The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown (prior to 1974 the office previously known as sheriff). [1 ] Formerly the high sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the…
Thereafter a High Sheriff of Middlesex and a High Sheriff of the County of London were separately appointed in the same manner as other English and Welsh counties.
Today, aircraft carriers are the capital ships of the navies they serve in, and in the case of modern US "supercarriers", they embark an air group that is effectively a small air force.
This article describes the training provided in those early years, though World War I, and the immediate years after the war until the establishment of the United States Army Air Corps Flight Training Center in San Antonio, Texas during…
The High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, in common with other counties, was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Saxon times.
Během následující přibližně dvouhodinové bitvy byl japonský svaz téměř celý zničen. Bitevní loď Jamato, lehký křižník Jahagi a torpédoborce Asašimo, Hamakaze, Isokaze a Kasumi byly potopeny a císařské námořnictvo přestalo prakticky existovat…