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Belgian Post Office employees who used the intact telephone system to report German movements, he was able to probe deeply into German-occupied territory. Closer to Dunkirk, Samson's force
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Turkish staff car but only succeeded in breaking the windscreen; one of the occupants was
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Winifred Reeves, the daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert K. Reeves, who survived him. They had two children, John Louis Rumney born 19 June 1925 and Priscilla Rumney born after her father's death on 24 March 1931.
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countryside in the privately owned cars some of them had taken to war. The first patrol comprised two cars, nine men, and one machine gun. Inspired by the success of the
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destroyed a train carrying 1,600 troops with a 16 lb bomb. In almost continuous action through the rest of 1916, Samson received a signal from the
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1020:Force Z#Origins.2C Destruction.2C Vindication
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1435:(Supplement). 23 October 1914. p. 8501.
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1532:Fights and flights
1512:The London Gazette
1492:The London Gazette
1472:The London Gazette
1452:The London Gazette
1432:The London Gazette
1253:Ash, Eric (1999).
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1679:No. 4 Group
1507:"No. 31378"
1487:"No. 31098"
1467:"No. 29913"
1447:"No. 29507"
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1111:18 May 1912
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843:No. 4 Group
758:asking why
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702:, a former
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441:bomb sights
402:certificate
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146:No. 4 Group
136:No. 6 Group
109:(1918–1929)
104:(1897–1918)
59:8 July 1883
1793:Categories
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1733:1921–1923
1683:1918–1919
1651:1916–1917
1027:References
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325:Royal Navy
321:midshipman
298:Manchester
288:Early life
270:Royal Navy
102:Royal Navy
88:Allegiance
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600:commander
516:, c.1913.
494:When the
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316:Britannia
302:solicitor
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514:Southsea
469:Hibernia
379:Philomel
228:(France)
223:(France)
132:Commands
96:Service/
1781:In 1936
1698:In 1937
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961:1915 –
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884:Postwar
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680:Samson
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