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 The Victoria Cross awarded to John Robarts
John Robarts joined the Navy as a Boy Seaman in 1842 and served on HMS Wellesley where he was awarded the China Medal.
Robarts was born in 1820 at Chasewater in Cornwall.
A painting of the VC action, by Lars William Desanges which shows Robarts and the two Lieutenants winning their VCs was on loan to the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich until 1993, but has been returned to the owner, of whom we have no further knowledge.
www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk /vc/robarts.htm   (436 words)

  
 John Robarts (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Robarts was a Canadian lawyer and statesman, and Premier of Ontario.
John Robarts (Bahá'í) was a prominent Canadian Bahá'í appointed a Hand of the Cause of God.
John Robarts (VC) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Robarts_(disambiguation)   (133 words)

  
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VC Medal's Custodian is the Sherwood Forester's Museum, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham.
VC Medal Custodian is 9th/12th Lancers Regimental Museum, The Strand, Derby.
VC Medal's Custodian is the York and Lancaster Museum, Rotherham, Yorkshire.
www.eviltaxman.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /vcrinfo.htm   (15409 words)

  
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On 29 May 1855 in the Sea of Azov, Crimea, Gunner Robarts of HMS Ardent with two lieutenants (BUCKLEY,C.W. and BURGOYNE,H.T.), one from HMS Miranda and the other from HMS Swallow, volunteered to land on a beach where the Russian army were in strength.
He was decorated by Queen Victoria on 26th June 1857 at the first investiture.
Robarts had lived at 4 Park Lane, Portsea (1881) and Providence House, Castle Road, Southsea (1886).
www.friendsofhighlandroadcemetery.org.uk /vc/robarts.htm   (116 words)

  
 Victoria Cross Research - R
On 29 May 1855 in the Sea of Azov, Crimea, Gunner Robarts of HMS Ardent with two lieutenants*, one from HMS Miranda and the other from HMS Swallow, volunteered to land on a beachwhere the Russian army were in strength..
For the 25th October 1888 it stated, "The death is announced of Mr John Robarts, a retired Chief Gunner, Royal Navy, who won the Victoria Cross for his bravery in the Black Sea during the Crimean War.
BSM Horlock was awarded his VC after he was wounded in action during a German attack at Vendresse on September 15 1914.
www.victoriacross.co.uk /descrip_r.html   (15773 words)

  
 Zmetro.com: Education Archives
Ruth Robarts posts a process for a Priority Driven Budget (rather than the current process where cuts are discussed prior to a full budget disclosure) Ruth's thoughts are based on a book and information from the National School Boards Association and the American Association of School Administrators
Board member Ruth Robarts seemed eager for a measure of administrative effectiveness, but she argued that that could not be obtained until the board laid out an instructional plan with performance goals.
Barbara Rose Johns is remembered not only as a soldier of civil rights, but also as a role model for her family.
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 ADAMS, Rev
He then proceeded, under heavy fire, to attend a dhoolie-bearer, whose wound he had been directed to bind up, and while the regiment was advancing under the enemy's fire, he ran across the open ground to attend to another wounded man. In doing so he was himself severely wounded.
Acknowledged to be one of the two youngest winners of the VC (aged 15 years, 3 months), the other being FLINN, T.
During the same evening he saved the life of a quartermaster-sergeant by cutting off the head of the sepoy who had just bayoneted him He is also said to have twice saved the life of a major who was being attacked by sepoys.
www.aoh61.com /history/victoria_cross_ag.htm   (5705 words)

  
 This war is not our war!
Sociologist John Helmer and psychoanalyst Dr. Norman E. Zinberg see a correlation between drug usage and political activity, and their claims will be dealt with in the conclusion.
She was a VC, she told me; she made booby traps and laid them at night — and I’d be out there stepping clear of them — but she and I were in love.
Before the war the section of respondents said that the majority of their fathers had served in the military and 57 percent held a positive attitude towards the military.
www.americansc.org.uk /Online/Forum/Vietnam_War.htm   (4493 words)

  
 Zmetro.com: April 07, 2004 Archives
John Byrnes has written one of the better articles [164K pdf] I've read on the topic of Wisconsin's generally poor entrepreneurial track record.
Locally, congrats to Ruth Robarts, Shwaw Vang and Johnny Winston, Jr.
None of the races were all that close (although from a spending perspective, Winston & Vang far outspent their opponents while Robarts was substantially outspent by Olson & MTI).
www.zmetro.com /archives/2004_04_07.html   (624 words)

  
 The Victoria Cross and the Men of Portsmouth to whom it was awarded
These pages commemorate those Men of Portsmouth to whom the VC was awarded.
For a brief history of the Victoria Cross see the National Army Museum VC Section
The first man to receive his Victoria Cross from the Queen was Commander Raby.
www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk /vc/index.htm   (170 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Encyclopedia Browse > J > Jo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
John I Stanley of the Isle of Man
John II Stanley of the Isle of Man
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 Highland Road Cemetery
The fifth recipient of the VC, at his death he was Admiral of the Channel Fleet
Lance Corporal in the Queen's Royal Lancers, he showed valour at Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny; he received his VC in 1858.
Lieutenant Shaw, who had seen service in the Crimea and in Afghanistan, received his VC in New Zealand in 1865 for his gallant conduct during a skirmish in the Taranaki region
www.portsmouth.gov.uk /living/6771.htm   (914 words)

  
 John Roberts (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint John Roberts, one of the Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
John Roberts 19th century brewer of the Three Tuns, Bishop's Castle, Shropshire.
None of these should be confused with former Ontario premier John Robarts, Crimean War hero John Robarts (VC), or any of several people named Jonathan Roberts.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Roberts_(disambiguation)   (246 words)

  
 John Roberts -
John R Logan Todd Swanstrom - Beyond the City Limits: Urban Policy andamp, Economic Restructuring in Comparative Perspective - 0877229449
This artikel John_Roberts is licensed under the GNU free Documentation License.
Roberts is named for Oran Milo Roberts, the seventeenth governor of Texas, and for John S. Roberts, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
www.booksearchpricecomparison.com /507189_john-r-w-stott_08308203611and2thessalonianslivingintheendtimesromannumerals.html   (468 words)

  
 GARY WILL: Waterloo Tech Digest -- February 2000
Two of PixStream's earliest investors -- Terry Matthews and Newbridge Networks (rumoured to have collectively taken a 30% position in the company in 1997, with Matthews' stake held by his VC firm, Celtic House International) -- were in the news in February.
Researchers at the John P. Robarts Research Institute in London, Ontario will use Virtek's ChipReader DNA chip scanner in projects to identify the genetic factors of various human diseases and disorders.
Virtek announced what it called a "collaborative research partnership" with the institute, which is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario and the London Health Sciences Centre.
www.garywill.com /digest/wtd0002.htm   (3264 words)

  
 John Robarts - Everything on John Robarts (information, latest news, articles,...)
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The Honourable John Robarts, PC, CC, QC, LL.D (January 11, 1917 - October 18, 1982) was a Canadian lawyer and statesman, and Premier of Ontario.
Robarts Research Institute - 1986 - 1976 - John P. Robarts library - University of Toronto
www.spiritus-temporis.com /john-robarts   (586 words)

  
 FIRST INVESTITURE OF THE VC
The remaining VC winners not in attendance were presented with their award at the location of their current service.
A painting by George H Thomas (1824-1868) of Queen Victoria making the first presentation of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park.
And a watercolour believed to have been painted by Constanin Guys, who was employed by the "Illustrated London News" as a war artist during the Crimean War.
www.victoriacross.org.uk /aainves1.htm   (127 words)

  
 Political Science 313y 2005-2006
John L. Sullivan et al., “The Contours of Political Psychology, pp 23-47 in James Kuklinski, ed., Thinking about Political Psychology, 2002.
John Esposito, Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam, Oxford University Press, 2002.
John Miller and Michael Stone, The Cell: Inside the 9/11 Plot and Why the FBI and CIA Failed to Stop It.
www.chass.utoronto.ca /~josephf/Pol313y2005-6.htm   (3475 words)

  
 School Information System: August 2005 Archives
The Middleton-Cross Plains School District has posted information on their upcoming vote on borrowing $53 Million to finance the construction and operation of a K-8 school, a new transportation center, and improvements to several elementary schools.
Jefferson Middle School Principal John Burmaster said that when school resumes Thursday there will be a new Spanish language teacher in place of Hector Vazquez, whom parents say created a hostile learning environment for their children last year.
School Board Member Ruth Robarts says [Superintendent] Rainwater's minority administrator hiring rate of more than 40% this year is to be commended.
www.schoolinfosystem.org /archives/2005/08/index.php   (10732 words)

  
 List of English Victoria Cross recipients - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Rouse Merriott Chard - 1879; Rorke's Drift, South Africa
John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, Viscount Gort - 1918; Canal du Nord, France
John Harald Rhodes - 1917; Houthulst Forest, Belgium
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_English_Victoria_Cross_recipients   (2009 words)

  
 Potter County Historical Society Guestbook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Some of his children were named Arthur, James, Clint, Sam, John, Sadie and Selma, I believe.
I had a gggrandfather on my mother's side was said to have settled in Coudersport in 1853, coming from County Kerry, Ireland.
His name was John Sullivan, and his daughter Mary was my grandmother's mother.
www.pottercountypa.net /history/GuestBook.htm   (4466 words)

  
 BIO 2005 Breakout Sessions
The VCs will outline from A to Z what emerging companies need to know when making that all-important first pitch.
The session will be highly interactive, and the VCs will offer their top 10 suggestions as well as some of their favorite—and worst—pitches they’ve received over the years.
Topics to be considered include the founding scientist’s employment agreement and related compensation issues, including numbers of options, liquidation issues that may vary between Series A and Series B investors and use of the funds.
www.bio.org /events/2005/speaker/sessiondate.asp?dt=20   (8986 words)

  
 vtk suggestions
Or else, you can't change the color of the actor later.
John Bell: I recently discovered a trick that might help some others: If you can get a visualization that you like in ParaView, you can save it as a "Batch Script" from the File menu.
That is an ASCII format file, and if you then look through it, you can get some clues as to what classes were used in what order to make your visualization, and what parameters were set to what values using what calls.
www.evl.uic.edu /aej/526/vtk.html   (1364 words)

  
 Gods of the Copybook Headings: March 2005
The National Review's John J. Miller recalls the death of Major Arthur Nicolson, an American spy who was killed on a recon-op in the Old East Germany.
Conservative Natural Resources Critic John Duncan MP (Vancouver Island North) criticized the government during Question Period yesterday for a proposal to buy emission credits from China.
Even John Major knew that you keep the crockery at home.
godscopybook.blogs.com /gpb/2005/03/index.html   (13060 words)

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