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    Major Thomas Hans Orde-Lees, OBE, AFC (23 May 1877 – 1 December 1958) was a member of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917...
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    aloft". Mrs Chippy’s voyage was not without incident. Storekeeper Thomas Orde-Lees, in a diary entry dated 13 September 1914, relates that "An extraordinary...
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    Macklin commented that all the work he did was first class, and even Thomas Orde-Lees, who disliked him, grudgingly admitted he was an "expert wooden ship's...
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    experiment several days later. Following on from Collett, balloon officer Thomas Orde-Lees, known as the "Mad Major", successfully jumped from Tower Bridge in...
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    Clark, biologist Frank Hurley, photographer George Marston, artist Thomas Orde-Lees, motor expert and storekeeper Harry "Chippy" McNish, carpenter Charles...
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  • Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells Professor Gibberne 2002 Shackleton Thomas Orde-Lees 2002 Outside the Rules Dr. Gerry Saddler 2003 Holby City Nathan Cairns...
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    and space" on BBC Radio 4. A Pair of Blue Eyes, adaptation of a novel by Thomas Hardy, BBC Radio 4 Extra, directed by Cherry Cookson. Lord Arthur Savile's...
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    are rare, but have been documented. A large leopard seal attacked Thomas Orde-Lees (1877–1958), a member of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic...
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  • Burma during World War II Major Thomas Orde-Lees (1877–1958), an Antarctic explorer, parachutist, and mountaineer Major Thomas Savage (1608–1682), a soldier...
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    ISBN 0970314825. Thomas Orde-Lees; John Thomson (May 1, 2003). Elephant Island and Beyond: The Life and Diaries of Thomas Orde Lees. Archival Facsimiles...
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