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The VC Valiant was the first Australian Valiant to become available in Britain, which was announced at the October 1966 London Motor Show.
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The VC Valiant was introduced in March 1966 and although it was basically the same car as its predecessor the AP6 underneath, the body was extensively restyled with sharp, squared-off edges and corners clearly influenced by Chrysler in the United States.
An AP5 Valiant won Class D at the 1963 Armstrong 500, a VC Valiant V8 won Class D at the 1966 Gallaher 500 and a VG Valiant Pacer won Class D at the 1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500.
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One was also awarded for the same action to Robert Jones ( VC ), born at Clytha between Abergavenny and Raglan.
In 1966, the " Finn VC Estate " was named in honour of Victoria Cross winner James Henry Finn who once lived in the town.
By the mid-1960s, parts of Cambodia's eastern provinces were serving as bases for North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong ( NVA / VC ) forces operating against South Vietnam, and the port of Sihanoukville was being used to supply them.
The Vice Chancellor offered to do all he could and in 1969 Channell, who wanted to stay on campus and continue his social experiments, was able to persuade the VC to appoint him official University Wizard with a small honorarium paid jointly by the University Administration and the Student Union.
The management of her finances was left in the hands of her loyal comptroller, Sir Dighton Probyn VC, who undertook a similar role for her husband.
He was also Chairman of Nordic Venture Network, bringing Nordic high-tech VC firms together in an informal network.
Her commander, Gordon Campbell, was awarded the Victoria Cross ( VC ).
Lieutenant-Commander William Edward Sanders VC, DSO, a New Zealander commanding HMS Prize, was awarded the Victoria Cross for an action on 30 April 1917 with, which was severely damaged.
The VC uniform was a floppy jungle hat, rubber sandals, and green fatigues without insignia.
In light of this, an unofficial ' twelfth VC ' may be added to those listed: Private Joseph Williams, B Coy, 2nd / 24th Foot, who was killed during the fight in the hospital and for whom it was mentioned in despatches that " had he lived he would have been recommended for the Victoria Cross ".
* Michael Allmand VC ( 1923-1944 ), recipient of the Victoria Cross, was born in Golders Green.
* Private Cecil John Kinross VC ( 1896-1957 ), who distinguished himself at Passchendaele in World War I, was born in Harefield ; he moved with his family in 1912 to Lougheed, Alberta.
* Sergeant Robert Edward Ryder VC ( 1895-1978 ), who served in World War I in the Middlesex Regiment, was born and is buried in Harefield.
* Jack Cornwell VC was born in Leyton in 1900
He was a Major when he earned his VC.
On 30 April 1941, a New Zealand Army officer, Major-General Bernard Freyberg VC was appointed commander of the Allied forces on Crete.
He was awarded the VC medal in 1918.
* 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 ).
Major Anders Lassen, Victoria Cross | VC, Military Cross | MC and two bars, the only UKSF recipient of the VC, was a SBS commander during the Second World War.
* Thomas Elsdon Ashford VC, ( 1859 – 1913 ), recipient of the Victoria Cross during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, was born in Newmarket.
One such revue, Wear That Ribbon, was performed in honour of O ' Leary's winning the VC.
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ITU prefixes: Letter combinations available for use in Canada as the first two letters of a television or radio station's call sign are CF, CG, CH, CI, CJ, CK, CY, CZ, VA, VB, VC, VD, VE, VF, VG, VO, VX, VY, XJ, XK, XL, XM, XN and XO.
Turbojet engines were trialled on piston engine airframes, such as the Avro Lancastrian and the Vickers VC. 1 Viking, the latter becoming the first jet engine passenger aircraft in April 1948.
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He was the first person to be awarded a VC during the First World War.
He was the father-in-law of Major William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L ' Isle VC, and first cousin-once-removed to General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton.
Chavasse was first awarded the VC for his actions on 9 August 1916, at Guillemont, France when he attended to the wounded all day under heavy fire.
* Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Martin-Leake received his first VC in 1902 during the Boer War while serving as a surgeon captain in the South African Constabulary attached to the 5th Field Ambulance, and the Bar whilst serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps near Zonnebeke, Belgium in 1914.
Croucher was the first reservist to receive either a VC or GC since current operations in Iraq and Afghanistan began.
* Ross Lowis Mangles ( 1833 – 1905 ), the first civilian to be awarded the VC and one of 12 holders of the same award who are buried in the cemetery.
The first airliner with full jet power was the Nene-powered Vickers VC. 1 Viking G-AJPH, which first flew on 6 April 1948.
In 1941, during the East African Campaign, Sergeant Nigel Gray Leakey of the 1 / 6th Battalion was awarded the regiment's first and only Victoria Cross ( VC ).
" Another VC winner at Shimonoseki was Thomas Pride, and the third was the first American to win the medal, William Seeley.
He was involved in the construction of the EWR VJ 101, the world's first supersonic V / STOL-aircraft and the V / STOL transportation aircraft VC 400.
It was for his actions in this battle that Charles Upham was awarded the Bar to his VC, becoming only the third man to be awarded the VC twice, and the first soldier in a combatant role.
Roots are generally of the forms CV, ( C ) VC, ( C ) VCV, and more rarely CVCCV ( where the first C is usually a nasal ).
Martin-Leake was the first of only three men to be awarded the VC twice.
He was 27 years old, and a surgeon captain in the South African Constabulary attached to the 5th Field Ambulance during the Second Boer War on 8 February 1902, at Vlakfontein when he won his first VC.
* Sir Neville Howse, VC ( 1863 – 1930 ), the first Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, a physician living in Orange, twice elected Mayor, and later federal politician
Fisher was awarded the VC for his actions on the 22nd, but was killed when he attempted to repeat his actions on the 23 ; this was the first of 70 Canadian VCs awarded in the First World War.
Zebra herd, 2010: Stopper, Reviver, Survivor, and Dasher, ( named after the " Driver Reviver " stop at the Kevin Wheatley | Kevin " Dasher " Wheatley Victoria Cross | VC roadside stop where they were first installed ; and the new baby zebra, George.
The company was incubated in 2003 at VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers by Ray Lane, and launched its first products in April 2005.
Both battalions saw active service in the Crimean War, with the 1st fighting at the battles of Alma and Inkerman ( 1854 ), and both fighting in the Siege of Sevastopol ( 1854-5 ), where the regiment's first VC was won.
* Mark Donaldson VC ( born 1979 ), the first recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia
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