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Philip Neame was born in Faversham in 1888

UK: How the BBC Lies About Tibet Whilst Reporting on Lt Gen Sir Philip Neame! (11.11.2025)

Neame survived and was decorated with the Victoria Cross, the highest accolade for valour in war.

He continued his career in the army while also pursuing an interest in rifle shooting, and competed in the 1924 Olympics with great success.

Neame went on to train the Tibetan army, before getting called up for World War Two.

He fought, and was captured, in North Africa, then was a prisoner of war in Italy before escaping back to Britain.

He died in 1978 and is buried in the village of Selling in Kent.

His son, with the same name, fought in the Falklands War in 1982.

In his home town of Faversham a plaque on the pavement near the guildhall commemorates Neame’s place in history.

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USSR: IL-14 [28.2.1959] Air Crash at Stalingrad! (22.11.2023)

Parts of the aeroplane fuselage was later found to possess apparent shrapnel damage – with a number of bodies seeming to exhibit shrapnel entry-wounds. Due to these findings, the Commission conducted an examination to ascertain whether the metal objects found in the Commander’s body were ‘fired’ military ammunition. Based on this data, it was possible to petition the Ministry of Défense to close the ‘live-fire’ military training ground in the area of ​​the Baku Airport – as the Soviet Red Army regularly fired machine-gun, rifle and artillery weapons (day and night). As a clear threat to public safety was discerned – the approach flightpath of civilian airliners was cleared of all ‘live-firing’ activities. The Commission did not, however, make a final conclusion about the causes of the disaster.

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