User contributions for Simon Harley
A user with 5,289 edits. Account created on 2 January 2006.
28 May 2024
- 19:4119:41, 28 May 2024 diff hist +45 Mark 14 torpedo →Supply and production: Made where the quote actually came from. current
- 19:0419:04, 28 May 2024 diff hist −16 Mark 14 torpedo →Development: Sadly isn't encyclopedic.
- 10:1010:10, 28 May 2024 diff hist +45 Cardwell Reforms →Background: Made clear whose opinion statement is. current
- 07:2907:29, 28 May 2024 diff hist +6 Bertram Ramsay →Death: Corrected rank. current
27 May 2024
- 16:2116:21, 27 May 2024 diff hist +337 Tom Phillips (Royal Navy officer) →External links: Corrected and expanded the succession boxes. current
26 May 2024
- 21:0321:03, 26 May 2024 diff hist −13 Soviet cruiser Murmansk (1955) →Scrapping, sinking and demolition: Made slightly better English. current
24 May 2024
- 19:4719:47, 24 May 2024 diff hist −9 King David Hotel bombing →British reactions: Segev wasn't quoting Montgomery directly, whose cited memoirs show he wasn't yet CIGS.
21 May 2024
- 19:4819:48, 21 May 2024 diff hist +240 Stephen Thomas (naval officer) Tidied up a little. current
- 11:0211:02, 21 May 2024 diff hist +238 Stephen Thomas (naval officer) Lots of pagination needed. Fixed a couple of issues.
20 May 2024
- 18:0518:05, 20 May 2024 diff hist +83 Naval Defence Act 1889 Added link to text. current
19 May 2024
- 13:0513:05, 19 May 2024 diff hist +3 Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope →Early naval career: Corrected number of courses.
- 07:1807:18, 19 May 2024 diff hist −182 Charles Duncombe, 2nd Earl of Feversham →Military career: The book doesn't support this. Clearly a reference to the actual series. current
18 May 2024
- 07:3007:30, 18 May 2024 diff hist −12 Battle of Lund →Order of battle: Corrected spelling, capitalised properly. current
- 07:2707:27, 18 May 2024 diff hist +26 Battle of Lund →Order of battle: Added link to modern regiment.
17 May 2024
- 12:2612:26, 17 May 2024 diff hist −7 Arthur Leyland Harrison →Early life: Tidied a little. current
- 09:5209:52, 17 May 2024 diff hist +220 Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history →SMS Bayern: Reply.
- 08:5108:51, 17 May 2024 diff hist −9 Port of Gaza →2024 war: Change to reflect source.
- 07:3507:35, 17 May 2024 diff hist +1 Esher Report →Background: Fisher and Clarke were not members of the Elgin Commission. current
16 May 2024
- 09:4509:45, 16 May 2024 diff hist +99 Royal Naval Air Service →Naval Airmans Armoured Car Force: Armoured Car Division is both accurate and common.
10 May 2024
- 14:2914:29, 10 May 2024 diff hist 0 Ronald Reagan and AIDS →Personal views of Reagan: Corrected spelling.
7 May 2024
- 19:5519:55, 7 May 2024 diff hist +22 Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha →Entering the Royal Navy: Clarified who said what and corrected page number.
3 May 2024
- 20:0120:01, 3 May 2024 diff hist +94 Edward James Headlam →Career: Tidied up slightly.
- 19:3019:30, 3 May 2024 diff hist −26 Geoffrey Spicer-Simson Spicer-Simson was only an Acting Captain in 1919. current
- 08:0808:08, 3 May 2024 diff hist −51 List of supply officers in the Royal Navy who have reached flag rank PDG wasn't a rank. current
2 May 2024
- 16:5116:51, 2 May 2024 diff hist 0 Supply officer (Royal Navy) →Paymaster: Corrected date. current
- 15:3215:32, 2 May 2024 diff hist −1 Warrant officer →Demise of the royal naval warrants: Corrected date.
- 11:3811:38, 2 May 2024 diff hist +23 George Archer-Shee →Compensation: Added First Lord's name.
- 11:2211:22, 2 May 2024 diff hist −1,658 Master (naval) →20th century: Removed irrelevant section on proposals by a Lieutenant Thomas Brownrigg.
- 08:5408:54, 2 May 2024 diff hist +233 David Steel →Two parties merge: He did not do very well.
26 April 2024
- 12:2212:22, 26 April 2024 diff hist +68 Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape →Later career: Corrected date of promotion.
23 April 2024
- 14:3714:37, 23 April 2024 diff hist −135 Philip Vian →Post war: Clearly not rare in 1952.
- 14:0114:01, 23 April 2024 diff hist +98 Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer →Career: Added links, removed incorrect rank on naval officer. current
- 11:5811:58, 23 April 2024 diff hist +70 Sir Charles Madden, 2nd Baronet →Pre-war service: Corrected details, Madden senior wasn't a C-in-C in 1923.
21 April 2024
- 21:1021:10, 21 April 2024 diff hist +17 German submarine U-166 (1941) →Fate: Put italics in right place.
18 April 2024
- 20:0320:03, 18 April 2024 diff hist 0 HMS Natal →top: Capitalised Warrior. current
- 15:3515:35, 18 April 2024 diff hist −92 Reginald Bacon →Coventry Ordnance Works: Bacon never served as Controller. current
- 15:3315:33, 18 April 2024 diff hist +36 Reginald Bacon →top: Corrected quote and rank.
- 14:2914:29, 18 April 2024 diff hist +4 Reginald Bacon →Technical ability and character: Added italics.
17 April 2024
- 15:2515:25, 17 April 2024 diff hist +1 Battle of Bataan →Abucay: Added space.
16 April 2024
- 19:5419:54, 16 April 2024 diff hist +4 Zeebrugge Raid →Strategic developments: Corrected ranks.
- 19:4519:45, 16 April 2024 diff hist +10 Augustus Agar →Coastal motor boats: Corrected Keyes' rank.
- 19:4219:42, 16 April 2024 diff hist +3 Augustus Agar →North Russia: Supplied missing word.
- 17:0817:08, 16 April 2024 diff hist +5 Commonwealth Engineering →Diesel locomotives: Put caption where it should be.
- 17:0417:04, 16 April 2024 diff hist −36 Main Western railway line, New South Wales →History: Removed incomplete sentence.
- 09:2709:27, 16 April 2024 diff hist −5 Battle of Bomarsund 2000-century isn't a thing in English.
12 April 2024
- 15:0215:02, 12 April 2024 diff hist +746 Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities →Royal baccarat scandal: Reply.
8 April 2024
- 17:0317:03, 8 April 2024 diff hist −16 Tadeusz Pietrzykowski →Early life: "Unfortunately" isn't encyclopedic. current
5 April 2024
- 13:3413:34, 5 April 2024 diff hist −4 HMS Bulwark (1899) →First World War: Troubridge wasn't a knight in 1914. current
- 13:3313:33, 5 April 2024 diff hist −9 Ernest Troubridge →Family and early life: No RNC in 1870s.
- 13:3113:31, 5 April 2024 diff hist −5 HMS Bulwark (1899) →1902–1909: Fleet captain is incorrect both in title and role.
