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Samuel Charles Cooper - Crew Details - World Naval Ships Directory

Samuel Charles Cooper

Name : Samuel Charles Cooper
Born : 0th 0
Died : 29th January 1944
CWGC Link : Click Here
Service Number : D/MX.81086

Known Service Details :

Ship

Rank

Start of Service

End of Service

Known Date

Notes

HMS Spartan

Temporary Leading Cook (S)

29th January 1944

Killed in Action




 

 

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Combat over the Pas de Calais by Simon Smith.
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Search Party Reaction by David Rowlands. (Y)
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Captain Charles Vane was born in 1680, and was an English pirate who preyed upon English and French shipping. Vane began piracy in 1716 and lasted 3 years. Vane captured a Barbados sloop and then a large 12-gun brigantine, which he renamed the Ranger. Vane was among the pirate captains who operated out of the Bohama at the notorious base at New Providence after the colony had been abandoned by the British. His pirate attacks made Captain Charles Vane well known to the Royal Navy and in February of 1718 Vincent Pearse, commander of HMS Phoenix cornered Vane on his ship the Lark. Vane had heard of the recent royal pardons that had been offered to pirates in exchange for a guarantee they would quit plundering, so Vane claimed he had actually been en route to surrender to Pearse and accepted the pardon on the spot, Charle Vane gained his freedom but as soon as he was free of Pearse he ignored the pardon and resumed his pirate ways. Charles Vane was again captured and in 1721 was executed by hanging at Gallows Point, Port Royal, Jamaica on March 29th 1721.
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Helmand Province, Afghanistan, April 2007. Troops of 1st Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment engage Taliban insurgents from a compound roof at dusk during Operation Herrick 6. In addition to small arms a one shot AT4 anti tank launcher is used against more difficult targets.

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Sir Matthew Pinsent CBE by James Owen.
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