David Stirling | Timeline

Colonel Sir Archibald David Stirling, DSO, OBE (15 November 1915 – 4 November 1990) was a British mountaineer, World War II British Army officer, and the founder of the Special Air Service. (Intro from Wikipedia)

November 15, 1915 - Lecropt, Perthshire, Scotland - Archibald David Stirling is born
July 24, 1937 - Ampleforth, North Yorkshire - Commissioned into the Scots Guards
June 23, 1940 - Burnham on Crouch, Essex - Volunteers for the new No.8 Commando under Lt.Col Robert Laycock =(START)
October 24, 1940 - Lamlach, Isle of Arran, West Scotland - 8 (Guards) Commando, moves to the Isle of Arran
January 31, 1941 - Isle of Arran - Firth of Clyde - 11 (Scottish) Commando departs from the Firth of Clyde aboard 3 infantry landing ships "Glengyle", "Glenroy" and "Glenearn", together with 7 Commando and 8 (guards) commando
February 11, 1941 - Freetown, Sierra Leone - The ships stop at Freetown
February 13, 1941 - Line of the Equator - Force Z crosses the Equator
February 19, 1941 - Cape Town, South Africa - The ships stop at Cape Town.
February 28, 1941 - Line of the Equator - Force Z crosses the Equator
March 7, 1941 - Geneifa, Egypt - Sailed into the Suez Canal
April 12, 1941 - Alexandria, Egypt - Layforce sets off for Alexandria
April 15, 1941 - Bombah, between Derna and Tobruk, Libya - Arrives off Bombah in a destroyer. The operation is called off because of the swell
May 26, 1941 - Souda Bay, Crete - Stirling lands from HMS Abdiel. Starts moving south to Sphakia
May 31, 1941 - Sphakia - The Commandos withraw to Sphakia (Stirling wounded?)
June 2(?), 1941 - Alexandria - The survivors reach Egypt
July 1, 1941 - Al Kibrit (Kabrit), N. of Suez - Training Camp at RAF Kabrit, north of Suez
July 17, 1941 - Tobruk Area - Raid on an italian position (Stirling wounded?)
July 30(?), 1941 - Alexandria - David Stirling is released from Alexandria Scottish Military Hospital
August 30(?), 1941 - Al Kibrit (Kabrit), N. of Suez - David Stirling establishes his new force, The "Special Air Service" (SAS), at the RAF Kabrit facilities, north of Suez. "Paddy" Mayne is Stirling's first choice
November 16, 1941 - Gazala | Tamini Airfields - Parachute drop in Lybia - Gazala + Tamini Airfields (mission fails as during the drop in poor weather, vital supplies and detonators were lost) - the group begins a 40 mile walk into the desert for a rendezvous with a motor patrol for the Long Range Desert Group
November 19, 1941 - 23 of the original 51 who parachuted arrive at the rendezvous point

Stirling (right), welcomes a patrol
just arrived from mission

November 24(?), 1941 - Jalo Oasis - Stirling withdraws his unit to a remote oasis to prepare for another mission
December 8, 1941 - Jalo Oasis - Stirling and Mayne depart from Jalo with the LRDG to attack Tamet And Sirte airfields
December 14, 1941 - Sirte - Stirling drops off at Sirte, only to find the airfield being evacuated
December 21, 1941 - Jalo Oasis - Stirling and Mayne depart for a second raid to Tamet Airfield
December 27, 1941 - Bagush - Stirling raids Bagush airfield - unable to plant their bombs, they improvize with a motorized charge down the airstrip, blazing away at the aircraft with machine guns and grenades
January 3, 1942 - Jalo Oasis - LRDG picks up Stirling and Mayne on December 28th and takes them to base
January 17(?), 1942 - Jalo Oasis - Stirling and Mayne return to Kabrit to plan the next action and train new SAS volunteers
January 23, 1942 - Buerat, W. of Sirte, Libya - Buerat Raid - Although the harbor had been empty of shipping, the raid resulted in the destruction of 18 petrol bowsers and 4 food dumps

January 30(?), 1942 - Al Kibrit (Kabrit), N. of Suez - Promoted to Major
March 15, 1942 - Siwa (SAS Base) - Stirling and Mayne depart for Berka
March 21(?), 1942 - Benina Airfield - 5 aircraft destroyed + 30 new aircraft engines and 3 hangars full of machinery destroyed
April 5, 1942 - Hagfet Gelgaf - in the Jebel Akhdar, a heavily forested, fertile upland area in northeastern Libya
May 9, 1942 - Jebel Akhdar - Raid
July 1, 1942 - Fuka | Mersa Matruh Airfields - Raid
July 4, 1942 - Al Kibrit (Kabrit), N. of Suez - The SAS convoy moves off for the rendezvous north of the Quattara Depression
July 7, 1942 - Fuka Airfield - Raid to Fuka Airfield - The SAS bomb and shoot between 30 and 40 enemy aircraft
July 9, 1942 - El Daba Airfield (50 miles W of El Alamein) - 14 aircraft destroyed
July 11, 1942 - Fuka Airfield - 22 aircraft destroyed
July 15, 1942 - Al Kibrit (Kabrit), N. of Suez - Back at Kabrit for stores and new transports
July 19, 1942 - Fuka | Sidi Haneish area - Stirling and Mayne reach the rendezvous point
July 27, 1942 - Sidi Haneish Airfield - Raid with 18 jeeps and 68 vickers machineguns - 40 aircraft destroyed
August 3(?), 1942 - Kabrit | Cairo - Back in Cairo Area
September 7, 1942 - Kufra, SE Libya - Stirling arrives at the Forward Operating Base, before attacking Djebel
September 23, 1942 - Kabrit | Cairo - Stirling starts recruiting fresh troops from Britain and whip them through an intensive training course
January(?) 5(?), 1943 - Between "Paddy" and Tripoli - Stirling's "B Squadron" engages in raiding operations for a week
January 14, 1943 - Gabès Gap Area, Tunisia - Stirling is Captured by a german recce unit in a Wadi en Route to raid Sousse
April(?) 1(?), 1943 - Gavi, Italy - Stirling tries to escape from Gavi no less than 4 times
January 1(?), 1944 - Marisch Trubau - Stirling is taken to Marisch Trubau, 6 miles from Czechoslovakia
August 20, 1944 - Colditz Castle, Germany - Stirling is taken to Colditz Castle, near Leipzig
April 16, 1945 - Colditz Castle - The Americans enter in Colditz and liberate the POWs in the castle
October 1, 1945 - Chelmsford, Essex - Formal disbandment of the Special Air Service
January(?) 1(?), 1946 - Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia - Stirling moves to Southern Rhodesia
January(?) 1(?), 1949 - Salisbury - Stirling founds the Capricorn Africa Society
May 1(?), 1974 - Britain - David Stirling starts sounding out friends and comrades about a new organization he called GB75
April 1(?), 1975 - Britain - GB75 disintegrates and Stirling announces that he would pour his energies into an anti-communist lobby
June 1, 1984 - Hereford - Opening of the new Barracks (Stirling Lines). Stirling speaks to the visitors
November 4, 1990 - Westminster, London - Archibald David Stirling dies, aged 84 =(END)

Paddy Mayne | Timeline

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne DSO & Three Bars (11 January 1915 – 14 December 1955) an Irishman who was a British Army soldier, solicitor, Ireland rugby union international, amateur boxer, and a founding member of the Special Air Service (SAS). During the course of the Second World War he became one of the British Army's most highly decorated soldiers. He was controversially denied a Victoria Cross. (Intro from Wikipedia).

January 11, 1915 - Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland - Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne is born
January(?) 1(?), 1933 - Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland - Paddy becomes Captain of the Newtownards Rugby Team
January(?) 1(?) 1934 - Belfast, Northern Ireland - Paddy matriculates at Queen's University

Paddy, in the irish team

August 1(?), 1936 - Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland - Irish Universities' Heavyweight Boxing Champion
April 1(?), 1937 - Wales - First of six caps for Ireland in Rugby
April 1(?), 1938 - Belfast - Paddy passes his final examinations as a solicitor and graduates from Queen's University
May 20, 1938 - Southampton - The British Rugby team departs to South Africa aboard the liner "Stirling Castle"
June 3, 1938 - Cape Town, South Africa - Arrival in South Africa. Mayne tours South Africa with the British Lions
September 23, 1938 - Cape Town - The "British Lions" sail home on board the "SS Athlone Castle"
December 1(?), 1938 - Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland - Paddy is called for an enterview in the Army
February 11, 1939 - Belfast - Paddy plays in the irish side against England
February 27, 1939 - Belfast - Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant
March 6, 1939 - Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland - Paddy Mayne joins the Territorial Army and is commissioned in 5. Light Anti-Artillery Territorial Regiment
March 11, 1939 - Belfast - Paddy plays in the irish side against Wales
August 24, 1939 - Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland - Mayne reports for duty
March 17, 1940 - Sydenham - St.Patrick's day celebrating in style
April 4, 1940 - Ballymena, Northern Ireland - Paddy is transfered to the Royal Ulster Rifles

Paddy Mayne in 11 Commando

July 1(?), 1940 - Lamlach, Isle of Arran, West Scotland - Mayne joins 11 Scottish Commando =(START)
January 29, 1941 - Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde - Training landings - rumours about operation in Italy
January 31, 1941 - Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde - 11 (Scottish) Commando depart from the Firth of Clyde aboard 3 infantry landing ships "Glengyle", "Glenroy" and "Glenearn", together with 7 Commando and 8 (guards) commando
February 11, 1941 - Freetown, Sierra Leone - The ships stop at Freetown
February 13, 1941 - Line of the Equator - Force Z crosses the Equator
February 19, 1941 - Cape Town, South Africa - The ships stop at Cape Town. 11 Commando is put through a 4-hour march in full kit
February 28, 1941 - Line of the Equator - Force Z crosses the Equator
March 7, 1941 - Geneifa, Egypt - Sailed into the Suez Canal
April 26, 1941 - Geneifa, Egypt - 11 Commando Departs to Cyprus
April 29, 1941 - Nicosia, Cyprus - 11 Commando Arrives in Cyprus
June 2, 1941 - Famagusta - Mayne sends a letter to his father, informing him that he had applied to join another unit for the East
June 4, 1941 - Famagusta - 11 Commando Departs to Port Said aboard the destroyers "Hotspur" and "Ilex"
June 7, 1941 - Port Said, Egypt - Departs to the north of Tyre aboard "Glengyle"
June 9, 1941 - Litani River, Lebanon - Battle of the Litani River - against Vichy forces
June 11, 1941 - Tyre - Mayne arrives in Tyre with 70 prisoners
June 12, 1941 - Haifa, Palestine - 11 Commando moves to Haifa for 3 days' rest and recuperation
June 15, 1941 - Famagusta - 11 Commando disembarks in Cyprus
June 23, 1941 - Geneifa, Egypt - Mayne leaves 11 (Scottish) Commando - Goes down with a bout of Malaria and is admitted to Geneifa General Hospital
July 13, 1941 - Geneifa - Mayne is transfered to a convalescent Hospital
July 27, 1941 - Geneifa - Mayne leaves the convalescent hospital
August 30(?), 1941 - Al Kibrit (Kabrit), N. of Suez - David Stirling establishes his new force, The "Special Air Service" (SAS), at the RAF Kabrit facilities, north of Suez.
November 16, 1941 - Gazala | Tamini Airfields - Parachute drop in Libya - Gazala + Tamini Airfields (mission fails as during the drop in poor weather, vital supplies and detonators were lost) - the group begins a 40 mile walk into the desert for a rendezvous with a motor patrol for the Long Range Desert Group
December 8, 1941 - Jalo Oasis - Stirling and Mayne depart from Jalo with the LRDG to attack Tamet And Sirte airfields
December 14, 1941 - Tamet, Libya - After dropping Stirling, Mayne raids Tamet Airfield, 30 miles away - 14 aircraft destroyed, 10 other aircraft damaged by having their panels destroyed, and Petrol dumps destroyed. For his part in the raid, Paddy Mayne is awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
December 21, 1941 - Jalo Oasis - Stirling and Mayne depart for a second raid to Tamet

Iconic picture of SAS in Egypt

Airfield
December 27, 1941 - Tamet - Paddy Mayne returns to Tamet with other five men and destroys another 27 aircraft
January 3, 1942 - Jalo Oasis - LRDG picks up Stirling and Mayne on December 28th and takes them to base
January 17(?), 1942 - Al Kibrit (Kabrit), N. of Suez - Mayne is tasked to train SAS volunteers, on the verge of insubordination for not going to raid Bouerat
January 30(?), 1942 - Al Kibrit (Kabrit) - Promoted to Captain
March 15, 1942 - Siwa (SAS base) - Stirling and Mayne depart for Berka
March 18, 1942 - Djebel Akhdar - Mayne's party reaches Djebel Akhdar, the mountainous escarpment overlooking the Benghazi plain
March 21(?), 1942 - Berka Airfield - 15 aircraft destroyed + petrol dumps and 12 large torpedo bombs were blown up
July 4, 1942 - Kabrit - The SAS convoy moves off for the rendezvous north of the Quattara Depression
July 7, 1942 - Fuka Airfield - Raid to Fuka Airfield - The SAS bomb and shoot between 30 and 40 enemy aircraft
July 9, 1942 - El Daba Airfield (50 miles W of El Alamein) - 14 aircraft destroyed
July 11, 1942 - Fuka Airfield - 22 aircraft destroyed
July 15, 1942 - Al Kibrit (Kabrit), N. of Suez - Back at Kabrit for stores and new transports
July 19, 1942 - Fuka | Sidi Haneish Area - Stirling and Mayne reach the rendezvous point
July 27, 1942 - Sidi Haneish Airfield - Raid with 18 jeeps and 68 vickers machineguns - 40 aircraft destroyed
August 3(?), 1942 - Kabrit | Cairo - Back in Cairo Area
September 7, 1942 - Kufra, SE Libya - Mayne arrives at the Forward Operating Base, before attacking Djebel
September 23, 1942 - Kufra - Mayne, with 80 experienced men and 35 trucks/jeeps, establishes the SAS base at the oasis of Kufra, in the Great Sand Sea
October 19, 1942 - Howards Cairn, SE of Siwa - Mayne's party departs to the Northeast, 5 days straight
October 23, 1942 - El Alamein, Egypt - Nightraid to El Alamein
October 30, 1942 - Matruh - Raid to Matruh Railway. 20 italian prisoners taken
December 13, 1942 - W. of Sirte, Libya - Raiding West of Sirte, up to 16 night raids a week, disrupting communications
December 21, 1942 - Promoted (temporary) to Major
January(?) 20(?), 1943 - Cairo - License to travel to Britain after his father's death is denied. Mayne is summoned to defend the existence of the SAS after Stirling's capture
February(?) 1(?), 1943 - Northern Palestine - 1 SAS starts training in Northern Palestine and in mountainous Sinai Peninsula
July(?) 8(?), 1943 - Port Said, Egypt - A convoy with LCA-carrying ships "HMS Dunera" and "HMS Ulster Monarch" depart to assault the Coastal battery at Cape Murro di Porco
July 10, 1943 - Cape Murro di Porco, S Syracuse - Assault on the Coastal Battery, then another
July 11, 1943 - Syracuse - The SAS board once again the waiting "HMS Ulster Monarch". 500 prisoners, 200 enemy KIA or wounded - Mayne is awarded a bar to his DSO
July 12, 1943 - Augusta Harbour, Sicily - Capture of the village and 4 batteries (450 prisoners)
September 1, 1943 - Catania - A squadron of 245 SAS men boards a large american landing craft
September 4, 1943 - Bagnara, Reggio Calabria - Coastal Assault to Bagnara - 47 germans KIA/wounded + 35 prisoners
September 5(?), 1943 - Sicily - The Squadron is withrawn to Sicily to rest
October 2, 1943 - Manfredonia, Adriatic Sea - The Squadron departs for Termoli with 40 commmando and 3 Commando aboard a US LCI - The objective was two bridges
October 3, 1943 - Termoli, Adriatic Sea - Attack on Termoli
October 5, 1943 - Termoli, Adriatic Sea - Attack on Termoli - In a series of german counterattacks, the british suffer 29 KIA
October(?) 8(?), 1943 - Molfetta, N of Bari - The Squadron is sent south to Molfetta to rest
January 4, 1944 - Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland - 1 SAS and 2 SAS are sent to Darvel and joined by belgian and french SAS
April 7, 1944 - Promoted (until April 1946) to Lieutenant-Colonel
May 30(?), 1944 - Chelmsford, Essex - SAS personnel begins moving to the SAS HQ for Operation TITANIC
June 5, 1944 - Fairford Airfield, Gloucestershire - Mayne briefs the 12 operators of 1 SAS, A and B squadrons on the night of 5/6
June(?) 15(?), 1944 - Forêt d'Orléans, E. of Orléans - Airdrop to organize the SAS teams on the ground and meet the Maquis
July 14, 1944 - Chelmsford, Essex - Mayne congratulates two SAS operators just arrived from France
August 8, 1944 - Monts du Morvan, W of Lyon - Dropped to "Houndsworth" base to coordinate and take charge of the available detachments of his regiment and coordinate their activities with a major Airborne landing which was then envisaged near Paris - Rail lines destroyed, 220 germans killed, targets identified
August 20, 1944 - Monts du Morvan - Combat with germans - Croix-de-Guerre and Second Bar to his DSO
August 27, 1944 - Chalaux - Mayne departs to "Houndworth" operational base
December 23, 1944 - Chelmsford, Essex - Mayne departs to the Netherlands (Via Tilbury?)
December 25, 1944 - Brussels - Christmas in Brussels with Ted Griffiths
December 26, 1944 - Melsbroek - Accomodation in Griffith's RAF mess
March 25, 1945 - Bislich - Recce Mission - Between Rees and Wesel
April 6, 1945 - Tilbury - B and C Squadrons depart from Tilbury aboard landing craft
April 7, 1945 - Nijmegen - 24 hours later, the SAS arrive in Rotterdam and drive all day until reaching the Canadian Army HQ near Nijmegen
April 8, 1945 - Meppen Area - Mayne waits for more SAS operators arrived from Britain
April 9, 1945 - road to Oldenburg - Mayne and his 2 squadrons leave Meppen Area to penetrate enemy territory - fourth DSO action
April 12, 1945 - Lorup, SW of Oldenburg - Mayne takes his men to Lorup, after they had killed 100 germans and made 300 prisoners
April 15, 1945 - Bergen-belsen - Liberation of the Concentration Camp
May 2, 1945 - Lübeck - The SAS enters the city
May 3, 1945 - Kiel - The SAS enters the City
May 5, 1945 - Wilhelmshaven - The SAS reach the U-boat base at Wilhelmshaven
May 8, 1945 - Poperinghe, French-belgian border - After german surrender, the SAS are ordered back to Chelmsford, via Poperinghe, on the french-belgian border
May 9, 1945 - Oostende, Belgium - The SAS proceed to Oostende to embark
May 10, 1945 - Tilbury | Chelmsford - The SAS leave Ostend early in the morning. From Tilbury to Chelmsford they stop at nearly every pub en route

Paddy (center), in Stavanger

May 14, 1945 - Stavanger, Norway - Paddy Mayne arrives in Norway to supervise the surrender of 300,000 germans
July 18, 1945 - Bergen, Norway - Letter to his mother
July 28, 1945 - Bergen, Norway - Inspection by Crown Prince Olaf
September 1(?), 1945 - Chelmsford, Essex - Mayne returns to Chelmsford
September 25, 1945 - Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland - Mayne is initiated as a Freemason
October 1, 1945 - Chelmsford, Essex - Formal disbandment of The Special Air Service - Paddy Mayne gives a speech
February 1(?), 1946 - Off Falkland Islands(?) - Mayne is compelled to relinquish his post as second in command of the expedition because of an injury
May 28, 1946 - Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland - Mayne receives the second degree of Freemasonry
September 24, 1946 - Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland - Mayne receives the third degree of Freemasonry
December 14, 1955 - Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland - "Paddy" Mayne, aged 40, is killed in a car accident, as he arrived from driking at the nearby town of Bangor =(END)

John Dowland | Timeline

John Dowland (1563 – buried 20 February 1626) was an English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as "Come, heavy sleep" (the basis of Benjamin Britten's 1963 composition for guitar solo, Nocturnal after John Dowland), "Come again", "Flow my tears", "I saw my Lady weepe" and "In darkness let me dwell", but his instrumental music has undergone a major revival, and with the 20th century's early music revival, has been a continuing source of repertoire for lutenists and classical guitarists. (Intro from Wikipedia)

January(?) 1(?), 1563 - London(?) - John Dowland is born
January(?) 1(?), 1580 - Paris - Dowland goes to Paris, at Sir Henry Cobham's service, the ambassador to the French court, and his successor, Sir Edward Stafford. He becomes a Catholic at Paris =(START)
January(?) 1(?), 1584 - Paris - Dowland is sent on a mission by Sir Edward Stafford (who succeeded Cobham as Ambassador) on behalf of some english merchants imprisoned in France and condemned to the galleys
July 1(?), 1586 - England - Probably returns to England by this time
July 8, 1588 - Oxford - Dowland receives the Bachelor of Music from the University of Oxford. In "Apologia Musices", Dowland is mentioned by Dr.John Case among the most famous musicians of his day
November 17, 1590 - Tiltyard, Westminster - "His Golden Locks" is sung by Robert Hales at the Tiltyard, Westminster, at the Accession Day Celebrations
January(?) 1(?), 1592 - Sudeley Castle - "My heart and tongue were twins" is sung before the Queen at Sudeley Castle. Six Harmonizations contributed to Est's "Whole Book of Psalmes"

January(?) 1(?), 1594 - London - Dowland's application for a post as Court lutenist is rejected for being a Catholic
March(?) 1(?), 1594 - Braunschweig - Dowland visits the Duke of Brunswick
May(?) 1(?), 1594 - Kassel - Dowland visits the Landgrave of Hesse
July(?) 1(?), 1594 - Florence, Italy - Dowland plays before the Grand Duke of Tuscany
August(?) 1(?), 1594 - Florence - Dowland had the intention of going to Rome to visit Luca Marenzio, however, he leaves the city hurriedly when exiled english catholics living there attempt to involve him in a plot against the Queen.
January(?) 1(?), 1595 - Nuremberg - Dowland returns to Germany
November 10, 1595 - Nuremberg - Dowland writes a detailed account of his journey and of the activities of the exiles to Sir Robert Cecil.
January(?) 1(?), 1596 - Kassel - Returns to the Landgrave's Court. Seven of Dowland's compositions appear in Barley's "New Booke of Tabliture" without the composer's permission; "false and unperfect".
December 1, 1596 - Kassel - Dowland receives a letter from Henry Noel, urging him to return home in the likelihood of the Queen's granting him a post at Court.
February 26, 1597 - Westminster Abbey, London - "Lamentatio Henrici Noel" composed for Henry Cecil's funeral in Westminster Abbey
October 21, 1597 - London - "The First Booke of Songes" enters in the Stationer's Register. Dowland describes himself on the title-page as "Bacheler of Musicke in both the Universities".
February 9, 1598 - London - Dowland receives a letter from the Landgrave of Hesse offering him a post at the Landgrave's Court
July 16, 1598 - London - Appointment offered at the Court of Christian IV of Denmark
November 18, 1598 - Helsingor, Denmark - Dowland begins his duties as royal lutenist at the Danish Court with a salary of 500 daler a year
June 1, 1600 - Helsingor - Dowland finishes editing the "Second Booke of Songes"
July 15, 1600 - Helsingor - The "Second Booke of Songes" enters in the Stationers' Register.
July 28, 1600 - Helsingor - Dowland signs a receipt for 600 daler in excess of his salary, paid him on the intruction of the Court Treasurer

Dowland's "In Darkness let me dwell" with Sting's modern voice - A surprising result

September(?) 1(?), 1600 - London - Dowland returns to England to buy instruments and engage other musicians for the Danish Court
June 6, 1601 - London - Dowland receives a present from the Danish King of a portrait of His Royal Majesty in "plain gold"
February 21, 1602 - London - The "Third and Last Booke of Songes" enters in the Stationers' Register.
February 19, 1603 - Helsingor, Denmark - Back in Denmark
September 20, 1603 - Winchester - During a Masque presented for Prince Henry, Dowland "has access" to the Queen, probably soliciting a post at Court
October 4, 1603 - London - Second reprint of "The First Booke of Songes"
April 2, 1604 - Fetter Lane, London - "Lachrimae or Seven Teares" enters the Stationer's Register. By this date, Dowland occupies a house in Fetter Lane
July 10, 1604 - Helsingor, Denmark - Dowland returns to Denmark and is payed another year's salary
March 10, 1606 - Helsingor - Dowland is dismissed from the Court of Denmark while the King is absent on a visit to the Duke of Brunswick
April(?) 1(?), 1606 - London - Returns to England
October 28, 1611 - London - "A Pilgrimes Solace" enters in the Stationers' Register. Dowland becomes lutenist to Lord Walden
October 28, 1612 - Whitehall Palace - Appointed one of the lutes to King James I, in the place of Richard Pyke, at the salary of 20 pence a day
February 14, 1614 - Whitehall Palace - Plays the lute in Chapman's "Masque of the Inner Temple and Lincoln's Inn" at Whitehall during the festivities connected with the marriage of Princess Elizabeth.
May 7, 1625 - Westminster Abbey, London - Plays during the Funeral Ceremonies for King James I
January 20, 1626 - London - Receives his final payment and is succeeded in his post at Court by his son Robert
February 20, 1626 - London - John Dowland dies, aged 63 =(END)

George Beurling | Timeline

George Frederick "Buzz" Beurling DSO, DFC, DFM & Bar (6 December 1921 – 20 May 1948) was the most successful Canadian fighter pilot of the Second World War.
Beurling was recognised as "Canada's most famous hero of Second World War", as "The Falcon of Malta" and the "Knight of Malta", having been credited with shooting down 27 Axis aircraft in just 14 days over the besieged Mediterranean island. Before the war ended his official total climbed to either 31 or 31 1⁄3. Beurling's wartime service was terminated prior to war's end. In an attempt to continue combat flying in the postwar era, Beurling lost his life in a crash while attempting to deliver an aircraft to Israel. (Intro from Wikipedia)

December 6, 1921 - Verdun, Quebec, Canada - George Frederick Beurling is born

January(?) 1(?), 1931 - Cartierville Airfield - George is noticed by Ted Hogan, a pilot at Cartierville airfield, and is taken on a flight for the first time

December 6, 1933 - Cartierville Airfield - George takes the controls of Ted Hogan's aircraft for the first time on his 12th birthday

January(?) 1(?), 1935 - Cartierville Airfield - George starts selling newspapers and model aircraft to save for flying lessons

January(?) 1(?), 1938 - Cartierville Airfield - George starts flying solo

June(?) 1(?), 1938 - Montreal - Beurling leaves Verdun High School and starts working at RCA-Victor Radio Factory

February 1(?), 1939 - Montreal - Beurling gets frustrated with his job at the factory and leaves. Ted Hogan suggests him to travel to Gravenhurst, Ontario, where he had a contact, called Smith Langley, who ran a freight contract flying Curtiss Robins into the Rouyn goldfields

April 16, 1939 - Gravenhurst, Ontario - Beurling earns his flying permit, after flying the Curtiss Robins on the Gravenhurst-Rouyn run for a full six weeks

June 30, 1939 - Sea Island Airport, Vancouver - With financial support from his uncle, Beurling amasses another 120 hours of flying at Len Foggen Flying School - Sea Island Airport

July 1(?), 1939 - Seattle - Beurling crosses to the USA illegally, resulting in his arrest. He is held in custody for 2 months

September 1, 1939 - Seattle - American authorities release Beurling and put him onboard a train to Montreal

September(?) 15(?), 1939 - Montreal - Beurling visits RCAF recruiting center but is not accepted for lack of academic qualifications. Visit to the Finnish Consul - the finns are interested in George, however, his parents didn't sign the consent form

May 1(?), 1940 - Cartierville Airfield - Beurling is caught flying aerobatics and receives a one month ban

June 29, 1940 - Montreal Harbour - Beurling boards the swedish munition-ship "Valparaíso" to Glasgow

July 16, 1940 - Glasgow, Scotland - At RAF recruiting center, Beurling is told he had to go back to Canada to get his flight log and birth certificate

August 3, 1940 - Montreal Harbour - The damaged "Valparaiso" returns to Montreal

August 8, 1940 - Montreal Harbour - Beurling boards the repaired "Valparaíso" to Glasgow, once again

September 7, 1940 - Glasgow | London - At Glasgow, Beurling is given a rail ticket to London, and formally joins the Royal Air Force =(START)

September 20, 1940 - Uxbridge - Posted to the Manning Depot

November 2, 1940 - RAF Hendon - Beurling is shipped to RAF Hendon for basic training
December 25, 1940 - Bobbington, Devon - Beurling is posted to No.1 Initial training wing, and starts flying solo
February 28, 1941 - Bobbington - Beurling is promoted to leading aircraftsman
April 8, 1941 - Meir, Staffordshire - Beurling arrives at No.5 Elementary Flying Training School. The unit was equipped with Miles Masters and Magisters
June 23, 1941 - Montrose, Scotland - Beurling arrives at No.8 Service Flying Training School
September 7, 1941 - Montrose - Beurling's flying course ends
September 9, 1941 - Montrose - Beurling is promoted to Sergeant
September 10, 1941 - London - Beurling and colleagues travel to London on leave. He witnesses the effects of the german blitz
September 23, 1941 - Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales - Beurling reaches the No.57 Operational Training Unit at RAF Hawarden
December 16, 1941 - Martlesham Heath, Suffolk - Posted as a Sergeant Pilot to RCAF 403 Squadron
December 24, 1941 - North Weald, Essex - RCAF 403 Squadron is transfered to North Weald
December 25, 1941 - North Weald, Essex - First (uneventful) combat mission flying the Spitfire, across the English Channel
February 2, 1942 - North Weald, Essex - The squadron is attacked by FW190s and Bf109s between Oostende and Dunkirk
February 12, 1942 - North Weald, Essex - Air combat over the English Channel with german fighters covering the battleships "scharnhorst" and "gneisenau"
February 25, 1942 - North Weald, Essex - Air-Vice Marshal Leigh-Mallory gives the squadron a lecture entitled "Review of war and our possibilities in the Spring of 1942"
April 17, 1942 - Merston, West Sussex - Beurling joins 41 Squadron
May 1, 1942 - Merston - Sweep over Calais - 1 Fw190 shot down (1 total)
May 3, 1942 - Merston - Beurling breaks formation to pursue a lone FW190 over Cap Gris Nez and shoot it down. Beurling is reprimanded for attacking without permission and becomes unpopular with his superiors and fellow pilots (2 total)
May 22, 1942 - Embarkation Depot, Southampton(?) - Beurling joins another 35 pilots to travel overseas - destiny unknown. Beurling volunteers to replace a recently married pilot
May 26, 1942 - Embarkation Depot - Beurling and the other pilots depart aboard a merchant ship, carrying 36 crated spitfires and escorted by warships
June 2, 1942 - Gibraltar - The convoy reaches Gibraltar
June 7, 1942 - Gibraltar - Beurling departs from Gibraltar aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle
June 9, 1942 - Coast of Algeria | Malta - Beurling lands his Spitfire in Malta, after having flown off the deck of HMS Eagle
June 12, 1942 - Malta - Beurling involved with other 3 spitfires in combat against 8 Bf109s - credited with a Bf 109 damaged

Beurling with wreckage from
an italian fighter he shot down

July 6, 1942 - Malta - Beurling shoots down 2 Macchi C202 + 1 Bf 109 in a major air battle. Damages a CANT Z.1007 (5 total)
July 8, 1942 - Malta - 1 Bf109 destroyed + 2 damaged south of Gozo (7 total)
July 10, 1942 - Malta - 1 Bf 109 + 1 MC202 shot down (9 total)
July 12, 1942 - Malta - 3 MC202 shot down north of Gozo (12 total)
July 14, 1942 - Malta - Beurling is badly shot up by italian reggianes
July 23, 1942 - Malta - 1 Re 2001 shot down + 1 Ju-88 damaged (13 total)
July 24, 1942 - Malta - Beurling is awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal
July 27, 1942 - Malta - Beurling downs 2 Macchi MC202 and 2 BF109s + 2 "damaged" near Valletta (17 total)
July 29, 1942 - Malta - 1 BF109 destroyed (18 total)
July 30, 1942 - Malta - Beurling is commissioned as a Pilot Officer
August 3, 1942 - Malta - Beurling is struck down with a type of dysentery nick-named "Malta Dog"
August 8, 1942 - Malta - Beurling shoots down a Bf 109 but is shot down by either Herbert Rollwage or Siegfried Freytag or Fw Pohl, of I./JG77 (19 total)
August 13, 1942 - Malta - 1 third share JU-88 destroyed (19,33 total)
August 25, 1942 - Malta - 2 Bf 109 destroyed + 1 Bf 109 damaged (21,33 total)
September 4, 1942 - Malta - Beurling wins a Bar to his "Distinguished Flying Medal" for his exploits on 27/7
September 25, 1942 - Malta - Beurling claims 3 downed aircraft, but none is confirmed
October 10, 1942 - Malta - While testing his new Spitfire, Beurling intercepts and shoots 2 Bf109s over Filfla (23,33 total)
October 13, 1942 - Malta - Beurling shoots down a Ju-88 and 2 Bf 109s + 1 "damaged" N of St.Paul's Bay, Malta (26,33 total)
October 14, 1942 - Malta - Beurling shoots down 2 Bf 109s and a Ju-88, but is shot down by another Bf109. He bails out into the sea and is rescued, requiring hospitalization (29,33 total)
October 16, 1942 - Malta - Beurling is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
October 25, 1942 - Malta - Beurling is visited in hospital by Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park to congratulate him on the award of his DSO and to inform him that he was going home on leave by request of the Canadian Government, to help with a recruiting and war bond drive
October 31, 1942 - Malta | Gibraltar - Beurling and other tour-expired pilots depart as passengers in a Liberator to Gibraltar. The aircraft suffers an accident at landing during severe thunderstorms and several passengers are killed. Beurling manages to jump to the water and is rescued
November 3, 1942 - Preswick, Scotland - Beurling is taken on another Liberator to Scotland
November 4(?), 1942 - Gander, Newfoundland - Beurling arrives in Canada
November 5(?), 1942 - Montreal - Beurling arrives in Montreal's Dorval Airport with his family and the Prime-Minister waiting for him

Beurling back in Canada, 1943

January(?) 1(?), 1943 - Ottawa - Beurling is promoted to Flying Officer
February 18, 1943 - Montreal - Beurling recovers and embarks on a month-long Victory Bond promotional programme
February 22, 1943 - Toronto - Visit to a De Havilland Mosquito factory as part of the Victory Bond programme
March 2, 1943 - Vancouver - Victory Bond tour. Meets his uncle
March 3, 1943 - Jericho Beach - Meets Diana Gardner, a war-widow
May 5, 1943 - New York City(?) - Beurling boards the "Queen Elizabeth" troopship to Glasgow
May 11, 1943 - Gourock, Scotland - The "Queen Elizabeth" docks in the Clyde
May 12, 1943 - London - Train to London
May 24(?), 1943 - Buckingham Palace, London - George Beurling receives the DSO, the DFC, the DFM and Bar from King George VI
May 27, 1943 - Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire - Beurling is posted to the Central Gunnery School at RAF Sutton Bridge
June 8, 1943 - Sutton Bridge - Beurling is forced to bail out of his Spitfire during a mock dogfight
July 6, 1943 - Rednall, Shropshire - Beurling is posted to No.61 OTU as a gunnery instructor
September 1, 1943 - Headcorn, Kent - Beurling is transfered to the 403 Squadron of Royal Canadian Air Force, flying the Spitfire IX
September 24, 1943 - Headcorn - 1 Fw190 shot down (30,33 total)
October 14, 1943 - Kenley, Surrey - RCAF 403 Squadron is transfered to Kenley
November 29, 1943 - Biggin Hill - Beurling is sent to No.412 Squadron
December 30, 1943 - Biggin Hill - 1 Fw190 shot down over Compiègne while covering returning american bombers (31,33 total)

February 4, 1944 - Biggin Hill - Beurling takes command of the Squadron for the first time
March 25, 1944 - Biggin Hill - The squadron is non-operational for a week. Beurling requests command of a flight of P-51s but is turned down. His combat career was over
April 30, 1944 - Gourock, Scotland - Beurling boards the "Queen Elizabeth" to Halifax
May 7, 1944 - Halifax, Nova Scotia - Beurling returns to Canada
May 28, 1944 - Vancouver - Leave in Vancouver
June 13, 1944 - Saint-Hubert, Quebec - Posted as a ferry pilot to No.3 Training Command
July 23, 1944 - Montreal - Beurling's resignation from RCAF is announced
October 16, 1944 - Montreal - Honorable discharge, as a Squadron Leader
November 29, 1944 - Montreal - Beurling and Diana Gardner are married
March 1(?), 1945 - Montreal - Beurling's marriage ends, but he is not formally divorced
May 25, 1945 - Montreal - Beurling tries to rejoin the RCAF but is turned down
June 12, 1945 - Montreal - Beurling attempt to join the chinese national air Force is also turned down
October 1(?), 1945 - Montreal - Beurling starts working as a life assurance underwriter for the Sun Life Assurance Company
May 1(?), 1947 - Sherbrooke Valley, Quebec - Beurling gets a job as flying instructor with Sherbrooke Airways
April 1(?), 1948 - Montreal - Beurling learns about the israeli-arab war and contacts the jewish recruiting agent in Montreal, Ben Dunkelman
May 5, 1948 - Rome, Italy - Beurling arrives in Rome aboard a commercial flight, with intent to join the Israeli Air Force
May 20, 1948 - Rome, Italy - Beurling test-flies an ex-USAAF Norseman transport aircraft, but the engine explodes on landing. George Beurling dies on the resulting inferno, aged 26 =(END)