The UK's Lord Polak says King Charles is to visit ISRAEL.
Lord Polak, who was director of Conservative Friends of Israel for more than 25 years, said: 'The preparation has been done by his team to pave the way for this visit.'
This database contains details of British deaths during the Palestine conflict 1945-1948. There are some officials and policeman also included but not the full quota
BELL, Arnold Rank: Gunner Service No: 19070065 Regiment: Royal Artillery Date of death: 6 April 1948 Age at death: 19 Died how:
Killed as men of the 12th Anit-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, were withdrawing from a large camp which the Army were evacuating near Pardes Hanna, north of Hadera, when attacked by Jews. The sentry and three other members of the guard were held up against the guardhouse wall, shot in the back, and killed. The wireless mast was then destroyed and shots fired into the camp, killing one more soldier and mortally injuring the commanding officer. The attackers were believed to be part of the Irgun. Buried or Commemorated: Haifa War Cemetery, Palestine Bur or Com Ref: Plot F Row F Grave 5 Place of birth: Headgate, Co. Durham Biography:
Born 9 August 1928
BATSMAN, David Rank: Gunner Service No: 14159855 Regiment: Royal Artillery Date of death: 17 April 1948 Age at death: 20 Died how:
Killed at approximately 12:00 hours, 17 April, whenJews blew up an ammunition train going from Athlit to Rafah. Mines were detonated under the wagon behind the engine, and behind and in front of the train. Three British soldiers were killed and four wounded. (Ref: WO 275/66) Buried or Commemorated: Haifa War Cemetery, Palestine Bur or Com Ref: Plot F Row G Grave 9 Place of birth: Stepney Biography:
Born 25 March 1928
BARNES, Stan Rank: Constable Service No: 32 Regiment: Palestine Police Force Date of death: 25 April 1947 Age at death: 18 Died how:
Killed when, at 11:15 hours, on 25 April, the Police Orderly Room and Telephone Exchange at Sarona Camp were severely damaged by two bombs. A grey Morris van, previously stolen from the Palestine Post and Telegraphs, Tel Aviv, was driven into the compound by a Jew dressed in uniform. As a result of the attack, one British Inspector and three British Constables lost their lives, and five British Constables, one British Soldier and a TAC were injured. The condition of one of the Constables is was serious. The Jewish criminals are believed to have escaped from the area in the guise of postal workers carrying a ladder. Buried or Commemorated: Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel Bur or Com Ref: Plot Q Grave 38 Family Details:
BLENKINSOP, S W Rank: Mr Regiment: Assistant Secretary to the Palestine Government Date of death: 22 July 1946 Died how:
Members of the Irgun, dressed as Arabs, set off a bomb in the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, which had been the base for the British Secretariat, the military command and a branch of the Criminal Investigation Division (police). Ninety-one people were killed, most of them staff of the secretariat and the hotel: 28 British, 41 Arab, 17 Jewish, and 5 other. Around 45 people were injured. Buried or Commemorated: No futher information currently Family Details:
Son of Mr E R K Blenkinsop, C.I.E., late I.C.S., and nephew of Gneeral Sir Hastings Ismay. Other Occupation:
Clifton and Trinity College, Oxford
BUCKLEY, John Patrick Rank: Serjeant Service No: 2026743 Regiment: Royal Corps of Signals Date of death: 29 February 1948 Age at death: 33 Died how:
Killed when travelling on the Cairo-Haifa train that was mined north of Rehoboth. The train was carrying troops into Palestine on return from leave or on duty visits. Buried or Commemorated: Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel Bur or Com Ref: Plot 17 Row B Grave 1 Place of birth: Cork Biography:
Born 9 March 1914
BYRNE, John Rank: Guardsman Service No: 2717553 Regiment: Irish Guards Date of death: 6 April 1948 Age at death: 35 Died how:
Killed as men of the 12th Anit-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, were withdrawing from a large camp which the Army were evacuating near Pardes Hanna, north of Hadera, when attacked by Jews. The sentry and three other members of the guard were held up against the guardhouse wall, shot in the back, and killed. The wireless mast was then destroyed and shots fired into the camp, killing one more soldier and mortally injuring the commanding officer. The attackers were believed to be part of the Irgun. Buried or Commemorated: Haifa War Cemetery, Palestine Bur or Com Ref: Plot F Row F Grave 13 Place of birth: Gorey, Co. Wexford Biography:
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Israel's President, Isaac Herzog, a friend of Charles, was said to have been personally involved in lobbying the King to visit.
Herzog announces that his office has developed “a brand new initiative called ‘Kol Ha’am—Voice of the People: The President’s Initiative for Worldwide Jewish Dialogue,'” which he describes as a newly-launched global council for Jewish dialogue.
“You might call it a Jewish Davos: nonpartisan and apolitical, Voice of the People will be a collaborative forum. One that can hold and reflect the full and diverse range of Jewish voices. It will be a place where we can engage in serious, sensitive and strategic discussions on the most complex and pressing issues facing our people,” Herzog says. He does not specify the place, time and scope of the initiative. ... Amid overhaul protests, Herzog tells JFNA event Israel’s greatest threat is internal
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Fitting he should join his British Israelist forebears to be annointed by the state his grandfathers concocted. Di, Dodi ...... We are all Palestinians now.
Why don't they organise a referendum to see if the British people want the king to endorse an apartheid regime??
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This database contains details of British deaths during the Palestine conflict 1945-1948. There are some officials and policeman also included but not the full quota
BELL, Arnold
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 19070065
Regiment: Royal Artillery
Date of death: 6 April 1948
Age at death: 19
Died how:
Killed as men of the 12th Anit-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, were withdrawing from a large camp which the Army were evacuating near Pardes Hanna, north of Hadera, when attacked by Jews. The sentry and three other members of the guard were held up against the guardhouse wall, shot in the back, and killed. The wireless mast was then destroyed and shots fired into the camp, killing one more soldier and mortally injuring the commanding officer. The attackers were believed to be part of the Irgun.
Buried or Commemorated: Haifa War Cemetery, Palestine
Bur or Com Ref: Plot F Row F Grave 5
Place of birth: Headgate, Co. Durham
Biography:
Born 9 August 1928
BATSMAN, David
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 14159855
Regiment: Royal Artillery
Date of death: 17 April 1948
Age at death: 20
Died how:
Killed at approximately 12:00 hours, 17 April, whenJews blew up an ammunition train going from Athlit to Rafah. Mines were detonated under the wagon behind the engine, and behind and in front of the train. Three British soldiers were killed and four wounded. (Ref: WO 275/66)
Buried or Commemorated: Haifa War Cemetery, Palestine
Bur or Com Ref: Plot F Row G Grave 9
Place of birth: Stepney
Biography:
Born 25 March 1928
BARNES, Stan
Rank: Constable
Service No: 32
Regiment: Palestine Police Force
Date of death: 25 April 1947
Age at death: 18
Died how:
Killed when, at 11:15 hours, on 25 April, the Police Orderly Room and Telephone Exchange at Sarona Camp were severely damaged by two bombs. A grey Morris van, previously stolen from the Palestine Post and Telegraphs, Tel Aviv, was driven into the compound by a Jew dressed in uniform. As a result of the attack, one British Inspector and three British Constables lost their lives, and five British Constables, one British Soldier and a TAC were injured. The condition of one of the Constables is was serious. The Jewish criminals are believed to have escaped from the area in the guise of postal workers carrying a ladder.
Buried or Commemorated: Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel
Bur or Com Ref: Plot Q Grave 38
Family Details:
Son of Rosa Barnes, of Hull.
https://www.roll-of-honour.com/cgi-bin/palestine.cgi
BLENKINSOP, S W
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Regiment: Assistant Secretary to the Palestine Government
Date of death: 22 July 1946
Died how:
Members of the Irgun, dressed as Arabs, set off a bomb in the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, which had been the base for the British Secretariat, the military command and a branch of the Criminal Investigation Division (police). Ninety-one people were killed, most of them staff of the secretariat and the hotel: 28 British, 41 Arab, 17 Jewish, and 5 other. Around 45 people were injured.
Buried or Commemorated: No futher information currently
Family Details:
Son of Mr E R K Blenkinsop, C.I.E., late I.C.S., and nephew of Gneeral Sir Hastings Ismay.
Other Occupation:
Clifton and Trinity College, Oxford
BUCKLEY, John Patrick
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 2026743
Regiment: Royal Corps of Signals
Date of death: 29 February 1948
Age at death: 33
Died how:
Killed when travelling on the Cairo-Haifa train that was mined north of Rehoboth. The train was carrying troops into Palestine on return from leave or on duty visits.
Buried or Commemorated: Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel
Bur or Com Ref: Plot 17 Row B Grave 1
Place of birth: Cork
Biography:
Born 9 March 1914
BYRNE, John
Rank: Guardsman
Service No: 2717553
Regiment: Irish Guards
Date of death: 6 April 1948
Age at death: 35
Died how:
Killed as men of the 12th Anit-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, were withdrawing from a large camp which the Army were evacuating near Pardes Hanna, north of Hadera, when attacked by Jews. The sentry and three other members of the guard were held up against the guardhouse wall, shot in the back, and killed. The wireless mast was then destroyed and shots fired into the camp, killing one more soldier and mortally injuring the commanding officer. The attackers were believed to be part of the Irgun.
Buried or Commemorated: Haifa War Cemetery, Palestine
Bur or Com Ref: Plot F Row F Grave 13
Place of birth: Gorey, Co. Wexford
Biography:
Born 31 March 1913
https://www.roll-of-honour.com/cgi-bin/palestine.cgi
Will King Charles "The Resetter" outshine China;s diplomatic miracles and broker peace in Israel ?
ReplyDeleteIsrael needs a reset -- Go to it Charlie :)
Israel's President, Isaac Herzog, a friend of Charles, was said to have been personally involved in lobbying the King to visit.
Herzog announces that his office has developed “a brand new initiative called ‘Kol Ha’am—Voice of the People: The President’s Initiative for Worldwide Jewish Dialogue,'” which he describes as a newly-launched global council for Jewish dialogue.
“You might call it a Jewish Davos: nonpartisan and apolitical, Voice of the People will be a collaborative forum. One that can hold and reflect the full and diverse range of Jewish voices. It will be a place where we can engage in serious, sensitive and strategic discussions on the most complex and pressing issues facing our people,” Herzog says. He does not specify the place, time and scope of the initiative.
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Amid overhaul protests, Herzog tells JFNA event Israel’s greatest threat is internal
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-april-23-2023/
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ReplyDeleteFitting he should join his British Israelist forebears to be annointed by the state his grandfathers concocted. Di, Dodi ...... We are all Palestinians now.