His grandfather and father, both named Edward Francis Vereka Ventris, reached the ranks of Major General and Lieutenant Colonel, respectively.

On October 12, 1998 twenty-five soldiers in the Sierra Leone army, including Corporal Tamba Gborie, Brigadier Hassan Karim Conteh, Colonel Samuel Francis Koroma, Major Kula Samba and Colonel Abdul Karim Sesay, were executed by firing squad after they were convicted at a court martial in Freetown for orchestrating the 1997 coup that ousted president Kabbah from power.

According to historian and Herald for Wales, Major Francis Jones, 1908 – 1993, the introduction of the recipe can be attributed to Captain Henry Lewis Edwardes 1788 – 1866.

Major French exploration of North America began under the rule of Francis I, King of France.

John Francis " Jack " Buck ( August 21, 1924 – June 18, 2002 ) was an American sportscaster, best known for his work announcing Major League Baseball games of the St. Louis Cardinals.

It was named for Major Francis A. Hendry, one of the first settlers.

The county was organized in 1841 and named after Major Francis L. Dade of Virginia, who was killed in the Seminole War in 1835.

Dade County was established in 1837 and was named for Major Francis Langhorne Dade, who was killed in the Dade Massacre by Seminole Indians in December, 1835.

With the death of Captain Francis Fowke, Royal Engineers the next architect to work at the museum was Colonel ( later Major General ) Henry Young Darracott Scott, also of the Royal Engineers.

In June 1811 he was promoted to Major General and in October of that year Lieutenant Governor Francis Gore left for England.

Dadeville was named for Major Francis Langhorne Dade, who died in the Seminole War in 1835.

After the British had destroyed Charles Town during the revolution, the Swamp Fox, Francis Marion gained supporters from Major John James.

* Major League Baseball player Louis Francis " Chief " Sockalexis ( Cleveland Spiders outfielder, 1897 – 1899, career batting average. 313 ) was born on the reservation and is buried at St. Anne Church Cemetery.

* 1919-1922 -- Major General Francis J. Kernan

* Francis Poulenc-Five Impromptus for Piano, Suite in C Major for Piano

However, his hiding place was disclosed by a Catholic barrister and informer named Francis Magan and on 18 May Town Major Henry C. Sirr led a military party to the house where Lord Edward was in bed suffering from a fever.

Major satirists included John Trumbull and Francis Hopkinson.

Prévost organized the troops which were to carry out the invasion into a division numbering 11, 000 under Major General Sir Francis de Rottenburg, the Lieutenant Governor of Lower Canada.

Major General Francis de Rottenburg, the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, had massed his available troops there.

* Major General Francis W. Nye, commander of the Defense Atomic Support Agency, Sandia

* Francis J. Herron ( 1837 – 1902 ), American Civil War Union Army Major General and Medal of Honor recipient

Francis Thomas " Fay " Vincent, Jr. ( born May 29, 1938 ) is a former entertainment lawyer and sports executive who served as the eighth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from September 13, 1989 to September 7, 1992.

David Francis Dravecky ( born February 14, 1956, in Youngstown, Ohio, graduated from Boardman High School in 1974, United States ) is a Christian motivational speaker, author, and former Major League Baseball player for the San Diego Padres ( 1982 – 87 ) and San Francisco Giants ( 1987 – 89 ).

# James Francis Stafford ( 1976 – 1982 ) appointed Bishop of Memphis ( later appointed Archbishop of Denver ; later President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity ; created Cardinal ; later appointed Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary ; retired 2 June 2009 )

Major general results were obtained by McKenzie and Jones, including his famous formula.

* Dalton Jones, former Major League Baseball player

Major brands include Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Factiva, Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones Client Solutions and Dow Jones Financial Information Services.

A few of the many Carolina League players who have gone on to star in the Major Leagues are: Johnny Bench ( Peninsula, 1966 ), Wade Boggs ( Winston-Salem, 1977 ), Barry Bonds ( Prince William, 1985 ), Rod Carew ( Wilson, 1966 ), Dock Ellis ( Kinston, 1965 ), Dwight Evans ( Winston-Salem, 1971 ), Dwight Gooden ( Lynchburg, 1983 ), Andruw Jones ( Durham, 1996 ), Chipper Jones ( Durham, 1992 ), Willie McCovey ( Danville, 1956 ), Joe Morgan ( Durham, 1963 ), Dave Parker ( Salem, 1972 ), Tony Pérez ( Rocky Mount, 1962 ), Andy Pettitte ( Prince William, 1993 ), Jorge Posada ( Prince William, 1993 ), Darryl Strawberry ( Lynchburg, 1981 ), Bernie Williams ( Prince William, 1988 ), and Carl Yastrzemski ( Raleigh, 1959 ).

" It should be noted that Rudy H. Leverett was the Great-grandson of Major Amos McLemore, whom Newton Knight and his band killed while McLemore was engaged in the duty of capturing and returning the Jones County deserters to Confederate military duty.

McLemore took charge as Major of the Rosin Heels, " the second among eight raised in the area that consisted of all, or significant numbers of Jones County men.

One of these deserters and his followers murdered Major McLemore in October 1863 when McLemore was dispatched temporarily from the front back to Jones County to round up deserters who had returned there.

The term is especially associated with Colonel ( later Brigadier General ) Theodore C. Lyster ( the first Chief Surgeon, Aviation Section, U. S. Signal Corps, U. S. Army ), and with Major Isaac H. Jones.

The post at Fort Jones was established by its first commandant, Captain ( brevet Major ) Edward H. Fitzgerald, E Company, 1st U. S. Dragoons.

* Chipper Jones, Major League Baseball star for the Atlanta Braves

* Doug Jones, former relief pitcher and All-Star in Major League Baseball

* Barry Jones, pitcher in Major League Baseball

In 1993, the choir joined actor James Earl Jones in a performance of the Star-Spangled Banner at the 1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, broadcast on CBS.

* Bumpus Jones, Major League Baseball player

* Tracy Jones, professional baseball player for five Major League teams.

Major John F. Jones of Massachusetts came to live in Blacksburg to be superintendent of the C. C. & C. railroad.

* Davy Jones, Major League Baseball player for the Milwaukee Brewers / St.

Examples include Bill Mazeroski, who is the only player in Major League Baseball history to end a seventh game of the World Series with a walk-off home run ( however, Mazeroski is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, due primarily to his status as one of the greatest defensive infielders of all time ); Paul Henderson, a Canadian ice hockey player who scored the deciding goal in the 1972 Summit Series ; Mike Jones, who tackled Kevin Dyson at the one-yard line on the final play of Super Bowl XXXIV ; and Jimmy Glass, an English football goalkeeper, who is remembered for scoring a goal in the last seconds of the final day of 1998-99 English Third Division that kept his club in The Football League.

commanding officers, security guards .... officers and enlisted .... leaders and followers ) are always addressed by rank + name ; with the exception of chaplains, who are addressed as " Chaplain " and are addressed in writing with their rank in parentheses, e. g.: " Chaplain ( Major ) Jones ".