Ronald Thomas Shepherd, the Glossary
Ronald Thomas Shepherd OBE (1896 – 1 March 1955) was a British aviator and test pilot for Rolls-Royce.[1]
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22 relations: Census in the United Kingdom, England, Honourable Artillery Company, Kensington, London, No. 102 Squadron RAF, No. 37 Squadron RAF, Nottinghamshire, Nuthall, Order of the British Empire, Rolls-Royce Avon, Rolls-Royce Griffon, Rolls-Royce Kestrel, Rolls-Royce Limited, Rolls-Royce Merlin, Rolls-Royce Nene, Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig, Royal Air Force, Royal Flying Corps, Test pilot, Vickers-Armstrongs, World War I.
Census in the United Kingdom
Coincident full censuses have taken place in the different jurisdictions of the United Kingdom every ten years since 1801, with the exceptions of 1941 (during the Second World War), Ireland in 1921/Northern Ireland in 1931, and Scotland in 2021.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Honourable Artillery Company
The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) is a reserve regiment in the British Army.
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Kensington
Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around west of Central London.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
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No. 102 Squadron RAF
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No. 37 Squadron RAF
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Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts.) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England.
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Nuthall
Nuthall is a village and civil parish located in Nottinghamshire, England, neighbouring Kimberley, Watnall, Cinderhill and Basford.
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Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.
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Rolls-Royce Avon
The Rolls-Royce Avon was the first axial flow jet engine designed and produced by Rolls-Royce.
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Rolls-Royce Griffon
The Rolls-Royce Griffon is a British 37-litre (2,240 cu in) capacity, 60-degree V-12, liquid-cooled aero engine designed and built by Rolls-Royce Limited.
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Rolls-Royce Kestrel
The Rolls-Royce Kestrel (internal type F) is a 21.25 litre (1,295 in³) V-12 aircraft engine from Rolls-Royce.
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Rolls-Royce Limited
Rolls-Royce Limited was a British luxury car and later an aero-engine manufacturing business established in 1904 in Manchester by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.
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Rolls-Royce Merlin
The Rolls-Royce Merlin is a British liquid-cooled V-12 piston aero engine of 27-litre (1,650 cu in) capacity.
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Rolls-Royce Nene
The Rolls-Royce RB.41 Nene is a 1940s British centrifugal compressor turbojet engine.
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Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig
The Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig (TMR) was a pioneering vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft developed by Rolls-Royce in the 1950s.
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Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
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Royal Flying Corps
The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force.
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Test pilot
A test pilot is an aircraft pilot with additional training to fly and evaluate experimental, newly produced and modified aircraft with specific maneuvers, known as flight test techniques.
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Vickers-Armstrongs
Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Company in 1927.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Thomas_Shepherd
Also known as R.T. Shepherd, Ronald T. Shepherd.