Captain James Cook discovered the southern eight islands of the Sandwich Islands Group in 1775, although he lumped the southernmost three together, and their status as separate islands was not established until 1820 by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.

The current commander of the Air Guard is Group Captain Tyrone Rodulfo.

After the war, Margaret fell in love with a recently divorced commoner 16 years her elder, Group Captain Peter Townsend, her father's equerry.

Captain Davis identified the following traders in the Ellice Group: Edmund Duffy ( Nanumea ); Jack Buckland ( Niutao ); Harry Nitz ( Vaitupu ); John ( also known as Jack ) O ' Brien ( Funafuti ); Alfred Restieaux and Fenisot ( Nukufetau ); and Martin Kleis ( Nui ).

); Major-General H. L. Davies and Group Captain T. P.

Previously known as the Hervey ( or Harvey ) Islands ( or Group ), he changed their name in 1835 to honour Captain Cook.

The Hastings Embroidery was commissioned by Group Captain Ralph Ward and made by the Royal School of Needlework in 1965 to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings the following year.

It was originally part of the Cumberland Isles Group identified by Captain James Cook in 1770, but was not named.

Plotwise, Group Captain Mandrake serves as the only sane character in the film, while Major Kong fills the role of the hero striving for a harmful goal.

Many famous pilots served at Kenley, including the famous South African fighter ace ' Sailor ' Malan, Group Captain P. H.

He won a contract with the BBC after his unwitting RAF Group Captain signed a letter Monkhouse had written telling the BBC he was a war hero and that it should give him an audition.

One of the passengers, a British Group Captain, a military attache, notices " the strangest sensation of speed.

* Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC, OM, DSO and Two Bars, DFC ( 1917 – 1992 ), renowned Second World War RAF bomber pilot and founder of the Leonard Cheshire Disability charity, was born in Hoole Road, Hoole, Chester ( although he was brought up in Oxford ).

* " Captain Nemo " is an instrumental song by the German-British hard rock band The Michael Schenker Group, composed by guitarist Michael Schenker.

* Group 87 released The Death of Captain Nemo, an instrumental song, in 1984.

He is the son of W. G. G. Duncan Smith, a Royal Air Force Group Captain highly decorated in World War II, and Pamela Summers, a ballerina ; they married in 1946.

In March 1937, the then Director of Operations Group Captain Robert Saundby, complained that the role for Coastal Command in war, namely supporting the bomber offensive, and second, the support of naval forces along the British coastline, were too limited and was in danger of diverting the Command from its main concern ; ASW.

* Group Captain, a senior Air Force rank ( generally in Britain and Commonwealth countries )

* Derek Farr as Group Captain John Whitworth DSO DFC * RAF, Station Commander, RAF Scampton

Group Captain Wilfrid George Gerald Duncan Smith, DSO and Bar, DFC and 2 Bars ( 28 May 1914 – 11 December 1996 ) was a British Royal Air Force Second World War Flying ace.

As a Group Captain, he then took charge of 324 Wing, finally leaving in March 1945.

* Northwest African Coastal Air Force ( NACAF ) under Group Captain G. G. Barrett until relieved by Air Vice Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd

Air Vice-Marshal Ralph Cochrane, Wing Commander Guy Gibson, King George VI of the United Kingdom | George VI and Group Captain John Whitworth discussing the Dambuster Raid in May 1943.

However Wallis had written to an influential intelligence officer, Group Captain Frederick Winterbotham.

TCL was a partnership comprising First Group, Bombardier Transportation ( the builders of the system's trams ), Sir Robert McAlpine and Amey Construction Ltd ( who built the system ), and Royal Bank of Scotland and 3i ( who arranged the finances ).

The Policy and Resources Committee of the States of Jersey established the Constitutional Review Group in July 2005, chaired by Sir Philip Bailhache, with terms of reference ' to conduct a review and evaluation of the potential advantages and disadvantages for Jersey in seeking independence from the United Kingdom or other incremental change in the constitutional relationship, while retaining the Queen as Head of State '.

The 5th generation of Keswicks are also active within the organisation, Ben Keswick, son of Simon, is group managing director of Jardine, Cycle & Carriage in Singapore and Adam Keswick, son of Sir Chips Keswick is in charge of Jardine Pacific and Jardine Motors Group in Hong Kong.

In 2007, he worked with Philippe Starck and Sir Richard Branson of the Virgin Group for the Virgin Galactic plans.

* 1963 – Juan Alderete, American bass player and songwriter ( Racer X, The Mars Volta, Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group, The Scream, and Big Sir )

Groups associated with this tradition include the No Turning Back Group and Conservative Way Forward, whilst Enoch Powell and Sir Keith Joseph are usually cited as early influences in the movement.

* Meiklejohn, William, " Tulliallan: Four lads o ’ pairts: Sir James Dewar ( 1842-1923 )" from the Kincardine Local History Group

In the north, in the first week of September, the British 21st Army Group, under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, sent its British Second Army commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey advancing on a line running from Antwerp to the northern border of Belgium while its First Canadian Army, under Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar, was pursuing its task of recapturing the ports of Dieppe, Le Havre and Boulogne-sur-Mer.

In 1997, a group led by Sir Stephen Waley-Cohen was given management of the theatre by The Savoy Group.

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson ( born 18 July 1950 ) is an English business magnate, best known for his Virgin Group of more than 400 companies.

Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited ( operating as Virgin Atlantic ) is a British airline owned by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group ( 51 %) and Singapore Airlines ( 49 %).

* Sir Richard Branson-entrepreneur, founder of Virgin Group

* Sir Charles Hardy Group

Sir Charles Hardy Group is a national park in Far North Queensland, Australia, 1, 997 km northwest of Brisbane.

After Jamsetji ’ s death in 1904, his son Sir Dorab Tata took over as chair of the Tata Group.

Nectar was launched in 2002 by Loyalty Management Group, then chaired by Sir Keith Mills, the founder of Air Miles.

The northern pincer was formed of Canadian forces, part of British General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's 21 Army Group.

Taking a combined 29 % BCA / personal stake in Group Lotus, Wickins negotiated with the Inland Revenue, and then brought in new investors: merchant bank Schroeder-Wagg ( 14 %); Michael Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft's Bermudan operating company Benor ( 14 %); Sir Anthony Bamford of JCB ( 12 %).

In Autumn 2004, NTL purchased the remaining shares of the Internet service provider ( ISP ) virgin. net, originally a joint venture between NTL and Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group

New Zealanders in the RAF itself included pilots, such as the first RAF ace of the war, Flying Officer Cobber Kain, Alan Deere ( whose book Nine Lives was one of the first post war accounts of combat ) and leaders such as the World War I ace, Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, who commanded No. 11 Group RAF in the Battle of Britain and went on to the air defence of Malta and, in the closing stages of the war, Commonwealth air units under South East Asia Command, and Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham Air Tactical Commander of D-Day.

University of Leeds Vice-Chancellor and Russell Group chairman Professor Michael Arthur participated, giving an academic perspective alongside current vice-chancellor of Kingston University and former Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Education at the University of Leeds, Sir Peter Scott.

* Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman biography from the Liberal Democrat History Group