, 37th Division UnitedKingdom 37th Division of VI Corps captured Monchy le Preux . During the Second ... John Keir Sir John Keir br Aylmer Haldane Sir Aylmer Haldane anniversaries About the UnitedKingdom Army unit other units of the same name VI Corps disambiguation VI Corps VI Corps was an army ... disappeared. ref Dunlop. ref World War I Operations around Ypres VI Corps was organised within Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer Sir Herbert Plumer s Second Army UnitedKingdom Second Army of the British ... UnitedKingdom 6th Division . Initially it comprised 4th Infantry Division UnitedKingdom 4th Division from V Corps UnitedKingdom V Corps and 6th Infantry Division UnitedKingdom 6th Division from III Corps UnitedKingdom III Corps , and it took over the left of the British line at Ypres . ref ... 6th Infantry Division UnitedKingdom 6th Division and 49th West Riding Infantry Division 49th Division ... Officer Commanding Lt Gen Sir John Keir br 5th Division UnitedKingdom 5th Division 14th Light Division ... Division UnitedKingdom 3rd Division , who remained in command until the end of the war. ref Official ... Haldane J.A.L. Haldane br 3rd Infantry Division UnitedKingdom 3rd Division 12th Eastern Infantry ... Division 29th Division UnitedKingdom 29th Division 37th Division UnitedKingdom 37th Division For the Second ... br Guards Division UnitedKingdom Guards Division 3rd Infantry Division UnitedKingdom 3rd Division 31st Division UnitedKingdom 31st Division 34th Division UnitedKingdom 34th Division 40th Infantry Division UnitedKingdom 40th Division 59th 2nd North Midland Division 42nd East Lancashire Infantry ... Division and 97th Brigade of 32nd Division UnitedKingdom 32nd Division under command, as well ... Aylmer Haldane br Guards Division UnitedKingdom Guards Division 2nd Infantry Division UnitedKingdom 2nd Division 3rd Infantry Division UnitedKingdom 3rd Division 52nd Lowland Infantry Division 52nd ... VI Corps image caption dates World War I country UK allegiance branch File Flag of the British Army.svg ... more details
George of the UnitedKingdom may refer to the following monarchs of the UnitedKingdomGeorge I of Great Britain 1660 1727 George II of Great Britain 1683 1760 George III of the UnitedKingdom 1738 1820 George IV of the UnitedKingdom 1762 1830 George V of the UnitedKingdom 1865 1936 GeorgeVI of the UnitedKingdom 1895 1952 , father of Queen Elizabeth II hndis ... more details
1 1. GeorgeVI of the UnitedKingdom 2 2. George V of the UnitedKingdom 3 3. Mary of Teck Princess ... Collins year 1990 isbn 0 00 215741 1 External links Commons category GeorgeVI of the UnitedKingdomGeorgeVI Wikiquote GeorgeVI of the UnitedKingdomGeorgeVI http www.life.com image first ... PLACE OF DEATH Sandringham House DEFAULTSORT George 06 Of The UnitedKingdom Category GeorgeVI Category ..., British Columbia GeorgeVI Sound in Antarctica and the King GeorgeVI Chase , a horse race in the United ... accessdate 22 April 2009 ref Arms As Duke of York, George bore the royal arms of the UnitedKingdom ... Rh de 27 27. Baroness gnes Incz dy von Nagy V rad 28 28. George III of the UnitedKingdom father of 18 ...Other uses pp semi indef Infobox royalty name GeorgeVI image King GeorgeVI of England, formal photo ... List of Prime Ministers of King GeorgeVI See list spouse Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Elizabeth ... df yes 14 December 1895 birth place York Cottage , Sandringham House , Norfolk , UnitedKingdom death ... date of burial 15 February 1952 place of burial St. George s Chapel, Windsor Castle GeorgeVI Albert Frederick Arthur George 14 December 1895 6 February 1952 was Monarchy of the UnitedKingdom King of the UnitedKingdom and the Dominion s of the Commonwealth of Nations British Commonwealth from ... . British Prime Minister of the UnitedKingdom Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin advised Edward that for political ... elder daughter, Elizabeth II . Birth and family GeorgeVI was born at York Cottage , on the Sandringham ... GeorgeVI foreground , c. 1908. In 1898, Queen Victoria issued letters patent Letters Patent that granted ... matthew citation first H. C. G. last Matthew authorlink Colin Matthew title GeorgeVI 1895 1952 journal ... for the Coronation, 1937 Albert assumed the regnal name GeorgeVI to emphasise continuity with his ... of GeorgeVI s reign was taken up by questions surrounding his predecessor and brother, whose titles ... for the abdication broadcast, ref Judd, p. 144 Sinclair, p. 224 ref but GeorgeVI felt that by abdicating ... more details
George III of the UnitedKingdom has featured in many examples of popular culture. Literature George s insanity is the subject of the play The Madness of George III play The Madness of George III by Alan ... and British monarchs Footnotes Reflist DEFAULTSORT George 03 Of The UnitedKingdom, Cultural Depictions Of Category British monarchs in popular culture George III Category George III of the UnitedKingdom ... Olivier Award for his role. The play concerns George s second bout of insanity in late 1788 and early ... you re mad if you talk to? Like George the Third . ref cite book last Adams first Douglas authorlink ... as being interested in time travel. King George III appears in the novel Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell ... novel, George is encountered by William Laurence, the protagonist, while on an errand in Edinburgh ... alone at night in the snow. Film On film, George has been portrayed by John Storm actor John ... by William Makepeace Thackeray Nigel Hawthorne in The Madness of King George 1994 , for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor , based on the play The Madness of George III play The Madness of George III Robin Soans in the Spanish comedy Sabotage 2000 Dave Reitze in the American video Kidz History The Revolutionary War 2003 Television On television, George has been portrayed by Albert ... entitled No More Kings which paints George III as a tyrant reluctant to allow the colonies out from under his boot. George III s papers do not include a diary. ref National Register of Archives. Papers of George, III 1738 1820 King of Great Britain and Ireland. GB NNAF P136128 ref The TV series The X Files uses a fictional anecdote that George III s diary entry on July 4, 1776 read Nothing important happened today , as a plot device and as the title of the ninth season premiere. In fact, George could anyway not have been notified of transatlantic events until weeks later . George III is also ... more details
George IV of the UnitedKingdom has been depicted many times in popular culture. Literature George IV appears as a character in Rodney Stone by Arthur Conan Doyle 1896 , where he is shown as an irresponsible spendthrift, wildly self indulgent and given to self delusion, but not without some kindly impulses. A more recent portrayal is that in Bernard Cornwell s novel Sharpe s Regiment novel Sharpe s Regiment , which is set during the Regency period here he is portrayed as fat, extravagant and possibly suffering from the same insanity which had afflicted his father. He is an enthusiastic fan of Richard Sharpe s military exploits, and claims to have been present at the Battle of Talavera and to have helped Sharpe capture a French standard. In the novel s historical note, Cornwell said he based the remark on an historical incident when George, during a dinner party at which Wellington was present, claimed to have led a charge at Waterloo. ref According to The private letters of Princess Lieven to Prince Metternich, 1820 1826 edited by Quennell 1937 the King merely pretended to have fought at Waterloo disguised as Eberhardt George Otto Von Bock General Bock to annoy the Duke of Wellington. ref George IV appears as a character in The Regency , Volume 13 of The Morland Dynasty , a series of historical novels by author Cynthia Harrod Eagles . The fictional Lucy Morland, Countess of Aylesbury ... George 04 Of The UnitedKingdom, Cultural Depictions Of Category British monarchs in popular culture George IV Category George IV of the UnitedKingdom ..., George IV has been portrayed by Charles Chapman actor Charles Chapman in the silent short Beau Brummel ... on the play Rothschild by George Hembert Westley Nigel Bruce in The Scarlet Pimpernel 1934 film The Scarlet ... of King George 1994 , based on the play The Madness of George III James Saxon in http www.imdb.com ... Man 2006 Television On television, George IV has been played by Robert Stephens in the BBC Play of the Month ... more details
GeorgeVI was king of the UnitedKingdom and its dominions from 1936 to 1952. GeorgeVI may also refer to GeorgeVI of Georgia died 1313 , king of Georgia from 1311 GeorgeVI of Imereti died 1722 , Georgian nobleman, king of Imereti as GeorgeVI or George V from 1702 to 1707 hndis fr GeorgeVI homonymie nl GeorgeVI ... more details
There were initially 471 King George s Fields King George V Playing Fields in the UnitedKingdom . ref Fields in Trust http www.fieldsintrust.org index.php?option com content&view article&id 70&Itemid 79 King George V Fields ref Details of all the current King George V Fields can be found http www.fieldsintrust.org files KGFs 20Nov 202010 1 .pdf here England List of King George V Playing Fields in England Northern Ireland class wikitable colspan 7 Northern Ireland rowspan 2 width 10 Location rowspan 2 width 17 Formal name rowspan 2 width 16 Local name if any rowspan 2 width 17 Coordinates colspan 2 Dates rowspan 2 External links width 6 Purchase width 6 Opening playing fields go in from here downwards. If in doubt, copy a whole row, paste and edit your section. Please, please sort by COUNTY ... for England and Wales Cardigan Ceredigiom References reflist King George V Fields in the UnitedKingdom Category King George s Fields Category Monuments and memorials in the UnitedKingdom Category Lists of UnitedKingdom parks ... sets Belfast King George V Playing Fields coord 54.6026 N 5.8894 W region GB type landmark ... King George V Memorial Playing Fields The KG 5s NS506666 25 external http www.runtrackdir.com ... rows kgvf row Wishaw King George s Field King George The 5th NS785551 25 external ... header West Lothian rows kgvf row Whitburn, West Lothian Whitburn King George V Playing Fields ... Track Directory br File King George V Playing Fields, Whitburn 1348047.jpg Commons image Wales KGVF ... King George s Field in 2003 ref Parc Ynysderw SN718033 25 2003 2003 external http www.npfa.co.uk pdfs ff autumn2003.pdf NPFA Field Focus, Autumn 2003 kgvf row St Donats King George s Field SS943682 25 kgvf row Tonypandy King George s Park, Tonypandy Athletic Ground SS986926 25 ... KGVF country Wales header Pembrokeshire rows kgvf row Saundersfoot King George s Field St Issels ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Portal Antarctica Infobox islands name GeorgeVI Sound image name Ant pen map.png image caption George Sound within Antarctica locator map nickname location Antarctica coordinates archipelago total islands major islands area km2 rank highest mount elevation m population population as of density km2 ethnic groups country Antarctica additional info Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System GeorgeVI Sound or Canal Jorge VI or Canal Presidente Sarmiento or Canal Seaver or King GeorgeVI Sound or King George the Sixth Sound is a major bay Geologic fault fault Depression geology depression , 300 miles 483 km long in the shape of the letter J, which skirts the east and south shores of Alexander Island , separating it from the Antarctic Peninsula and the English Coast Antarctica English Coast . GeorgeVI Sound is located at Coord 71 00 S 68 00 W . GeorgeVI Sound is largely covered by the GeorgeVI Ice Shelf and the ice varies from about 15 miles 24 km to more than 40 miles 64 km wide. GeorgeVI Sound was discovered by Lincoln Ellsworth who flew over it in 1935. GeorgeVI Sound was explored by the British Graham Land Expedition BGLE in 1936 1937 and by the United States Antarctic Service USAS in 1940. GeorgeVI Sound was named by John Riddoch Rymill , leader of the BGLE, for GeorgeVI of the UnitedKingdomGeorgeVI , British monarchy King of the UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland . DEFAULTSORT GeorgeVi Sound Category Landforms of Palmer Land Category Depressions geology Category Landforms of Alexander Island AlexanderIsland geo stub es Canal Jorge VI lv D ord a VI aurums no GeorgeVI Sound ... more details
Infobox lake lake name King GeorgeVI Reservoir image lake King GeorgeVI Reservoir geograph.org.uk 61139.jpg caption lake View across the reservoir image bathymetry caption bathymetry type reservoir location Surrey coords coord 51.449075 N 0.502482 W type waterbody region GB display inline,title type Man made reservoir inflow outflow catchment basin countries UnitedKingdom length width area convert 350 acre km2 depth max depth convert 56 ft m abbr on volume convert 3493000000 impgal U.S.gal L abbr on residence time shore elevation islands cities The King GeorgeVI Reservoir in England lies to the south of Stanwellmoor near Stanwell and Heathrow . The reservoir was opened in November 1947 and named after the then reigning monarch GeorgeVI of England King GeorgeVI . It is owned by Thames Water . The reservoir occupies convert 350 acre km2 and holds 3493 million imperial gallons 15,880,000 m . ref Denis Smith Civil Engineering Heritage Thomas Telford 2001 ISBN 0 7277 2876 8 ref Its maximum height above the original ground level is convert 56 ft m abbr on . Like the other Lower Thames reservoirs, it is of traditional earthen dam construction, with a puddled clay core supported by ballast embankments built from materials excavated on site. ref Henry Hewlett Long Term Benefits and Performance of Dams Proceedings the 13th Conference of the British Dam Society held at the University of Kent, June 2004 Thomas Telford 2004 ref It is entirely man made, as the area had no natural topographical features that could be dammed off to create a reservoir. The reservoir was completed in 1939 but was left empty due to the outbreak of the Second World War . It was reputed that a mock Clapham Junction railway station was built inside to confuse the Luftwaffe . ref cite book title Time Flies Heathrow At 60 last Gallop first Alan year 2005 publisher Sutton Publishing location Stroud isbn 1 85310 259 8 page 36 ref This reservoir and the adjacent Staines Reservoirs receive their input from ... more details
File Mountains on Alexander Island.jpg thumb GeorgeVI Ice Shelf The GeorgeVI Ice Shelf coord 71 45 S 68 00 W scale 4000000 source GNIS display inline,title is an extensive ice shelf that occupies GeorgeVI Sound between Alexander Island and Palmer Land in Antarctica . The ice shelf extends from Ronne Entrance , at the southwest end of the sound geography sound , to Niznik Island , about convert 30 nmi km south of the north entrance between Cape Brown and Cape Jeremy . It was named by the UK Antarctic Place Names Committee in association with GeorgeVI Sound. ref name gnis References Reflist refs ref name gnis cite gnis type antarid id 5607 name GeorgeVI Ice Shelf accessdate 2012 04 22 ref usgs gazetteer id 5607 Category Ice shelves of Antarctica Category Landforms of Alexander Island Category Landforms of Palmer Land AlexanderIsland geo stub PalmerLand geo stub fr Barri re de GeorgeVI sv GeorgeVI shelfis ... more details
Use dmy dates date October 2011 Not to be confused with George IV Bridge . The King GeorgeVI Bridge is a bridge over the River Dee, Aberdeenshire River Dee in Aberdeen , Scotland. The foundation stone of the bridge was laid by the Lord Provost Edward W. Watt on 15 September 1938. It was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Queen Elizabeth in the presence of King GeorgeVI on 10 March 1941. Today the bridge carries the Great Southern Road B9077 into Aberdeen from the south. Image King GeorgeVI Bridge.jpg thumb right King GeorgeVI Bridge view from West Image Plaque on King GeorgeVI Bridge.jpg thumb right Plaque on West side of King GeorgeVI Bridge in Aberdeen See also Transport in Aberdeen References See Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create references using ref ref tags which will then appear here automatically Reflist coord 57 7 42.22 N 2 6 29.26 W region GB type city display title External links http www.britishpathe.com record.php?id 12547 Black and white film showing Queen Elizabeth and King GeorgeVI at the bridge s opening ceremony DEFAULTSORT King GeorgeVi Bridge Category Road bridges in Scotland ... more details
British monarch, GeorgeVI of the UnitedKingdom King GeorgeVI . It was only run twice before World ...Turf race infobox class Grade 1 horse race King GeorgeVI Chase image caption location Kempton Park Racecourse Kempton Park , br Sunbury on Thames Sunbury , England inaugurated 1937 race type Steeplechase sponsor William Hill bookmaker William Hill ref cite news title William Hill to sponsor King George publisher The Guardian url http www.guardian.co.uk sport 2009 apr 09 horse racing william hill kauto star date April 9, 2009 accessdate 2009 04 09 location London first Chris last Cook ref website http www.kempton.co.uk Kempton Park distance 3 miles 4,828 metres track Grass Turf , right handed qualification Four years old and up weight 11 Stone Imperial mass st 3 Pound mass lb 4yo br 11 st 10 lb 5yo small br Allowances br 7 lb for Filly fillies and mare s small purse Pound sterling 180,000 2011 small br 1st 114,020 small bonuses The King GeorgeVI Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt racing National Hunt Steeplechase chase in Great Britain which is open to Horse racing horses aged four years or older. It is run at Kempton Park Racecourse Kempton Park over a distance of about 3 miles 4,828 metres , and during its running there are eighteen fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year, usually on December 26, and features as part of the William Hill bookmaker William ... in 1947 on a new date Boxing Day . The King GeorgeVI Chase is now the second most prestigious chase ... It was cancelled in 1967 due to 1967 UnitedKingdom foot and mouth outbreak foot and mouth restrictions ... winners.php kinggeorgechase.com King George Chase Winners . http www.pedigreequery.com index.php?search bar stakes&query type stakes&field view&id 3380 pedigreequery.com King GeorgeVI ... Walwyn 1948 Cottage Rake 9 Aubrey Brabazon Vincent O Brien 1949 Finnure 8 Dick Francis George Beeby horse racing George Beeby 1950 Manicou horse Manicou 5 Bryan Marshall horse racing Bryan Marshall Peter ... more details
Other people George Mason Infobox person name George Mason VI image image size caption birth name George Mason VI birth date Birth date 1786 08 11 birth place Fairfax County, Virginia Fairfax County , Virginia ... Episcopal Church United States Episcopalian spouse Elizabeth Thomson Mason br Eleanor Ann Clifton Patton partner children Helen Eliza Mason Ellzey br Sarah Eugenia Mason br John McCarty Mason br George Thomson Mason br Georgianna Mason br Sally Eilbeck Mason br Richard Barnes Patton Mason parents George Mason V br Elizabeth Betsey Mary Ann Barnes Hooe relations grandson of George Mason George Mason IV callsign signature website footnotes box width George Mason VI August 11, 1786 August 21, 1834 ... George Mason V and grandson of United States Patriot American Revolution patriot , statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention, George Mason George Mason IV . Early life ... p1.htm i6 title George Mason VI date accessdate 2008 02 15 publisher http www.gunstonhall.org Gunston ... in 1866. ref name GH3 Relations George Mason VI was a grandson of George Mason 1725&ndash 1792 ... boxstyle 4 background color bfc boxstyle 5 background color 9fe 1 1. George Mason VI 2 2. George Mason ... nationality United States American ethnicity European American citizenship United States other ... son of George Mason V and his wife Elizabeth Betsey Mary Ann Barnes Hooe. ref name GH cite web url http www.gunstonhall.org masonfamily george5.html title Family of George Mason of Gunston Hall George ... http www.carl21.com Carl Goldberg author Gunston Hall ref Marriages and children George married ... masonweb p1.htm i6 Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2008 02 11 ref George and Elizabeth had six ... 7 July 1837 ref name GH2 George Thomson Mason 17 August 1818&ndash 26 April 1846 ref name GH2 Georgianna ... January 1823, George married for a second time to Eleanor Ann Clifton Patton, daughter of Robert Patton, Jr. and Ann Clifton Reeder, in Washington, D.C. ref name GH2 George and Eleanor had one son ref ... more details
Infobox Patriarch honorific prefix His Holiness name GeorgeVI of Armenia patriarch of honorific suffix Surpreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians image GevorgVI.jpg caption ordination consecration enthroned 1945 ended 1954 church Armenian Apostolic Church see Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin predecessor Khoren I successor other post birth name Gheorg Khachaturovich Cheorekchian or Tcheorekdjian birth date Birth date mf yes 1868 12 2 birth place Rostov on Don , Russia death date Death date and age mf yes 1954 5 9 1868 12 2 death place Etchmiadzin , Armenia buried Etchmiadzin Cathedral Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin nationality religion residence parents spouse children occupation profession alma mater signature GeorgeVI of Armenia December 2, 1868 May 9, 1954 was the Catholicos of All Armenians Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 1945 to 1954 ref cite web title Patriachs of Constinople, Armenia, and the East url http www.spiritrestoration.org Church Research 20History 20and 20Great 20Links Patriarchs of Constantinople Armenia and the East.htm publisher spiritualrestoration.org accessdate 10 October 2010 ref . During the Soviet regime , the press praised GeorgeVI as one of the most outstanding supporters of the struggle for peace . File Tombstone George VI.JPG thumb 200px Tombstone of GeorgeVI, Catholicos of All Armenians, at Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin GeorgeVI is buried near Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin. s start Succession box before Khoren I of Armenia title List of Catholicoi of Armenia Catholicoi of All Armenians years 1945 1954 after Vazgen I s end References reflist Category Catholicoi of Armenia Category Armenian Oriental Orthodox Christians DEFAULTSORT George IV of Armenia Category 1868 births Category 1954 deaths Category People from Rostov on Don Category Russian Armenians fr Georges VI Tcheorekdjian hy ru VI fi Gevorg VI ... more details
Mamia after George VII of Imereti George VII years 1702 1707 S end Persondata name GeorgeVi of Imereti ... place of death DEFAULTSORT GeorgeVi Of Imereti Category 17th century births Category 1722 deaths Category Nobility of Georgia country Category Kings of Imereti ca Giorgi VI Abashidze fr Georges VI d Im r thie ka ... more details
monarchs Georgia bio stub ca Giorgi VI de Ge rgia de Giorgi VI. fr Georges VI de G orgie ka VI nl GeorgeVI van Georgi tr VI. Giorgi ...Unreferenced date September 2010 Giorgi VI the Minor Giorgi VI Mtsire , VI , in Georgian language Georgian died 1313 , from the Bagrationi House of Bagrationi was King of Georgia country Georgia in 1311 1313. Son of King David VIII of Georgia David VIII , he was appointed as King of Georgia country Georgia actually, only the eastern part of the country by the Il khan ljeit upon the death of his father in 1311. He reigned under the regency of his uncle Giorgi V the Brilliant Giorgi and died underage in 1313. Ancestry ahnentafel top width 100 center ahnentafel compact5 style font size 90 line height 110 border 1 boxstyle padding top 0 padding bottom 0 boxstyle 1 background color fcc boxstyle 2 background color fb9 boxstyle 3 background color ffc boxstyle 4 background color bfc boxstyle 5 background color 9fe 1 1. Giorgi VI of Georgia 2 2. David VIII of Georgia 3 3. Ouljath Khanum 4 4. Demetre II of Georgia 5 5. Theodora Megale Komnena 6 6. Abaqa Khan 7 7. Bulujin Egachi 8 8. David VII of Georgia 9 9. Gvantsa Gvantsa Kakhaberidze 10 10. Manuel I of Trebizond 11 11. Irene Syrikaina 12 12. Hulagu Khan 13 13. Yesunjin Khatun 14 15 16 16. George IV of Georgia 17 18 18. Kakhaber V Kakhaberidze 19 20 20. Alexios I of Trebizond 21 21. Theodora Axouchina 22 23 24 24. Tolui 25 25. Sorghaghtani Beki 26 27 28 29 30 31 center ahnentafel bottom S start Succession box title List of Georgian Kings King of Georgia years before David VIII of Georgia David VIII after George V of Georgia Giorgi V S end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME George 06 Of Georgia ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1313 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT George 06 Of Georgia Category Monarchs of Georgia country Category Kings of Georgia country Category ... more details
Orphan att March 2011 date February 2012 King GeorgeVI Falls , also known as Salto Oshi, is located on the Oshi River in eastern Guyana . The falls were reportedly discovered in 1938 by American entomologist and physician Paul A. Zahl . Height of this waterfall has often been reported to be 1,600 feet, and that figure has been published many times over several decades, but it is greatly exaggerated. The error originated from imprecise measurements of Paul A. Zahl who estimated the height of falls by throwing large rocks and counting seconds until the stones fell down. ref cite web url http www.wondermondo.com Countries SA Guyana Cuyuni SaltoOshi.htm title Oshi Falls King GeorgeVI Falls publisher Wondermondo ref Waterfall is rarely visited. Its height has not been reliably determined, but is believed to be between about 500 and 700 feet. Though it is not as tall as it has long been thought to be, its combination of height and great volume of water, along with its being a sheer plunge, make it one of the world s most impressive waterfalls. References Reflist External links http www.world waterfalls.com waterfall.php?num 47 world waterfalls.com coord 5 41 18 N 61 06 44 W type waterbody region GY display title Category Waterfalls of Guyana Guyana geo stub es Salto Oshi ... more details
br John P. Lucas br Lucian Truscott br Edward H. Brooks anniversaries US Corps previous V Corps United States next VII Corps United States The VI Corps was activated as VI Army Corps in August 1918 at Neufch teau ... of Italy when it landed at Salerno on 9 September 1943, with the X Corps UnitedKingdom British ... Headquarters, VI Corps, was redesignated Headquarters, United States Constabulary , on 1 ... name Big Picture U.S. 6th Corps DEFAULTSORT Vi Corps United States Category Corps ...Use dmy dates date May 2011 For the VI Corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War VI Corps ACW Page numbers needed date September 2010 Infobox military unit unit name VI Corps image Image US VI Corps SSI.png 150px caption VI Corps shoulder sleeve insignia dates 1 August 1918 11 April 1919 br 1 August 1940 30 April 1946 country United States allegiance branch Regular Army type Army Corps ... . VI Corps took part in some of the most high profile operations in World War II . History World War I The VI Corps was activated as VI Army Corps on 1 August 1918 at Neufch teau , France. It served in the Lorraine Campaign campaign streamer awarded . VI Corps commanders during World War I were ..., Stackpole, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 1958, p. 645 Inter War Period The VI Corps was reconstituted ..., Pennsylvania, 1958, p. 645 World War II Italy The VI Corps took part in some of the most ... . The stiffness of the German defences sorely tested VI Corps and it suffered heavy casualties before ... to be worn out. From October to December 1943 VI Corps was involved in a bruising and bloody slog ... Winter Line defenses without a breakthrough, VI Corps was taken out of the line in an attempt ... of the corps. Southern France Following the capture of Rome, VI Corps again left the line, and again ... southern France, and VI Corps provided the assault troops, coming under US Seventh Army Seventh ... of VI Corps moved north rapidly while the beachhead was consolidated. These units established ... more details
Infobox title UnitedKingdom headerstyle background ccf labelstyle background ddf data1 File Flag of the United Nations.svg 85px Flag of the United Nations File Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 110px Flag of the UnitedKingdom label2 Membership data2 Full member label3 Since data3 1945 label4 UNSC seat data4 Permanent label5 Ambassador data5 Mark Lyall Grant The UnitedKingdom is a charter member of the United Nations and one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council . UnitedKingdom s role in establishing the UN The term United Nations was suggested by Franklin D. Roosevelt ref http www.wordorigins.org wordoru.htm united Etymologies & Word Origins , giving the origin of United Nations ref to Winston Churchill during World War II , to refer to the Allies of World War II Allies . It appeared in the Declaration by the United Nations where, on 1 January 1942, 26 nations pledged to continue fighting the Axis powers . Veto power in the UN Security Council The UnitedKingdom used its Security Council veto power, along with France, to veto a draft resolution aimed at resolving the Suez Crisis Suez Canal crisis in 1956. They eventually withdrew after the U.S. instigated an emergency special session of the General Assembly, under the terms of the UN General Assembly Resolution 377 Uniting for Peace resolution , which led to the establishment of the United Nations Emergency Force I UNEF I , by the adoption of Assembly resolution 1001 http www.un.org ga sessions emergency.shtml . The UK also used the veto unilaterally seven times because of Rhodesia . See also European Union and the United Nations Permanent Representative of the UnitedKingdom to the United Nations References Reflist Foreign relations of the UnitedKingdomUnited Nations relations with its Member States Portal United Nations DEFAULTSORT UnitedKingdom And The United Nations Category UnitedKingdom and the United Nations UN stub ... more details
Infobox Military Award name King GeorgeVI Coronation Medal image File King GeorgeVI Coronation Medal.jpg 120px br br Image GeorgeVICoronationRibbon.png 90px caption Medal and ribbon awarded by UnitedKingdom br and Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth type Medal eligibility Commonwealth citizens for community contribution status description clasps None established 12 May 1937 first award last award total 90,279 posthumous recipients individual higher same lower related image2 caption2 The King GeorgeVI Coronation Medal was a commemorative medal made to celebrate the coronation of GeorgeVI of the UnitedKingdom King GeorgeVI . Issue For Coronation and Jubilee medals, the practice up until 1977 was that UnitedKingdom authorities decided on a total number to be produced, then allocated a proportion to each of the Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth countries and Crown dependency Crown dependencies and possessions. The award of the medals was then at the discretion of the local government authority, who were free to decide who got a medal and why. A total of 90,279 medals were issued, including 6,887 to Australians 10,089 to Canadians Description A circular, silver medal, 1.25 inches in diameter. Featured on the obverse are the conjoined effigies of King GeorgeVI and Elizabeth Bowes Lyon Queen Elizabeth , crowned and robed, facing left. The rim is not raised on this medal and there is no legend ... is the inscription GEORGEVI QVEEN ELIZABETH a V in Queen rather than a U . The garter blue ribbon ... Category Civil awards and decorations of New Zealand Category Civil awards and decorations of the UnitedKingdom Category GeorgeVI Category 1937 establishments in the UnitedKingdom orders medals stub Commonwealth Coronation and Jubilee medals ca Medalla de la Coronaci del Rei Jordi VI 1937 it Medaglia dell Incoronazione di Giorgio VI nl Medaille voor de Kroning van GeorgeVI no Kong Georg VIs kroningsmedalje pl King GeorgeVI Coronation Medal uk VI ... more details
Infobox order title The Royal Family Order of King GeorgeVI of the UnitedKingdom image File National Order of the Southern Cross K R.jpg 90px caption Ribbon awarded by King GeorgeVI Personally and Privately type Royal Family Order day eligibility Female members of the British Royal Family for At the monarch s pleasure status Defunct on the death of GeorgeVI head title Sovereign head GeorgeVI of the UnitedKingdom grades various former grades date 1936 first induction last induction total recipients individual higher lower image2 caption2 The Royal Family Order of King GeorgeVI was a high honour bestowed as a mark of personal esteem on titled female members of the British Royal Family for personal service to GeorgeVI of the UnitedKingdom King GeorgeVI . Elizabeth II of the UnitedKingdom Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy Princess Alexandra are the only surviving members of the Order. Appearance King GeorgeVI s Royal Family Order was awarded in classes and was of pink colour. List of known recipients border 1 id toc style margin 1 auto align center border 1 style border collapse collapse Title of recipient when bestowed Life Notes colspan 3 HM Mary of Teck Queen Mary 1867 1953 n e Princess Mary of Teck HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother The Queen 1900 2002 n e Elizabeth Bowes Lyon Later Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother HRH Elizabeth II of the UnitedKingdom The Princess Elizabeth 1926 Later Queen Elizabeth II HRH Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon The Princess Margaret 1930 2002 Later Countess of Snowdon HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester The Duchess of Gloucester 1901 2004 n e Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott HRH Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark The Duchess of Kent 1906 1968 n e Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark ... of knighthood of the UnitedKingdom Category GeorgeVI it Ordine Famigliare Reale di Re Giorgio VI no Georg VIs familieorden ... more details
VIII rowspan 4 GeorgeVI of the UnitedKingdomGeorgeVI 38th 1945 unitedKingdom general ... vote rowspan 6 George III of the UnitedKingdomGeorge III 1st 1801 none co opted William Pitt the Younger , br Henry Addington Tory 2nd 1802 UnitedKingdom general election, 1802 election List of MPs elected in the UnitedKingdom general election, 1802 MPs Henry Addington, br William Pitt the Younger Tory 3rd 1806 UnitedKingdom general election, 1806 election List of MPs elected in the UnitedKingdom ... of Derby , br George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen Conservative 41.9 17th 1857 unitedKingdom ... KingdomGeorge V 30th 1910 Dec unitedKingdom general election, December 1910 election ..., br David Lloyd George Liberal minority 43.2 31st 1918 unitedKingdom general election, 1918 election List of MPs elected in the UnitedKingdom general election, 1918 MPs David Lloyd George Coalition ...This is a list of Parliaments of the UnitedKingdom , tabulated with the elections to the British House ... the formation of the UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . For previous Parliament of the United ... 4th 1807 UnitedKingdom general election, 1807 election List of MPs elected in the UnitedKingdom ... , br Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool Tory 5th 1812 UnitedKingdom general election, 1812 election List of MPs elected in the UnitedKingdom general election, 1812 MPs The Earl of Liverpool Tory 6th 1818 UnitedKingdom general election, 1818 election List of MPs elected in the UnitedKingdom general election, 1818 MPs The Earl of Liverpool Tory rowspan 2 George IV of the UnitedKingdomGeorge IV 7th 1820 UnitedKingdom general election, 1820 election List of MPs elected in the UnitedKingdom general election, 1820 MPs The Earl of Liverpool Tory 8th 1826 UnitedKingdom general election, 1826 election List of MPs elected in the UnitedKingdom general election, 1826 MPs The Earl ..., 1st Duke of Wellington Tory rowspan 4 William IV of the UnitedKingdom William IV 9th 1830 United ... more details
GeorgeVI of the UnitedKingdom appears in several items of popular culture. Film, stage, television and radio George has been portrayed by Andrew Ray in the 1974 LWT adaptation of Royce Ryton s play Crown Matrimonial , and in the 1978 Thames Television mini series Edward & Mrs. Simpson Lyndon Brook in the 1979 BBC TV drama Churchill and the Generals Owen Holder in the 1986 TV drama series Lord Mountbatten The Last Viceroy James Wilby in the 2002 Carlton Television drama Bertie and Elizabeth Anthony Andrews in the 2003 BBC TV series Cambridge Spies Mick Rose actor Mick Rose in the 2004 TV drama Ike Countdown to D Day Harry Enfield in the 2004 spoof Churchill The Hollywood Years Bill Champion actor Bill Champion in the 2005 film Wallis and Edward Iain Glen in the 2009 TV drama Into the Storm film Into the Storm Alex Jennings in the 2009 radio play A King s Speech Colin Firth , winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor ref name academy awards cite web url http www.oscars.org awards academyawards 83 nominees.html title Nominees & Winners for the 83rd Academy Awards work Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences AMPAS publisher AMPAS accessdate 3 March 2011 ref in the 2010 film The King s Speech . ref Cite web url http rogerebert.suntimes.com apps pbcs.dll article?AID 20101215 REVIEWS 101219985 1023 title The King s Speech rogerebert.com Reviews publisher Rogerebert.suntimes.com date 15 December 2010 accessdate 3 March 2011 ref The film also won Academy Award for Best Picture Best Picture at the 83rd Academy Awards . ref name academy awards Laurence Fox in the 2011 film W.E. ... monarchs in popular culture GeorgeVI Category GeorgeVI ... 19 February 2012 work BBC News ref Novels George is a significant character in Michael Dobbs ..., and killed, during a Nazi occupation of Britain. Comics In Secret Origins 7 November, 1986 , George and Elizabeth are menaced by the Phantom of the Fair during their visit to New York in 1940. George ... more details
King GeorgeVI Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia , Canada . It was established by Order in Council on May 3, 1937, named in commemoration of the coronation of GeorgeVI . convert 162 acre km2 in area, the park was originally established to provide a rest area and campground for travellers on British Columbia provincial highway 22 BC Hwy 22 entering Canada from the United States, the site s facilities were repeatedly vandalized until they were finally removed by BC Parks and the site left to revert to its natural state. There are no facilities in this park, nor any trails. The park s stands of old growth Populus sect. Aegiros cottonwood shelter it from neighbouring mixed use areas and serve as habitat for cavity nesting birds, such as barred owls, pileated woodpeckers and red naped sapsuckers. See also Monarchy in British Columbia References http www.elp.gov.bc.ca bcgn bin bcg10?name 4543 BCGNIS listing King GeorgeVI Park http www.env.gov.bc.ca bcparks explore parkpgs king georgevi BC Parks website coord 49 01 00 N 117 49 00 W display title DEFAULTSORT King GeorgeVi Provincial Park Category Provincial Parks of British Columbia Category West Kootenay BritishColumbia park stub ... more details
Use dmy dates date February 2012 Use British English date February 2012 File King GeorgeVI of England, formal photo portrait, circa 1940 1946.jpg 250px thumb King GeorgeVIGeorgeVI of the UnitedKingdom King GeorgeVI was the monarch of the UnitedKingdom, the Commonwealth of Nations British Commonwealth and the British Empire from 11 December 1936 until his death on 6 February 1952. During his reign George was served by a total of 31 Prime Ministers 4 from Prime Minister of the UnitedKingdom The UnitedKingdom , 7 from Prime Minister of Australia Australia , 2 from Prime Minister of Canada Canada , 1 from Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ceylon , 1 from Prime Minister of India India , 1 from President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State Ireland , 3 from Prime Minister of Malta Malta , 3 from Prime Minister of New Zealand New Zealand , 3 from Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland , 2 from Prime Minister of Pakistan Pakistan , 3 from Prime Minister of South Africa South Africa and 1 from Prime Minister of Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia . List of Prime Ministers class wikitable style clear right text align center colspan 5 Australia No. Portrait Name Date of Ascension ... Godfrey Huggins 11 December 1936 6 February 1952 colspan 5 UnitedKingdom 1 File Stanley Baldwin ... King of the UnitedKingdom and br Dominion British dominions beyond the seas years 11 December ... of South Africa years 11 December 1936 6 February 1952 s bef before Himself as Monarchy of the UnitedKingdom King of the UnitedKingdom s ttl title List of Sri Lankan monarchs King of Ceylon years ... Of King GeorgeVI Category British Empire related lists Prime Ministers of GeorgeVI Category Commonwealth realms Category British monarchy related lists Category Lists of Prime Ministers of the UnitedKingdom Category GeorgeVI ... April 1940 ref 13 December 1949 3 File Sidney George Holland 1953 .jpg 60px Sidney Holland 13 December ... more details
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