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Tim Lees-Spalding, the Glossary

Rear Admiral Ian Jaffery "Tim" Lees-Spalding, (16 June 1920 – 1 July 2001) was a senior marine engineer in the Royal Navy before becoming Administrator of the London International Film School and co-founder of the Macmillan and Silk Cut Nautical Almanac.^[1]

28 relations: Allied invasion of Sicily, Anthony Eden, Armistice of Cassibile, Blundell's School, Captain (Royal Navy), Commander, Commander-in-Chief Fleet, Ealing, Edward Stettinius Jr., Leros, London Film School, Manadon, Naval Home Command, Normandy landings, Order of the Bath, Plymouth, Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct, Rear admiral (Royal Navy), Royal Naval Engineering College, Royal Navy, Sicily, Taranto, Teignmouth, Tiverton, Devon, Winchester, World War II, Yalta Conference, 1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom).
Recipients of the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct

Allied invasion of Sicily

The Allied invasion of Sicily, also known as the Battle of Sicily and Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II in which the Allied forces invaded the island of Sicily in July 1943 and took it from the Axis powers (Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany).

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Anthony Eden

Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1955 until his resignation in 1957.

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Armistice of Cassibile

The Armistice of Cassibile was an armistice that was signed on 3 September 1943 between Italy and the Allies during World War II.

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Blundell's School

Blundell's School is an independent co-educational boarding and day school in the English public school tradition, located in Tiverton, Devon.

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Captain (Royal Navy)

Captain (Capt) is a senior officer rank of the Royal Navy.

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Commander

Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank as well as a job title in many armies.

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Commander-in-Chief Fleet

The Commander-in-Chief Fleet (CINCFLEET) was the admiral responsible for the operations of the ships, submarines and aircraft of the British Royal Navy from 1971 until April 2012.

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Ealing

Ealing is a district in West London, England, west of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Ealing.

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Edward Stettinius Jr.

Edward Reilly Stettinius Jr. (October 22, 1900 – October 31, 1949) was an American businessman who served as United States Secretary of State under Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman from 1944 to 1945, and as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in 1946.

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Leros

Leros (Λέρος), also called Lero (from the Italian language), is a Greek island and municipality in the Dodecanese in the southern Aegean Sea.

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London Film School

London Film School (LFS) is a film school in London, United Kingdom, and is situated in a converted brewery in Covent Garden, London, neighbouring Soho, a hub of the UK film industry.

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Manadon

Manadon is a predominantly post-war suburb of Plymouth in the English county of Devon.

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Naval Home Command

Naval Home Command administered training and garrison functions for the Royal Navy from 1969 to 2012.

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Normandy landings

The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War.

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Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I on 18 May 1725.

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a port city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England.

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Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct

The Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct, formerly the King's Commendation for Brave Conduct, acknowledged brave acts by both civilians and members of the armed services in both war and peace, for gallantry not in the presence of an enemy. Tim Lees-Spalding and Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct are Recipients of the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct.

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Rear admiral (Royal Navy)

Rear admiral (RAdm) is a flag officer rank of the Royal Navy.

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Royal Naval Engineering College

The Royal Naval Engineering College was a specialist establishment for the training of Royal Navy engineers.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Sicily

Sicily (Sicilia,; Sicilia,, officially Regione Siciliana) is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.

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Taranto

Taranto (Tarde) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy.

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Teignmouth

Teignmouth is a seaside town, fishing port and civil parish in the English county of Devon.

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Tiverton, Devon

Tiverton is a town and civil parish in Devon, England, and the commercial and administrative centre of the Mid Devon district.

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Winchester

Winchester is a cathedral city in Hampshire, England.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yalta Conference

The Yalta Conference (Yaltinskaya konferentsiya), held 4–11 February 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.

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1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)

The 1st Airborne Division was an airborne infantry division of the British Army during the Second World War.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Lees-Spalding