by Queen Elizabeth II, principal members of the Royal Family normally including the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of York, the Princess Royal, the Earl of Wessex and the Duke of Kent, the Prime Minister, leaders of the other major political parties, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Commonwealth High Commissioners and representatives from the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force, the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets and the civilian services, and veterans’ groups. Two minutes' silence is held at 11 a.m., before the laying of the wreaths. This silence is marked by the firing of a field gun on Horse Guards Parade to begin and end the silence, followed by Royal Marines buglers sounding Last Post.
The parade consists mainly of an extensive march past by veterans, with military bands playing music following the list of the Traditional Music of Remembrance.
Other members of the British Royal Family watch from the balcony of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
After the ceremony, a parade of veterans and other related groups, organised by the Royal British Legion, marches past the Cenotaph, each section of which lays a wreath as it passes. Only ticketed participants can take part in the march past.
From 1919 until the Second World War remembrance observance was always marked on 11 November itself. It was then moved to Remembrance Sunday, but since the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 1995, it has become usual to hold ceremonies on both Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday.
Each year, the music at the National Ceremony of Remembrance remains the same, following a programme finalised in 1930:
Rule, Britannia! by Thomas Arne
Heart of Oak by William Boyce
The Minstrel Boy by Thomas Moore
Men of Harlech
The Skye Boat Song
Isle of Beauty by Thomas Haynes Bayly
David of the White Rock
Oft in the Stilly Night by John Stevenson
Flowers of the Forest
Nimrod from the Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar
Dido's lament by Henry Purcell
O Valiant Hearts by Charles Harris
Solemn Melody by Walford Davies
Last Post – a bugle call
Beethoven's Funeral March No. 1, by Johann Heinrich Walch
O God, Our Help in Ages Past – words by Isaac Watts, music by William Croft
Reveille – a bugle call
God Save The Queen
Other pieces of music are then played during the march past and wreath laying by veterans, starting with Trumpet Voluntary and followed by It's A Long Way To Tipperary, the marching song of the Connaught Rangers, a famous British Army Irish Regiment of long ago.
The following is complied from press reports on 8 November 2015:
"The nation paid silent respect to the country's war dead today in a Remembrance Sunday service. Leading the nation in remembrance, as ever, was the Queen, who first laid a wreath at the Cenotaph in 1945 and has done so every year since, except on the four occasions when she was overseas.
Dressed in her customary all-black ensemble with a clutch of scarlet poppies pinned against her left shoulder, she stepped forward following the end of the two-minute silence marked by the sounding of Last Post by 10 Royal Marine buglers.
The Queen laid her wreath at the foot of the Sir Edwin Lutyens Portland stone monument to the Glorious Dead, then stood with her head momentarily bowed.
She was joined by King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, who was invited to the Cenotaph for the first time to lay a wreath marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands by British troops.
Watched by his wife Queen Maxima, who stood next to the Duchess of Cambridge in the Royal Box, the King laid a wreath marked with the simple message, 'In remembrance of the British men and women who gave their lives for our future.'
Wreaths were then laid by members of the Royal Family, all wearing military uniform: Prince Philip; then Prince Andrew, Prince Harry and Prince William at the same time ; then Prince Edward, Princess Anne and the Duke of Kent at the same time.
Three members of the Royal Family laying wreaths at the same time was an innovation in 2015 designed to slightly reduce the amount of time of the ceremony and thereby reduce the time that the Queen had to be standing.
Prince Charles attended a remembrance service in New Zealand.
The Prime Minister then laid a wreath. The Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, appeared at the Cenotaph for the first time. He wore both a suit and a red poppy for the occasion.
His bow as he laid a wreath marked with the words 'let us resolve to create a world of peace' was imperceptible – and not enough for some critics. Yet unlike the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Battle service earlier this year, Mr Corbyn did join in with the singing of the national anthem.
Following the end of the official service at the Cenotaph, a mammoth column more than 10,000-strong (some 9,000 of whom were veterans) began marching along Whitehall, saluting the Cenotaph as they passed, Parliament Street, Great George Street, Horse Guards Road and back to Horse Guard Parade. The Duke of Cambridge took the salute from the column on Horse Guards Parade.
Time takes its inevitable toll on even the most stoic among us, and this year only a dozen World War Two veterans marched with the Spirit of Normandy Trust, a year after the Normandy Veterans' Association disbanded.
Within their ranks was 95-year-old former Sapper Don Sheppard of the Royal Engineers. Sheppard was of the eldest on parade and was pushed in his wheelchair by his 19-year-old grandson, Sam who, in between studying at Queen Mary University, volunteers with the Normandy veterans.
'It is because of my admiration for them,' he says. 'I see them as role models and just have the utmost respect for what they did.'
While some had blankets covering their legs against the grey November day, other veterans of more recent wars had only stumps to show for their service to this country during 13 long years of war in Afghanistan.
As well as that terrible toll of personal sacrifice, the collective losses – and triumphs - of some of the country’s most historic regiments were also honoured yesterday.
The Gurkha Brigade Association - marking 200 years of service in the British Army – marched to warm ripples of applause. The King’s Royal Hussars, represented yesterday by 126 veterans, this year also celebrate 300 years since the regiment was raised.
They were led by General Sir Richard Shirreff, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of Nato and Colonel of the regiment who himself was marching for the first time.
'We are joined by a golden thread to all those generations who have gone before us,” he said. “We are who we are, because of those that have gone before us.' "
Cenotaph Ceremony & March Past - 8 November 2015
Summary of Contingents
Column Number of marchers
B (Lead) 1,754
C 1,298
D 1,312
E 1,497
F 1,325
A 1,551
Ex-Service Total 8,737
M (Non ex-Service) 1,621
Total 10,358
Column B
Marker Detachment Number
1 Reconnaissance Corps 18 Anniversary
2 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment Old Comrades Assoc 10
3 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery Association 60
4 Royal Artillery Association 18
5 Royal Engineers Association 37
6 Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal Association 65 Anniversary
7 Airborne Engineers Association 24
8 Royal Signals Association 48
9 Army Air Corps Association 42
10 Royal Army Service Corps & Royal Corps Transport Assoc 54
11 RAOC Association 18
12 Army Catering Corps Association 48
13 Royal Pioneer Corps Association 54 Anniversary
14 Royal Army Medical Corps Association 36
15 Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers Association 48
16 Royal Military Police Association 100
17 The RAEC and ETS Branch Association 12
18 Royal Army Pay Corps Regimental Association 36
19 Royal Army Veterinary Corps & Royal Army Dental Corps 18
20 Royal Army Physical Training Corps 24
21 Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Assoc 48
22 Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 30
23 Royal Dragoon Guards 78
24 Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own & Royal Irish) 12
25 Kings Royal Hussars Regimental Association 126
26 16/5th Queen's Royal Lancers 36
27 17/21 Lancers 30
28 The Royal Lancers 24 New for 2015
29 JLR RAC Old Boys' Association 30
30 Association of Ammunition Technicians 24
31 Beachley Old Boys Association 36
32 Arborfield Old Boys Association 25
33 Gallipoli & Dardenelles International 24
34 Special Observers Association 24
35 The Parachute Squadron Royal Armoured Corps 24 New
36 Intelligence Corps Association 48
37 Women's Royal Army Corps Association 120
38 656 Squadron Association 24
39 Home Guard Association 9
40 British Resistance Movement (Coleshill Research Team) 12
41 British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association 48
42 British Ex-Services Wheelchair Sports Association 24
43 Royal Hospital Chelsea 30
44 Queen Alexandra's Hospital Home for Disabled Ex-Servicemen & Women 30
45 The Royal Star & Garter Homes 20
46 Combat Stress 48
Total 1,754
Column C
Marker Detachment Number
1 Royal Air Force Association 150
2 Royal Air Force Regiment Association 300
3 Royal Air Forces Ex-Prisoner's of War Association 20
4 Royal Observer Corps Association 75 Anniversary
5 National Service (Royal Air Force) Association 42
6 RAFLING Association 24
7 6 Squadron (Royal Air Force) Association 18
8 7 Squadron Association 25
9 8 Squadron Association 24
10 RAF Habbaniya Association 25
11 Royal Air Force & Defence Fire Services Association 30
12 Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Association 30
13 Units of the Far East Air Force 28 New
14 Royal Air Force Yatesbury Association 16
15 Royal Air Force Airfield Construction Branch Association 12
16 RAFSE(s) Assoc 45 New
17 Royal Air Force Movements and Mobile Air Movements Squadron Association (RAF MAMS) 24
18 Royal Air Force Masirah & Salalah Veterans Assoc 24 New
19 WAAF/WRAF/RAF(W) 25
19 Blenheim Society 18
20 Coastal Command & Maritime Air Association 24
21 Air Sea Rescue & Marine Craft Sections Club 15
22 Federation of RAF Apprentice & Boy Entrant Assocs 150
23 Royal Air Force Air Loadmasters Association 24
24 Royal Air Force Police Association 90
25 Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service Association 40
Total 1,298
Column D
Marker Detachment Number
1 Not Forgotten Association 54
2 Stoll 18
3 Ulster Defence Regiment 72
4 Army Dog Unit Northern Ireland Association 48
5 North Irish Horse & Irish Regiments Old Comrades Association 78
6 Northern Ireland Veterans' Association 40
7 Irish United Nations Veterans Association 12
8 ONET UK 10
9 St Helena Government UK 24
10 South Atlantic Medal Association 196
11 SSAFA 37
12 First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteers Corps) 12
13 Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen & Women 48
14 British Nuclear Test Veterans Association 48
15 War Widows Association 132
16 Gurkha Brigade Association 160 Anniversary
17 British Gurkha Welfare Society 100 Anniversary
18 West Indian Association of Service Personnel 18
19 Trucial Oman Scouts Association 18
20 Bond Van Wapenbroeders 35
21 Polish Ex-Combatants Association in Great Britain 25
22 Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantów Limited 18 New
23 Royal Hong Kong Regiment Association 12
24 Canadian Veterans Association 10
25 Hong Kong Ex-Servicemen's Association (UK Branch) 24
26 Hong Kong Military Service Corps 28
27 Foreign Legion Association 24
28 Undivided Indian Army Ex Servicemen Association 11 New
Total 1,312
Column E
Marker Detachment Number
1 Royal Marines Association 198
2 Royal Naval Association 150
3 Merchant Navy Association 130
4 Sea Harrier Association 24
5 Flower Class Corvette Association 18
6 HMS Andromeda Association 18
7 HMS Argonaut Association 30
8 HMS Bulwark, Albion & Centaur Association 25
9 HMS Cumberland Association 18
10 HMS Ganges Association 48
11 HMS Glasgow Association 30
12 HMS St Vincent Association 26
13 HMS Tiger Association 25
14 Algerines Association 20
15 Ton Class Association 24
16 Type 42 Association 48
17 Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service 36
18 Association of WRENS 90
19 Royal Fleet Auxiliary Association 10
20 Royal Naval Communications Association 30
21 Royal Naval Medical Branch Ratings & Sick Berth Staff Association 24
22 Royal Naval Benevolent Trust 18
23 Yangtze Incident Association 24
24 Special Boat Service Association 6
25 Submariners Association 30
26 Association of Royal Yachtsmen 30
27 Broadsword Association 36
28 Aircraft Handlers Association 36
29 Aircrewmans Association 40 Anniversary
30 Cloud Observers Association 10
31 The Fisgard Association 40
32 Fleet Air Arm Armourers Association 36
33 Fleet Air Arm Association 25
34 Fleet Air Arm Bucaneer Association 24
35 Fleet Air Arm Field Gun Association 24
36 Fleet Air Arm Junglie Association 18
37 Fleet Air Arm Officers Association 30
38 Fleet Air Arm Safety Equipment & Survival Association 24
39 Royal Navy School of Physical Training 24
Total 1,497
Column F
Marker Detachment Number
1 Blind Veterans UK 198
2 Far East Prisoners of War 18
3 Burma Star Association 40
4 Monte Cassino Society20
5 Queen's Bodyguard of The Yeoman of The Guard 18
6 Pen and Sword Club 15
7 TRBL Ex-Service Members 301
8 The Royal British Legion Poppy Factory 4
9 The Royal British Legion Scotland 24
10 Officers Association 5
11 Black and White Club 18
12 National Pigeon War Service 30
13 National Service Veterans Alliance 50
14 Gallantry Medallists League 46
15 National Malaya & Borneo Veterans Association 98
16 National Gulf Veterans & Families Association 30
17 Fellowship of the Services 100
18 Memorable Order of Tin Hats 24
19 Suez Veterans Association 50
20 Aden Veterans Association 72
21 1st Army Association 36
22 Showmens' Guild of Great Britain 40
23 Special Forces Club 12
24 The Spirit of Normandy Trust 28
25 Italy Star Association, 1943-1945, 48
Total 1,325
Column A
Marker Detachment Number
1 1LI Association 36
2 Royal Green Jackets Association 198
3 Parachute Regimental Association 174
4 King's Own Scottish Borderers 60
5 Black Watch Association 45
6 Gordon Highlanders Association 60
7 Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Association 12
8 Queen's Own Highlanders Regimental Association 48
9 London Scottish Regimental Association 30
10 Grenadier Guards Association 48
11 Coldstream Guards Association 48
12 Scots Guards Association 48
13 Guards Parachute Association 36
14 4 Company Association (Parachute Regiment) 24
15 Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment 72
16 Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) Past & Present Association 30
17 Prince of Wales' Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) Regimental Association 24
18 Royal Hampshire Regiment Comrades Association 14
19 The Royal Hampshire Regimental Club 24 New for 2015
20 Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 48 New
21 Royal Sussex Regimental Association 12
22 Green Howards Association 24
23 Cheshire Regiment Association 24
24 Sherwood Foresters & Worcestershire Regiment 36
25 Mercian Regiment Association 30
26 Special Air Service Regimental Association 4
27 The King's Own Royal Border Regiment 100
28 The Staffordshire Regiment 48
29 Rifles Regimental Association 40
30 The Rifles & Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire & Wiltshire Regimental Association 30
31 Durham Light Infantry Association 60
32 King's Royal Rifle Corps Association 50
33 King's African Rifles 14 New for 2015
Total 1,551
Column M
Marker Detachment Number
1 Transport For London 48
2 Children of the Far East Prisoners of War 60
3 First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteers Corps) 24
4 Munitions Workers Association18
5 Evacuees Reunion Association48
6 TOC H 20
7 Salvation Army 36
8 Naval Canteen Service & Expeditionary Force Institutes Association 12 Previously NAAFI
9 Royal Voluntary Service 24
10 Civil Defence Association 8
11 National Association of Retired Police Officers 36
12 Metropolitan Special Constabulary 36
13 London Ambulance Service NHS Trust 36
14 London Ambulance Service Retirement Association 18
15 St John Ambulance 36
16 British Red Cross 12
17 St Andrew's Ambulance Association 6
18 The Firefighters Memorial Trust 24
19 Royal Ulster Constabulary (GC) Association 36
20 Ulster Special Constabulary Association 30
21 Commonwealth War Graves Commission 12
22 Daniel's Trust 36
23 Civilians Representing Families 180
24 Royal Mail Group Ltd 24
25 Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 24
26 The Blue Cross 24
27 PDSA 24
28 HM Ships Glorious Ardent & ACASTA Association 24 Anniversary
29 Old Cryptians' Club 12
30 Fighting G Club 18 Anniversary
31 Malayan Volunteers Group 12
32 Gallipoli Association 18
33 Ministry of Defence 20
34 TRBL Non Ex-Service Members 117
35 TRBL Women's Section 20
36 Union Jack Club 12
37 Western Front Association 8
38 Shot at Dawn Pardons Campaign 18
39 Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes 24
40 National Association of Round Tables 24
41 Lions Club International 24
42 Rotary International 24
43 41 Club 6
44 Equity 12
45 Romany & Traveller Society 18
46 Sea Cadet Corps 30
47 Combined Cadet Force 30
48 Army Cadet Force 30
49 Air Training Corps 30
50 Scout Association 30
51 Girlguiding London & South East England 30
52 Boys Brigade 30
53 Girls Brigade England & Wales 30
54 Church Lads & Church Girls Brigade 30
55 Metropolitan Police Volunteer Police Cadets 18
56 St John Ambulance Cadets 18
57 YMCA 12
Total 1,621
Visite des contingents chinois de la MINUSMA basés à Gao par le Secrétaire général adjoint des Nations Unies aux Opérations de Paix, Jean-Pierre Lacroix.
Photo : MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko
On Saturday, August 25, over 250 people attended the Pride Parade and Rally. The day’s events were organized by NW PA Pride Alliance, Inc. There were three floats and about 14 units in the parade, which stepped off from the Zone Dance Club, went down State Street to Perry Square. The rally in Perry Square had 23 info tables and vendors. Speakers and performers included Rhiannon Angelina, current reigning Miss Erie; Laurie Finch of LBT Women of Erie, who was also celebrating her 11th anniversary with her wife Janice Hanusik that day, Michelle Michaels, local drag icon; singer Collis Allen; Melanie Shubitowski, President of Erie Sisters; Misty Kall, 2011 Miss Erie; Ebony Davis, board member of Greater Erie Alliance for Equality; Lake Erie Belly Dance; Michael Mahler, for NW PA Pride Alliance, Inc. and Erie Gay News; singer/guitarist Bob Bearfield; Rich McCarty, board member of Equality PA; and singer/guitarist Jay Bones. Once again, the Dunk a Drag booth was a crowd favorite. NW PA Pride Alliance thanks all of the donors and volunteers who made the event such a success! A special thanks to Ben from Seven Springs, PA for providing and driving the lead float in the Parade!
Those who would like to buy a print of Pride Parade/Rally or the Pre-Pride Parade Performance Party photos should contact Michael Coleman at (717) 525-0176 (please leave a voice mail if no answer) or email bluntroller03@yahoo.com.
The next two events being organized are an LGBT contingent in the Edinboro Homecoming Parade on October 6, and a candidate forum at the Zone Dance Club, 133 W 18th St, Erie PA on Sunday, October 14 at 8 PM. Hope to see you at either/both of these! For more info, contact Michael Mahler at (814) 456-9833 or mmahler@nwpapride.org.
Bria (Est de la RCA), 16 juillet 2021 : 540 casques bleus du contingent rwandais de la MINUSCA recevant la Médaille des Nations Unies, pour leur contribution importante au retour de la paix en RCA lors d’une cérémonie présidée par le Commandant de la Force, le Général Sidiki Traoré. Outre la sécurisation, le contingent est en charge de la gestion d’un hôpital de niveau 2, compétent pour réaliser des chirurgies d’urgence, des services post-opératoires, des réanimations en soins intensifs, à l’intention du personnel de l’ONU et des humanitaires.
Bria (Eastern CAR), 16 July 2021: 540 MINUSCA peacekeepers from Rwanda receive the UN Medal for their contribution to peace in the Central African Republic during a ceremony presided over by the Force Commander, General Sidiki Traoré. In addition to the protection of civilians, the contingent was recognized for
providing essential medical care for UN and humanitarian personnel at the Mission’s Level II Hospital.
Photo: MINUSCA/Herve Cyriaque Serefio
Visite des contingents chinois de la MINUSMA basés à Gao par le Secrétaire général adjoint des Nations Unies aux Opérations de Paix, Jean-Pierre Lacroix.
Photo : MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko
See the article at www.eriegaynews.com/news/article.php?recordid=201110pride...
Erie Pride Parade & Rally a Great Time!
by Michael Mahler
On Saturday, August 27, about 230 people participated in the Erie Pride Parade & Rally. This year’s Pride events were organized by the Pride Planning committee, which is an informal coalition of groups and individuals.
Parade
About 100 people marched in the parade from the Zone Dance Club to Perry Square. John Daly King was the Grand Marshal for the parade, in a convertible driven by Caitlyn. Also in the parade were beloved local gay icons Jesse and Ricardo, who rode their tandem bike.
Parade units included
Lake Erie Belly Dance
Doctor Who contingent
PFLAG Erie/Crawford County
Erie Gay News
Lake Erie Derby Dames
LBT Women
Latonia Theatre
PFLAG Butler
Erie Sisters
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie
Community United Church
OUT (Pittsburgh newspaper)
There were also many people marching as individuals, as well as a float carrying current and former Miss Eries.
Rally
The rally in Perry Square begins at 2 PM and will include speakers and performers. Please check in at the registration table when you arrive in Perry Square. The rally will include a variety of vendors and information booths.
Speakers and performers included:
Greg Rabb, Openly gay Jamestown City Council President and Councilman at Large
Misty Kall, Miss Erie 2011
Rich McCarty of Equality PA, Greater Erie Alliance for Equality and Community United Church
Chris Wolfe, Erie Idol finalist 2011
Tammie Johnson, 2 term President of ACLU-NWPA
Brian T, singer, also with Pittsburgh Out TV
Jason Landau Goodman, founding Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition. The first and only youth-led statewide LGBTQ organization in the nation
Michelle Michaels, Former Miss Erie and Coordinator for FACE Show at Zone
Fiona Hensley, Chair of the Student Network Across Pennsylvania, SNAP, Regional Chair of the Erie-West region for SNAP and President of Queers and Allies at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA.
Diva D’Vyne
Games
The Dunk a Drag Queen game was very popular! We look forward to making this an annual tradition
Donors
Many businesses and organizations gave generously to help support Pride this year. These included
AdultMart
Allegheny College Bookstore
BeautiControl
Blue Heron Inn
Body Language
Chicory Hill Herbs
Coca-Cola/Erie
Country Fair
Craze Night Club
Crime Victim Center of Erie County
Douglas Kolcun
Drenched Fur
Earthshine Company
Eerie Horror Film Festival
emma's revolution
Erie Book Store
Erie County Democratic Party
Erie County Department of Health
Erie Playhouse
Erie Seawolves
Erie Sisters
Erie Spine and Wellness
Family United Counseling
Gaudenzia / SHOUT Outreach
Giant Eagle - Buffalo Road
Glass Growers
Good Health Rejuvenation
Greater Erie Alliance for Equality, Inc.
Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing Group
Hollywood Stories
Horomanski's DJ'ing Services
JR's Last Laugh
Kensington Books
La bella
Larese Floral Design
LBT Women
Lion's Den Adult Super Store
MLR Books
Pennsylvania Coaltion to End Homelessness
Pie in the Sky Cafe
Presque Isle Gallery Coffeehouse
Sam's Club
Shakira Nakelle's Mementos, Gifts & More
Silk Screen Unlimited
Smith's Hot Dogs
State Farm Insurance Agent Natalie Braddock
Tanglez Hair and Nail Studio
The Ringbearer
Tops Friendly Markets - W 38th St
Wegman's- Peach St
Wendy's of Erie
Zone Dance Club
Committee Members & Volunteers
Many people from the committee worked hard to make the day enjoyable for everyone! Committee members included
Season
Chris
Preston
Mark H
Erin Moll
Amy
Sue McCabe
Alex
Jeff H
John Daly King
Kerry
In addition to the committee members, volunteers included:
Kevin Schultz
Dok
Johauna
Wanda
Bob H
Eric Rogers
Maria S.
Deb Spilko
Brian
Info Tables & Vendors
Info tables included:
Adagio Health
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), NWPA Chapter
Community United Church
Crime Victim Center of Erie County
Equality Pennsylvania
Erie County Democratic Party
Erie County Human Relations Commission
Erie Gay News
Erie Sisters
Lake Erie Derby Dames
LBT Women
Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition
PFLAG Erie/Crawford County
SafeNet Center
United Way of Erie County
Voices for Independence
Vendors included
BeautiControl
Book Merchant
Christopher's Novelty Gifts
Shakira Nakelle's Mementos, Gifts & More
Collecting Food
We collected 23 pounds of food for the Second Harvest Food Bank of NW PA.
Almost 100 members of the United Kingdom engineering contingent serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have received medals recognizing their commitment and service to the people of the conflict-afflicted country.
The engineers have been serving in Malakal, in the north of the country, since July and will end their tour of duty in two months’ time. During their rotation, the UK troops have carried out significant infrastructural work vital to the Mission, including camp construction, building drainage systems and perimeter security structures as well as helicopter landing sites.
In Bentiu, the contingent is building a new permanent hospital, providing medical care to United Nations personnel, and clinical training to local medical staff at the Bentiu State Hospital. They are also working with colleagues from the Indian engineering battalion on remedial work at Rubkona airfield.
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, David Shearer, awarded the UN Peacekeeping medals to the troops, including their commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Katie Hislop, at a special ceremony in Malakal.
Speaking at the event, he said their work had made a huge contribution to the Mission’s ability to fulfill its mandate of protecting civilians and building durable peace.
“Your efforts and professionalism are highly regarded and you have made a valuable contribution to UNMISS. It is my pleasure to award to you all the United Nations Peacekeeping Medal in recognition of your exemplary and outstanding work in South Sudan,” said David Shearer.
“I hope you wear these medals as proud and worthy ambassadors of your country and of the United Nations.”
The United Kingdom has nearly 700 uniformed personnel deployed within UN missions across the world. Its contribution to the UNMISS is its largest with nearly 400 troops serving in Juba, Bentiu and Malakal. Among the contingent are 41 female personnel, most of whom work at the UK hospital in Bentiu. David Shearer said he appreciated the UK’s recent decision to extend its commitment in South Sudan until 2020.
Speaking at the medal parade, Lt. Colonel Katie Hislop said the contingent appreciated the support and kindness of their fellow Troop Contributing Countries and the mission’s civilian and military staff whom she considered friends. They had built warm and strong relationships that would endure.
She said that the medal ceremony was about providing recognition for the soldiers’ commitment and service, “not just those who are visible and on parade, but those who are in the sangars and behind the scenes covering essential duties to protect and sustain us.”
For many of the contingent, it is their first deployment with the youngest soldier having turned 18 just before being arriving in South Sudan. Others have served their countries for decades before being deployed to Malakal and Bentiu.
“All have trained hard to be here, work hard every day to try and help UNMISS improve infrastructure and security in order to support the mission in protecting civilians,” said Lt. Colonel Hislop. “In addition to this, all our soldiers, have left behind friends and family in the UK – today is about saying thank to you them too.”
Photo: UNMISS/Fran Mold
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Tires burn in the background as trucks park on the Pan American Highway in Arequipa to sit throughthe 72-hour regional strike.
Presidential candidate Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is calling for a 60-day “pause” in the Arequipa conflict, while the government seeks solutions to the region's rejection of the Tia Maria copper project.
Seven police were injured yesterday and one civilian detained, during violent protests on the first day of a 72-hour regional strike called in Arequipa against both the government and Southern Copper's Tia Maria project.
A civilian also died, of a heart attack as he was travelling by bus between Camaná and the city of Arequipa. His brother, director of the Islay health network, said Eloy Vera, 60, suffered a shock due to the violence used by protestors to block the Pan American highway and prevent the bus and other vehicles from continuing their journey.
“The central government has to have a social investment plan so that the population can trust the State,” Kuczynski said, suggesting investment in social impact infrasatructure such as drinking water, roads, hospitals, schools and electricity grids, “that must come before any large project.”
Schools were closed again this week, and the government has ordered a military contingent to remain in the Islay province for a week beyond the original schedule of June 7.
In the meantime, the Finance Ministry has placed an embargo on the bank accounts of four municipal governments —Islay, Punta del Bombón, Dean Valdivia and Cocachacra — at the request of the Comptroller General to prevent misuse of funds to back the protests.
This followed a statement made by environmental lawyer Jesus Gomez in Arequipa, working with Southern Copper, saying that he taped a conversation with the president of the Valle del Tambo Defense Front, Pepe Julio Gutierrez, in which the latter said that if they came to an agreement “the lentils must be in cash.”
President Ollanta Humala on Saturday authorized the military to intervene in the southern province of Islay, to help police restore order after struggling to contain increasingly violent protests that resurged in April against the large Tia Maria project in the mountains above the Tambo Valley. Defense Minister Jakke Valakivi told state news agency Andina that some 2,000 soldiers were being sent.
The Interior Ministry, which oversees the National Police, issued a press release saying that the police were responsible for ensuring order, and that the Armed Forces would support the police by guarding strategic sites, preventing damage to public services and ensuring highways are not blocked. In a statement the Ministry said the decision to bring in the military did not constitute a State of Emergency.
The move is a major escalation of the conflict, which had already resulted in the deaths of two protesters and one police officer, and several police seriously injured. The police officer was confirmed dead on Saturday, from severe injuries during clashes with protesters in earlier days.
“We can't tolerate this situation any more,” said Justice Minister Gustavo Adrianzen. “His death won't be forgotten.”
The protests have been going on since March 23 when residents in Islay took to the streets to oppose Southern Copper's $1.4 billion Tia Maria mine. The government has already approved the project's revised environmental impact study — in 2009, UNOPS made 138 observations to the initial study— but local mayors and farmers in Islay want the project to be canceled over its environmental impact in the agricultural Tambo valley.
Originally the concerns were over its impact on the water supply. In response, Southern Copper said it would desalinate water from the Pacific Ocean for its operation. However, residents remain steadfast in their opposition over other issues, including air and soil contamination of farmer's crops.
According to political analyst Nicolas Lynch, during a debate on Canal N with business consultant Pablo Bustamante, four main issues concern the farmers of which oneis that the open pit mine will will be about 1.5km and 1km deep, digging into the water table on which the Tambo valley depends.
Successive Peruvian governments have struggled with social conflicts in the country's vast natural resource sectors.
In 2009, over 30 people were killed, including more than two dozen police officers, during clashes in a remote jungle region of Bagua over former President Alan Garcia's plans to open up the Amazon rainforest to private investors.
President Humala's political agenda was hijacked in 2011, shortly after taking office, by large rallies against the massive Minas Conga copper-gold project. That project was eventually put on the back burner after months of protests that resulted in deaths.
Humala's government is now determined to prevent Tia Maria from following the same path as Minas Conga. Canceling another mine project would have a major impact on the investment climate in Peru as the government is trying to revitalize a once red-hot economy with stimulus packages.
Peru is a top global producer of copper, gold, silver, zinc and lead. The minerals account for about half of its total exports.
El XXIV Contingente de la Compañía Perú partirá a Haití para participar en las operaciones de paz y mantenimiento de la seguridad, como parte de la Misión de Estabilización de las Naciones Unidas en ese país.
El jefe del contingente, comandante EP Fernando Peña Murillo, recibió el gallardete de manos del Jefe del Comando Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas, Almirante Jorge Moscoso Flores
Del grupo de 216 soldados de la paz, 110 pertenecen al Ejército, 65 a la Marina de Guerra y 41 a la Fuerza Aérea. Los efectivos partirán en los próximos días, y permanecerán seis meses en Haití.
En la ceremonia de despedida realizada en el Cuartel General del Ejército, destacó la presencia de cuatro mujeres; y por primera vez, participará una oficial médico, Mayor FAP Flor de Mercedes Vento Calero, quien se encargará de atender emergencias médicas y con sus compañeros, brindará asistencia humanitaria a poblaciones vulnerables.
Las operaciones de paz son parte de la política del sector Defensa y los militares peruanos que participan fortalecen su proceso de instrucción y entrenamiento, y tienen la oportunidad de interactuar en situaciones de conflicto y post conflicto, en coordinación con personal militar de otras naciones.
The Bromley Contingent is a label invented by journalist Caroline Coon[1] about a group of followers and fans of the Sex Pistols. They owed their name to Bromley, a suburb of London, where some of them lived. They helped popularize the fashion of the early UK punk movement. Most of them were fans of David Bowie.
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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
Próximo relevo del contingente español #TFToro en #Irak para la misión @CJTFOIR . Los componentes de ISPUHEL XIII partirán hacia #Irak tras una fase de concentración en la base “Coronel Sánchez Bilbao” #Almagro marcada por las precauciones sanitarias debidas al #COVID19 . #FAMET 🇪🇸 #SomostuEjército
Contingent of Philadelphia Police officers paying respects as the names of fallen officers from the state of Pennsylvania were read aloud during the 32nd Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service.
Washington, DC / May 15, 2013
Contingent Commander, Ehide and other members of the Formed Police Unit in Mogadishu welcome some of the seventy officers on arrival in Mogadishu on 6th January 2014. The seventy officers arrived to replace seventy officers who were leaving Mogadishu after completing their rotation. The AMISOM Police which comprises Ugandan, Nigerian, Ghanaian, Sierra Leoneian police,has the mandate to provide mentoring and advisory support to SPF on basic police duties, such as human rights observation, crime prevention strategies, community policing, search procedures and investigations. AU UN IST PHOTO / David Mutua
A medic serving with the Djiboutian contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) demonstrates the application of an intravenous drip 17 November 2012, to former pro-government militia members during a training exercise in the central Somali town of Belet Weyne in the Hiraan region of Somalia, approx. 300km north west of the capital Mogadishu, during a technical and tactical course run by Djiboutian AMISOM soldiers which involves the driving of military trucks, de-mining, first responder medical training and communications. 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.
Légende: Beni, Nord-Kivu, RD Congo - Un pont construit dans le cadre des projets a impact rapide dans le quartier de Rwangoma, à Beni, remis aux autorités locales par le contingent népalais de la MONUSCO, le 23 janvier, en présence du maire de Beni et des leaders communautaires. Le pont facilitera le déplacement de la population pour leurs tâches quotidiennes, les activités commerciales et les écoliers, en particulier pendant la saison des pluies. Photo MONUSCO / Force.
Caption: Beni, North Kivu, DR Congo - A bridge constructed as part of Quick Impact Projects in Rwangoma Quarter in Beni town was handed over by MONUSCO Force’s Nepalese contingent to the locals on 23 Jan 18 in the presence of the mayor of Beni town, and community leaders. The bridge will facilitate the movement of locals for their daily tasks, business activities and school children, especially during rains. Photo MONUSCO/ Force
In the Egyptian camp's weapons and weapons storage room, the Egyptian military police's blue helmets collect their weapons before going on patrol. The contingent of the Egyptian military police, with a total strength of 337 military personnel, participates in peacekeeping operations within MINUSMA. They provide security for logistics convoys and MINUSMA camps in Gao and Timbuktu in northern Mali.
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
Photos from the Sept 21, 2014 Peoples Climate March, primarily Unitarian Universalist and larger faith contingent.
Media & Other Use: Permission granted to media, bloggers and Unitarian Universalists everywhere to use with photo credit: © Peter Bowden.
Bangui, 07 novembre 2022 : 107 Casques bleus du contingent militaire du Bhutan sont arrivés à l’aéroport international de Bangui M’Poko dans le cadre du mandat de la MINUSCA. Ces éléments font partie de la Force de Réaction Rapide du Bhutan qui sera déployée à Bangui.
Bangui, 07 November 2022: 107 peacekeepers from the Bhutanese military contingent have arrived at Bangui M'Poko International Airport as part of the MINUSCA mandate. These elements are part of the Bhutanese Rapid Reaction Force that will be deployed in Bangui.
Photo MINUSCA / capitaine Brahim OUAGRANI
The outgoing AMISOM Sector 5 Burundi Contingent Commander of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Brig. Gen. Télesphore Barandereka speaks during an interview in Mogadishu, Somalia on 26 November 2021.
AMISOM Photo / Mukhtar Nuur
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
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 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
Contingent Civil Military Component (CIMIC) officer, Major Simba hands sacks of food to a civilian at Siliga Amerikanka Camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on 8th April 2014. The donation included 50 bags of rice, 54 bags of beans and 7 cartons of salt that the Nigerian Formed Police Unit gave to the families at the camp. AU/UN-IST PHOTO / David Mutua
Légende : Sake, Nord-Kivu, RD Congo – Le Bataillon Malawite de la Brigade d’Intervention de la Force en train de distribuer l’eau purifiée aux populations du Village de KIMOKA, après avoir fait une évaluation sur leurs besoins de base et trouvé que la population de KIMOKA n’avait pas d’eau potable. Ce geste contribuera à renforcer la coopération entre la MONUSCO et les populations de Sake. Photo MONUSCO/Michael Ali
Caption: Sake, North- Kivu, DR Congo – MONUSCO FIB MALBATT Contingent Distributing purified water to locals at KIMOKA Village, after conducting a basic need assessment and finding out that the people of KIMOKA lacks purified water. This will enhance MONUSCOs cooperation with the locals in Sake. Photo MONUSCO/Michael Ali
27 September 2011. Um Kadada: Egyptian soldiers, members of the UNAMID troops posted in Um Kadada (North Darfur), patrol inside in an APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) in Nazaha (East Um Kadada).
860 troops from Egypt are posted in Um Kadada where they assume the responsibility of the security. However, since 2010, this area is free of clashes and there is no camps for displaced people. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
Bangui (CAR), 10 August 2021: 990 casques bleus du contingent égyptien de la MINUSCA ont été décorés de la médaille des Nations Unies au cours d’une cérémonie présidée par la Représentante spéciale adjointe du Secrétaire général, Lizbeth Cullity. Déployés depuis juillet 2020 en RCA, ce contingent, composés d’éléments du Bataillon d’infanterie et de la compagne de transport lourd, a beaucoup contribué à la mise en œuvre du mandat de la MINUSCA à travers des missions de protection des populations civiles, la sécurisation de l’assistance humanitaire et le soutien logistiques des forces à travers le pays.
Bangui (CAR), 10 August 2021: 990 peacekeepers from the Egyptian contingent of MINUSCA were awarded the United Nations medal during a ceremony chaired by the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Lizbeth Cullity. Deployed since July 2020 in CAR, this contingent, composed of elements of the Infantry Battalion and the Heavy Transportation Company, has contributed significantly to the implementation of MINUSCA's mandate through protection of civilians operations, escorts to humanitarian assistance delivery as well as logistics operations in support of MINUSCA forces across throughout the country.
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
Photos of the Seattle Leather Contingent at the 2015 Seattle Pride Parade. Courtesy of Ryan Dixon (The American Lens) and gifted on behalf of Seattle girls of Leather.
Groups photographed include: Seattle Men in Leather, Seattle Women in Leather, Seattle boys of Leather, Seattle girls of Leather, Seattle Pups and Handlers, Washington State Mr and Ms Leather Organization, Ponies of Washington, South Sound Leather Alliance, 2015 International Ms. Leather, and more!
Deputy SRCC Lydia Wanyoto Mutende at the AMISOM Ugandan Contingent medal parade ceremony. Uganda Police officers were awarded medals and certificates after completing their tour of duty in Somalia.PHOTO AMISOM PUBLIC INFORMATION/RAMADAN MOHAMED
A MI BANDERA MEXICANA
A MI BANDERA MEXICANA
Raúl Felipe
Bandera mexicana,
En el corazón de mi Patria
Ondeas orgullosa y soberana,
Tus colores llevo en el alma
Con devoción y esperanza,
El verde de tus palmeras
De tus maizales y tus praderas,
El blanco de tu pureza
Con el Símbolo Nacional
De tu grandeza
Y el rojo... rojo sangre,
De tus héroes y tus tardes...
¡Bandera Mexicana!
¡Emblema de mi patria!
Por ti soy superación y progreso
¡Brío constante de esfuerzo!
Que por tu honor y tu historia
Hasta el último respiro
¡Buscaré tu gloria!
El periodo de nuestra historia conocido como la Guerra de Independencia empieza (estrictamente hablando) la madrugada del 16 de septiembre de 1810, cuando el padre Miguel Hidalgo da el llamado "Grito de Dolores" y termina el 27 de septiembre de 1821 (11 años después) con la entrada triunfal del Ejército Trigarante, encabezado por Agustín de Iturbide y Vicente Guerrero, a una jubilosa Ciudad de México. El objetivo principal de este movimiento (armado y social) era liberar a nuestro territorio del yugo español y que, en cada rincón de la Colonia se olvidase por completo el concepto del virreinato.
Como es lógico de suponer, antes de 1810 hubo antecedentes ideológicos notables encaminados "por esa hambre de libertad" que ya operaban, principalmente, en las mentes de los criollos (personas nacidas en México pero de padres europeos); se sabe incluso que, antes de estallar la Independencia, uno de los grandes pensadores de la época, fray Melchor de Talamantes, había logrado circular varios escritos subversivos en los que se afirmaba que el territorio mexicano, por tener "todos los recursos y facultades para el sustento, conservación y felicidad de sus habitantes", podía hacerse independiente y que, además de posible, la Independencia de México era deseable porque el gobierno español no se ocupaba del bien general de la Nueva España, como sí se ocuparía un gobierno libre, constituido por netamente mexicanos.
Etapas de la Independencia
De acuerdo con los especialistas, el estudio del desarrollo histórico de este importante movimiento revolucionario se puede entender mejor si se revisan, detenidamente, los siguientes cuatro momentos o etapas más trascendentales:
Primera etapa
Abarca desde el Grito de Dolores (16 de septiembre de 1810) hasta la batalla de Puente de Calderón (en el actual municipio de Zapotlanejo, Jalisco, el 17 de enero de 1811), cuando la muchedumbre dirigida por Hidalgo -con su famoso estandarte guadalupano en mano- peleaba con más pasión y arrojo que estrategia. En este momento, cuando el cura de Dolores llegó a su cita con la historia en el Puente, sus fuerzas se calculan en alrededor de cien mil hombres (entre criollos, indios, mestizos y gente de las castas). Por su parte, los realistas, soldados leales al virrey y a la corona española, debían rondar entre los 50 mil efectivos.
Segunda etapa
En este periodo entra en escena José María Morelos y Pavón. Éste va desde principios de 1811 hasta la toma del Fuerte de San Diego en Acapulco (en agosto de 1813). Durante este tiempo, los insurgentes se anotaron varios triunfos siendo los más sonados los obtenidos en las regiones del centro -en Cuautla, donde llegaron a romper un importante cerco- y en el sur -en Acapulco y Chilpancingo, donde incluso gestionó el primer Congreso de Anáhuac- de la actual República Mexicana.
Tercera etapa
Ésta se caracteriza por un gran desorden. Con la muerte del “Siervo de la Nación” (fusilado en Ecatepec, en el Estado de México), se crea un gran vacío en el mando del grupo insurgente y los realistas, aprovechando esta situación, al mando del temible General Félix María Calleja logran rehacerse y recuperar la ofensiva. En esta etapa se rinde el último reducto importante insurgente y, técnicamente, los leales a la corona han ganado la guerra. Sólo unas cuantas partidas, como la que comandaba Vicente Guerrero (en el sur), siguieron en pie de lucha. Este periodo acaba en febrero de 1821 con la firma del trascendental “Plan de Iguala”.
Cuarta etapa
Ésta transcurre del 24 de febrero de 1821 hasta el 27 de septiembre de ese mismo año cuando el Ejército Trigarante, al mando del ex realista, Agustín de Iturbide, entra triunfal, junto con Vicente Guerrero, a la Ciudad de México. El contingente, compuesto por los soldados del General Iturbide (ya convertidos) y los insurgentes que aún quedaban, avanzó por la actual calle de Madero en el Centro Histórico del DF hasta alcanzar la popular plancha del Zócalo. Con este pasaje terminó formalmente la lucha por la Independencia de México.
Tomado de Mexica desconocido
Bangui (RCA), 10 Aout 2021 : 70 casques bleus du contingent égyptiens de la MINUSCA ont été décorés de la médaille des Nations Unies au cours d’une cérémonie présidée par la Représentante spéciale adjointe du Secrétaire général, Lizbeth Cullity. Déployé en Centrafrique depuis juillet 2020, ce bataillon, en fin de mission, a contribué à sécuriser la route commerciale allant vers Beloko ainsi qu’à sécuriser et contrôler des localités comme Alindao, Bria, Pombolo.
Bangui (CAR), 10 August 2021: 70 peacekeepers from the MINUSCA Egyptian contingent were awarded United Nations service medals during a ceremony presided over by the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Lizbeth Cullity. Deployed to the Central African Republic since July 2020, this battalion, at the end of its mission, contributed to securing trade routes to Beloko as well as localities such as Alindao, Bria, Pombolo.
Photo: MINUSCA/ Herve Cyriaque Serefio
Bangui (CAR), 10 August 2021: 990 casques bleus du contingent égyptien de la MINUSCA ont été décorés de la médaille des Nations Unies au cours d’une cérémonie présidée par la Représentante spéciale adjointe du Secrétaire général, Lizbeth Cullity. Déployés depuis juillet 2020 en RCA, ce contingent, composés d’éléments du Bataillon d’infanterie et de la compagne de transport lourd, a beaucoup contribué à la mise en œuvre du mandat de la MINUSCA à travers des missions de protection des populations civiles, la sécurisation de l’assistance humanitaire et le soutien logistiques des forces à travers le pays.
Bangui (CAR), 10 August 2021: 990 peacekeepers from the Egyptian contingent of MINUSCA were awarded the United Nations medal during a ceremony chaired by the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Lizbeth Cullity. Deployed since July 2020 in CAR, this contingent, composed of elements of the Infantry Battalion and the Heavy Transportation Company, has contributed significantly to the implementation of MINUSCA's mandate through protection of civilians operations, escorts to humanitarian assistance delivery as well as logistics operations in support of MINUSCA forces across throughout the country.
Contingent Commander, Ehide introduces Lagos State Police Command, Ward Ogbu to other contigent Commanders from different countries but are members of the Formed Police Unit in Mogadishu on 6th January 2014. Ward Ogbu had arrived with seventy officers to replace seventy officers who were leaving Mogadishu after completing their rotation. The AMISOM Police which comprises Ugandan, Nigerian, Ghanaian, Sierra Leoneian police,has the mandate to provide mentoring and advisory support to SPF on basic police duties, such as human rights observation, crime prevention strategies, community policing, search procedures and investigations. AU UN IST PHOTO / David Mutua