Word: victorias
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Cyril Forster Garbett (rhymes with carpet) was born (1875) in the little Hampshire parish of Tongham, which served the military camp Queen Victoria had recently established at Aldershot. Garbett's father was vicar. Tongham lies near the chalk downs of Salisbury Plain and the heather-and-fir country of the New Forest. Here, until he was 23, Cyril Garbett lived with his three brothers and one sister (all raised on his father's midget salary). Later Cyril Garbett decided to follow his father, grandfather, and two uncles into the Church of England...
Last week Paul André Triquet lay on a hospital bed in Italy. He had not been wounded in battle but while instructing at a battle school. He had also become a national hero. "For determined leadership and example," Major Triquet had been awarded the Victoria Cross. He was the fourth Canadian to be awarded the coveted ribbon in World War II, the first living French Canadian...
Born. To Cinemactress Betty Grable, 27, and Trumpeter Harry Haag James, 32: a daughter, their first child; in Hollywood. Name: Victoria Elizabeth. Weight...
...full story of their incredible exploit was published, only last week, when the two commanders were awarded the coveted Victoria Cross. Of the third Tiddler, nothing is known, except that just after the Tirpitz was torpedoed a great explosion was heard farther down the highwalled fjord. Apparently, past the worst of the barriers, she and her gallant crew had found a mine...
...being told in 1944 idiom. Other stories reflect the background. For example, in the four editions covering the Civil War period - from the headlined "Sumter Surrenders, War Begins" to "Lincoln Assassinated" - there are stories on the European reaction, the discovery of oil in Pennsylvania, the first transatlantic cable, Queen Victoria's troubles with India, and Blondin's crossing of Niagara on a cable...