...Sylvia Gore, pioneer of women's football has died aged 71;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37201105
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Alexis Arquette, Trans sister of Patricia and David Arquette, dead at 47.
No cause given but lots of family gathered so seems like illness of some sort.
RIP.
No cause given but lots of family gathered so seems like illness of some sort.
RIP.
...probably appropriate to post in here, another young person has collapsed and died playing sport;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37346820
I suppose some people have a ticking bomb inside of them, it would be great if medical science can identify them. Fortunately such cases are rare.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37346820
I suppose some people have a ticking bomb inside of them, it would be great if medical science can identify them. Fortunately such cases are rare.
Nil Satis Niasse Optimum
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Going for Hillary Clinton next. Potentially before the election.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Eileen Younghusband, WAAF officer – obituary
Eileen Younghusband
7 September 2016 • 6:01pm
Eileen Younghusband, who has died aged 95, served in Fighter Command during the Second World War, and helped plot the launching points of the V2 rockets that threatened to devastate London.
By late 1944, the second of Hitler’s “terror weapons”, the V2 (“Vengeance 2”) ballistic missile, was being launched against London and also Antwerp, the Allies’ major port during the advance into Holland and Germany. The V2 could be launched almost anywhere from specially adapted lorries, making it highly mobile and hence very difficult to detect. It was impossible to intercept once launched, so it was essential to destroy the missile before it was launched – or destroy the launcher.
In December 1944, and with the threat to Antwerp becoming acute, Eileen Younghusband and a number of her Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) colleagues travelled to Mechelen in Belgium to join a team trying to identify the launch points of the missile. Their only tools were their knowledge of mathematics and a slide rule. Time was of the essence since the launchers could move within 10 to 15 minutes of a V2 launch.
Knowing the landing spot and the trajectory of the missile it was possible to calculate the position of the launch point. As soon as these sites were identified, patrolling fighter-bombers were briefed in the air and attacked them with bombs or rockets. By early March most of the launchers had been destroyed.
As a young au pair, she was sent home from France during the Munich crisis, sharing her railway carriage with Jews escaping Nazi persecution. Only weeks before the outbreak of war, she was in Germany, experiencing the menace of Hitler’s regime. She later provided tea and sympathy to train-loads of British soldiers returning from Dunkirk, and she witnessed the Blitz on London.
Aged just 19, Eileen volunteered to serve in the WAAF and was trained as a plotter to work in Fighter Command’s operations rooms. She was commissioned in 1941 and worked at No 10 (Fighter) Group HQ at RAF Rudloe Manor near Bath before moving to the headquarters of Fighter Command at Bentley Priory.
There she worked in the Filter Room, the key element of the air defence operations room. It was the job of her section to filter the many reports received from radar sites, observation posts, radio intercept posts, and other intelligence sources sent to the centre and then to present a coherent picture of the air situation to the plotting room and the fighter controllers. This “air picture” then had to be constantly updated.
She spent most of her post-war career in hospitality, working in hotels and catering and taking on the male establishment in the industry.
She moved to Wales in 1984 and became an advocate for health and education issues. In 2012 she was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to lifelong learning.
At the age of 87 she completed a degree from the Open University and was named as one of the students of the year.
She married Peter Younghusband in 1944. He and their son predeceased her.
Eileen Younghusband, born July 4 1921, died September 2 2016
Eileen Younghusband
7 September 2016 • 6:01pm
Eileen Younghusband, who has died aged 95, served in Fighter Command during the Second World War, and helped plot the launching points of the V2 rockets that threatened to devastate London.
By late 1944, the second of Hitler’s “terror weapons”, the V2 (“Vengeance 2”) ballistic missile, was being launched against London and also Antwerp, the Allies’ major port during the advance into Holland and Germany. The V2 could be launched almost anywhere from specially adapted lorries, making it highly mobile and hence very difficult to detect. It was impossible to intercept once launched, so it was essential to destroy the missile before it was launched – or destroy the launcher.
In December 1944, and with the threat to Antwerp becoming acute, Eileen Younghusband and a number of her Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) colleagues travelled to Mechelen in Belgium to join a team trying to identify the launch points of the missile. Their only tools were their knowledge of mathematics and a slide rule. Time was of the essence since the launchers could move within 10 to 15 minutes of a V2 launch.
Knowing the landing spot and the trajectory of the missile it was possible to calculate the position of the launch point. As soon as these sites were identified, patrolling fighter-bombers were briefed in the air and attacked them with bombs or rockets. By early March most of the launchers had been destroyed.
As a young au pair, she was sent home from France during the Munich crisis, sharing her railway carriage with Jews escaping Nazi persecution. Only weeks before the outbreak of war, she was in Germany, experiencing the menace of Hitler’s regime. She later provided tea and sympathy to train-loads of British soldiers returning from Dunkirk, and she witnessed the Blitz on London.
Aged just 19, Eileen volunteered to serve in the WAAF and was trained as a plotter to work in Fighter Command’s operations rooms. She was commissioned in 1941 and worked at No 10 (Fighter) Group HQ at RAF Rudloe Manor near Bath before moving to the headquarters of Fighter Command at Bentley Priory.
There she worked in the Filter Room, the key element of the air defence operations room. It was the job of her section to filter the many reports received from radar sites, observation posts, radio intercept posts, and other intelligence sources sent to the centre and then to present a coherent picture of the air situation to the plotting room and the fighter controllers. This “air picture” then had to be constantly updated.
She spent most of her post-war career in hospitality, working in hotels and catering and taking on the male establishment in the industry.
She moved to Wales in 1984 and became an advocate for health and education issues. In 2012 she was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to lifelong learning.
At the age of 87 she completed a degree from the Open University and was named as one of the students of the year.
She married Peter Younghusband in 1944. He and their son predeceased her.
Eileen Younghusband, born July 4 1921, died September 2 2016
Donald Twain
Vide cor meum
Yeah whichever way you dress this up it's sad news!
Sapie88
Hi @Donald Twain
Sigh.
The Cowboy
Player Valuation: £60m
That is one mad surname.Eileen Younghusband, WAAF officer – obituary
Eileen Younghusband
7 September 2016 • 6:01pm
Eileen Younghusband, who has died aged 95, served in Fighter Command during the Second World War, and helped plot the launching points of the V2 rockets that threatened to devastate London.
By late 1944, the second of Hitler’s “terror weapons”, the V2 (“Vengeance 2”) ballistic missile, was being launched against London and also Antwerp, the Allies’ major port during the advance into Holland and Germany. The V2 could be launched almost anywhere from specially adapted lorries, making it highly mobile and hence very difficult to detect. It was impossible to intercept once launched, so it was essential to destroy the missile before it was launched – or destroy the launcher.
In December 1944, and with the threat to Antwerp becoming acute, Eileen Younghusband and a number of her Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) colleagues travelled to Mechelen in Belgium to join a team trying to identify the launch points of the missile. Their only tools were their knowledge of mathematics and a slide rule. Time was of the essence since the launchers could move within 10 to 15 minutes of a V2 launch.
Knowing the landing spot and the trajectory of the missile it was possible to calculate the position of the launch point. As soon as these sites were identified, patrolling fighter-bombers were briefed in the air and attacked them with bombs or rockets. By early March most of the launchers had been destroyed.
As a young au pair, she was sent home from France during the Munich crisis, sharing her railway carriage with Jews escaping Nazi persecution. Only weeks before the outbreak of war, she was in Germany, experiencing the menace of Hitler’s regime. She later provided tea and sympathy to train-loads of British soldiers returning from Dunkirk, and she witnessed the Blitz on London.
Aged just 19, Eileen volunteered to serve in the WAAF and was trained as a plotter to work in Fighter Command’s operations rooms. She was commissioned in 1941 and worked at No 10 (Fighter) Group HQ at RAF Rudloe Manor near Bath before moving to the headquarters of Fighter Command at Bentley Priory.
There she worked in the Filter Room, the key element of the air defence operations room. It was the job of her section to filter the many reports received from radar sites, observation posts, radio intercept posts, and other intelligence sources sent to the centre and then to present a coherent picture of the air situation to the plotting room and the fighter controllers. This “air picture” then had to be constantly updated.
She spent most of her post-war career in hospitality, working in hotels and catering and taking on the male establishment in the industry.
She moved to Wales in 1984 and became an advocate for health and education issues. In 2012 she was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to lifelong learning.
At the age of 87 she completed a degree from the Open University and was named as one of the students of the year.
She married Peter Younghusband in 1944. He and their son predeceased her.
Eileen Younghusband, born July 4 1921, died September 2 2016
tommye
Player Valuation: £100m
Will be greatly missed by all who knew him. A massive blue and a lovely man.
Deepest sympathies to all his family and friends. NSNO.
RIP. That's some squad you've gone up to support Fred!
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
As an adjunct to the 'Heinous British War Crimes' Thread.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...oured-boiling-water-cottage-battlefields.html
British expert on the Anglo-Zulu war dies after robbers tortured him and poured boiling water over him at his cottage beside the battlefields of Rorke's Drift
British expert on the Anglo-Zulu war dies after robbers tortured him and poured boiling water over him at his cottage beside the battlefields of Rorke's Drift
By Dave Burke For Mailonline
A renowned British historian who for nearly 20 years regaled audiences in South Africa with tales of the Anglo-Zulu war has died after a savage beating by armed robbers.
Robert Gerrard suffered serious brain injuries, a shattered pelvis and severe burns in the attack, during which he was beaten, tied up, and had boiling water poured over him.
He died last week aged 74 after suffering complications from his wounds, having been left unable to walk after being tortured in February.
Robert Gerrard, who was a renowned expert on the Anglo-Zulu War and a popular tour guide in South Africa, died after a brutal attack by robbers in his home
A similar fate befell his mentor, historian David Rattray, who was shot dead in 2007 by intruders at his lodge in KwaZulu-Natal.
Such was Mr Gerrard's passion for the subject - the Royal Geographical Society fellow was the resident expert at Isandlwana Lodge - that his ashes will be spread over the battlefield at Rorke's Drift next month.
The Battle of Rorke's Drift, one of the key clashes during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879, was the basis of 1964 film Zulu, starring Michael Caine.
Former US President Jimmy Carter and his family were among those to be given tours by the expert, who said it was in KwaZulu 'where I started to live my passion'.
Mr Gerrard's family was steeped in South African history - his great-grandfather, Sir John Robinson, was the first prime minister of the colony of Natal between 1893 and 1897, while his father, Brigadier Bernard Gerrard, was commanding officer of the Gordon Highlanders.
Passionate: Visitors lavished praise on Mr Gerrard, who was described as passionate and knowledgeable about his subject
Mr Gerrard was to follow in his father's footsteps, serving with the Gordons in Kenya and on a secondment in Malaysia, Borneo and Thailand before leaving the army in 1969 to become a commodity trader.
While living in South Africa, his passion for British military history flourished, and he began lecturing on the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and the Anglo-Boer Wars of 1881 and 1899-1902.
He penned a book about the Anglo-Zulu War, People of the Heavens, which proved an invaluable resource for researchers.
As a tour guide in the region, the historian got to know Zulu descendants of combatants and gained valuable insight into the war from their perspective.
The former army officer said it was in KwaZulu 'where I started to live my passion'
He proved popular with visitors - testimonies from people who had enjoyed his talks lavished praise on his presentation style and passion for the subject.
'Rob is an enormous draw. He is charming and terrifically knowledgeable,' an American tourist wrote on the Isandlwana Lodge website.
And a South African visitor stated: 'Rob is a great story teller and his passion for history excites you into a deeper understanding of the battles that took place here.'
Mr Gerrard was attacked at his home after returning home from dinner with guests.
A painting depicting the death of Prince Eugene Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, son of Napoleon, during the Anglo-Zulu War
His sister, Sally Gerrard Fox, told The Times: 'He was an incredibly fit and determined man until this.
'He would be out striding on the mountainside on tours every day.
'But he just wasn't getting better, he was forcing himself to walk again but it was clear that the attack sounded the end of his career.'
Charles Edwin Fripp's painting of The Battle of Isandhlwana of 1879 showing clashes between British and colonial troops and the Zulu army
No one has been arrested for the attack, in which thieves stole two handguns, two rifles, credit cards, and broke Mr Gerrard's finger to steal a signet ring.
Mrs Fox said: 'They beat the living hell out of him, smashed his head into the floor, tied him up, poured boiling water over him, fractured his pelvis in seven places.
'Afterwards he was shattered not only that this had happened but the brutality behind what happened, the lack of clear reason behind it.'
The divorced father-of-two suffered a suspected stroke, a collapsed lung and pneumonia, although a post mortem is yet to determine his cause of death.
'For the first time in my life, I could see that he was almost scared,' Mrs Fox said.
'I have never seen him scared of anything in my life, but he was.'
THE BRUTAL BATTLES OF ANGLO-ZULU WAR... AND HOW RORKE'S DRIFT BECAME ONE OF HISTORY'S MOST FAMOUS
The Battle of Rorke's Drift, in which 150 British and colonial troops repelled an assault by 3,000 to 4,000 Zulu warriors
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...oured-boiling-water-cottage-battlefields.html
British expert on the Anglo-Zulu war dies after robbers tortured him and poured boiling water over him at his cottage beside the battlefields of Rorke's Drift
British expert on the Anglo-Zulu war dies after robbers tortured him and poured boiling water over him at his cottage beside the battlefields of Rorke's Drift
- Historian Robert Gerrard was attacked and tortured in February
- His family said the 74-year-old never recovered from his injuries, and died last week after a suspected stroke
- He had been a tour guide at the historic battle scene in Rorke's Drift for nearly 20 years
- The former soldier was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
By Dave Burke For Mailonline
A renowned British historian who for nearly 20 years regaled audiences in South Africa with tales of the Anglo-Zulu war has died after a savage beating by armed robbers.
Robert Gerrard suffered serious brain injuries, a shattered pelvis and severe burns in the attack, during which he was beaten, tied up, and had boiling water poured over him.
He died last week aged 74 after suffering complications from his wounds, having been left unable to walk after being tortured in February.
Robert Gerrard, who was a renowned expert on the Anglo-Zulu War and a popular tour guide in South Africa, died after a brutal attack by robbers in his home
A similar fate befell his mentor, historian David Rattray, who was shot dead in 2007 by intruders at his lodge in KwaZulu-Natal.
Such was Mr Gerrard's passion for the subject - the Royal Geographical Society fellow was the resident expert at Isandlwana Lodge - that his ashes will be spread over the battlefield at Rorke's Drift next month.
The Battle of Rorke's Drift, one of the key clashes during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879, was the basis of 1964 film Zulu, starring Michael Caine.
Former US President Jimmy Carter and his family were among those to be given tours by the expert, who said it was in KwaZulu 'where I started to live my passion'.
Mr Gerrard's family was steeped in South African history - his great-grandfather, Sir John Robinson, was the first prime minister of the colony of Natal between 1893 and 1897, while his father, Brigadier Bernard Gerrard, was commanding officer of the Gordon Highlanders.
Passionate: Visitors lavished praise on Mr Gerrard, who was described as passionate and knowledgeable about his subject
Mr Gerrard was to follow in his father's footsteps, serving with the Gordons in Kenya and on a secondment in Malaysia, Borneo and Thailand before leaving the army in 1969 to become a commodity trader.
While living in South Africa, his passion for British military history flourished, and he began lecturing on the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and the Anglo-Boer Wars of 1881 and 1899-1902.
He penned a book about the Anglo-Zulu War, People of the Heavens, which proved an invaluable resource for researchers.
As a tour guide in the region, the historian got to know Zulu descendants of combatants and gained valuable insight into the war from their perspective.
The former army officer said it was in KwaZulu 'where I started to live my passion'
He proved popular with visitors - testimonies from people who had enjoyed his talks lavished praise on his presentation style and passion for the subject.
'Rob is an enormous draw. He is charming and terrifically knowledgeable,' an American tourist wrote on the Isandlwana Lodge website.
And a South African visitor stated: 'Rob is a great story teller and his passion for history excites you into a deeper understanding of the battles that took place here.'
Mr Gerrard was attacked at his home after returning home from dinner with guests.
A painting depicting the death of Prince Eugene Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, son of Napoleon, during the Anglo-Zulu War
His sister, Sally Gerrard Fox, told The Times: 'He was an incredibly fit and determined man until this.
'He would be out striding on the mountainside on tours every day.
'But he just wasn't getting better, he was forcing himself to walk again but it was clear that the attack sounded the end of his career.'
Charles Edwin Fripp's painting of The Battle of Isandhlwana of 1879 showing clashes between British and colonial troops and the Zulu army
No one has been arrested for the attack, in which thieves stole two handguns, two rifles, credit cards, and broke Mr Gerrard's finger to steal a signet ring.
Mrs Fox said: 'They beat the living hell out of him, smashed his head into the floor, tied him up, poured boiling water over him, fractured his pelvis in seven places.
'Afterwards he was shattered not only that this had happened but the brutality behind what happened, the lack of clear reason behind it.'
The divorced father-of-two suffered a suspected stroke, a collapsed lung and pneumonia, although a post mortem is yet to determine his cause of death.
'For the first time in my life, I could see that he was almost scared,' Mrs Fox said.
'I have never seen him scared of anything in my life, but he was.'
THE BRUTAL BATTLES OF ANGLO-ZULU WAR... AND HOW RORKE'S DRIFT BECAME ONE OF HISTORY'S MOST FAMOUS
The Battle of Rorke's Drift, in which 150 British and colonial troops repelled an assault by 3,000 to 4,000 Zulu warriors
tommye
Player Valuation: £100m
For you, yes.
I say this with love, you know. It's for your own good.
The new avatar suits you.
RIP Arnold Palmer.
What a golfer.
What a golfer.