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Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair Mayne, DSO & Three Bars (11 January 1915 – 14 December 1955), best known as Paddy Mayne or familiarly as Blair, was a British Army officer from Newtownards. He was an amateur boxing champion , qualified as a solicitor and was capped for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions at rugby union before becoming a ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne, SAS co-founder, was born and lived in Newtownards and attended Regent House Grammar School. A bronze statue of him stands outside the town hall. He played rugby for Ireland and for the Lions in the 1938 British Lions tour to South Africa. [51] Barry McClements, Commonwealth Games para swimming medallist [52]
Edwina Sheppard Pepper, established the John A. Sheppard Ecological Reservation near Marrowbone Creek in Mingo County, West Virginia, which included a homesteading community. The intention was to protect the natural resources on the land and the mountain culture, which had changed significantly after many locals moved north to work in factories ...
Byrnside-Beirne-Johnson House, also known as "Willowbrook," is a historic home located near Union, Monroe County, West Virginia. The house began as a pioneer log fort built by six families in 1770. After 1855, it was enlarged to a large 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, five-bay, T-shaped dwelling with a two-story rear wing.
The Jefferson County Courthouse is a historic building in Charles Town, West Virginia, USA.The building is historically notable as the site of two trials for treason: that of John Brown in 1859 (treason against Virginia), and those of unionizing coal miners from Mingo County, West Virginia (treason against West Virginia), a consequence of the Battle of Blair Mountain, whose trials were moved ...
Sharples is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Sharples is located on West Virginia Route 17, 10.5 miles (16.9 km) northeast of Logan. Sharples has a post office with ZIP code 25183. [2] Sharples was the location of a small firefight in the events leading up to the Battle of Blair Mountain. [3] Sharples ...