Oberleutnant zur See Iwan Crompton, after returning to Germany from a prisoner-of-war camp, reported that Baralong had run down the lifeboat he was in ; he leapt clear and was shortly after taken Baralong.

United goalkeeper Les Olive, still registered as a player at the time of the disaster, retired from playing and took over from Crickmer as club secretary, while another former United goalkeeper, Jack Crompton, took over coaching duties after United chairman Harold Hardman had negotiated with Crompton's then-employers Luton Town for his release.

Carroll and his girlfriend Jean Crompton ( who had been captured and tried with Helen Gillis after Little Bohemia ) had grown close to the Nelsons, and his death was a personal blow to them.

Neighbouring Oldham ( which by the 1870s had emerged as the largest and most productive mill town in the world ) encroached upon Chadderton's eastern boundary, urbanising the town and surrounds, and forming a continuous urban cotton-spinning district with Royton, Lees and Shaw and Crompton — the Oldham parliamentary constituency — which at its peak was responsible for 13 per cent of the world's cotton production.

They had eight children including George Crompton ( born 8 January 1781 ), who followed in the family business.

The Houses were: Lord Kitchener ( Bury ), Sir Robert Peel ( Walmersley ), Lord George Byron ( Rochdale ), Lord Robert Clive ( Prestwich ) and Samuel Crompton ( Ainsworth and Bolton ) – all these once famous men had a particular association with the locality ( or localities in the case of Crompton ) mentioned in parenthesis, but details of such connection is beyond the scope of this entry.

Crompton had a heart attack in 1941 while watching Blackburn play Burnley, while he was still in charge of Blackburn.

A former Royal Engineer, Dumble had managed the London Omnibus Co. and brought back to service in response to the urgent need for transport by the Brigade in Antwerp-he had been an adjutant to Colonel Crompton who was trying to develop cross-country vehicles for the Army.

After a discussion with the Clerk of Course, Crompton was allowed to return to pitlane and retirement, after he had expressed concerns over leaving the car on top of the mountain after the race.

These are Spring and Port Wine, which had James Mason starring in the role of Rafe Crompton, and The Family Way, which starred John Mills.

Although the Rolls Royce and Crompton Parkinson engined examples had better reliability no further examples were ordered, BR decided to dispose of the type, replacing them with an order of a further 100 of the already proven Class 20 locomotives.

Crompton said that Danson and himself had to film " a lot of heavy petting " and added that he was nervous because he has only worked with Danson a couple of times previously.

Speaking to Inside Soap, Crompton said: " The script said I had to wander around in a towel, so I spent all weekend doing sit-ups to get into shape.

However, lacking the means to take out a patent, the prying to which his methods were subjected drove Crompton to the choice of either destroying his machine or making it public.

The completion of the 1989 season saw the end of any ongoing Perkins involvement with HSV, after Holden and Walkinshaw insisted that the two cars be driven by Percy and Crompton in Adelaide, forcing an irate Perkins out of a drive in his own team at that event.

The report prompted immediate apologies from Prime Minister David Cameron, the Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police David Crompton, Football Association Chairman David Bernstein and Kelvin MacKenzie, editor of The Sun at the time of the disaster, for their organisations ' respective roles.

Skinny Puppy formed in 1982 from the partnership of cEvin Key ( Kevin Crompton ) and Nivek Ogre ( Kevin Ogilvie ) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

A major £ 5 million extension and redevelopment scheme opened in January 2010 and the museum now includes exhibits and interactive displays focusing on Crompton, Marconi, and Hoffmann, as well as illustrating the development of the town and city from prehistory up to modern times.

The M60 motorway passes through the southwest of Oldham, through Hollinwood, and a heavy rail line enters Oldham from the same direction, travelling northeast to the town centre before heading northwards through Derker towards Shaw and Crompton.

Category: People from Shaw and Crompton

Gay Studies researcher Louis Crompton has cited Ji Yun's report in his popular Notes from the Yuewei Hermitage ( 1800 ), that some claimed the Yellow Emperor was the first Chinese to take male bedmates, a claim that Ji Yun dismissed.

About 1779, Samuel Crompton succeeded in producing a machine which spun yarn suitable for use in the manufacture of muslin, and which was known as the muslin wheel or the Hall i ' th ' Wood ( pronounced Hall-ith-wood ) wheel, from the name of the house in which he and his family resided.

In 1800, a sum of £ 500 was raised for his benefit by subscription, and when in 1809, Edmund Cartwright, the inventor of the power loom, obtained £ 10, 000 from Parliament, Crompton determined also to apply for a grant.

The power to supply these arc lights was taken from a 10 hp Crompton DC generator driven by a Robey steam engine in a small foundry in Adelaide Street and occupied by J. W. Sutton & Co.

Over the space of five years, the manor passed from Best and Jackson to the son of Sir Thomas Crompton, then on to Dutch merchant Peter Vanlore.

Motion describes the Coleman poems as " a world of comfortless jealousies, breathless bike-rides and deathless crushes ", mixing elements from writers and poets such as Angela Brazil, Richmal Crompton, John Betjeman and W. H.

Crampton is a surname of Anglo-Saxon origination, from Crompton in Lancashire, which may refer to the following persons:

Don Crompton in " A View from the Spire: William Golding's Later Novels " analyses the novel and relates to its pagan and mythical elements.

It was for 300 pupils from Chadderton, Failsworth, Royton and Crompton.

Alan Crompton was headmaster from 1994 to 2005, when he retired and was succeeded by the current headmaster.

Alan Crompton was headmaster from 1994 to 2005, when he retired and was succeeded by the current headmaster.

The line was long, and was double-track from Thorpes Bridge Junction to Shaw and Crompton railway station, and single-line from Shaw and Crompton to Rochdale East Junction.

" Sarah Crompton from Boston Herald proclaimed the album to be " more fun than her full-length 2003 offering American Life.

At the 1991 Tooheys 1000, Percy and Grice teamed together to score a second place for the team, with the second car of Crompton and Brad Jones being effectively disqualified for refueling outside of pitlane.

* Crompton, Louis, et al.

Lewis's invention was later developed and improved by Richard Arkwright in his water frame and Samuel Crompton in his spinning mule.

The IEC held its inaugural meeting on 26 June 1906, following discussions between the British Institution of Electrical Engineers, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and others, which began at the 1900 Paris International Electrical Congress, and continued with Colonel R. E. B. Crompton playing a key role.

* Crompton, Samuel, W ; Rhein, Michael, J.

:* The mule was an intermittent process, as the frame advanced and returned a distance of 5ft. It was the descendant of a 1779 Crompton device.

** The spinning mule is perfected by the Lancashire inventor Samuel Crompton.

* December 3 – Samuel Crompton, English inventor ( d. 1827 )

* Crompton, David ; William Thomasson ; Nickol, Brent B.

* 1779 – Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule.

The scholar Louis Crompton provides substantial contemporary evidence of Henry III's homosexuality, and the associated problems at court and politics.

* Richmal Crompton, author of the Just William series of books for children of all ages.

In the 1850s, George Crompton and L. J.

Other parks include: Newton Hill, East Park, Morgan Park, Shore Park, Crompton Park, Hadwen Park, and University Park.

The UNL course, taught by Louis Crompton, led to the introduction in the state legislature of a bill ( eventually defeated ) which would have banned all discussion of homosexuality in that state's universities and colleges.

Crompton Parkinson was a major employer until its factory closed in 2004.

Barry Alan Crompton Gibb, CBE ( born 1 September 1946 ) is a musician, singer and songwriter and producer, who rose to worldwide fame as a founder member of the Bee Gees.