Royal College of Defence Studies Royal Naval Engineering College
Battles/wars
Second World War Korean War
Awards
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Spouse(s)
Ursula Ransley
Admiral Sir William Thomas Pillar, GBE, KCB, FIMechE[1](24 February 1924 – 18 March 1999) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Chief of Naval Support and a member of the Admiralty.
^ "No. 46786". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 January 1976. p. 202.
Admiral Sir William Thomas Pillar, GBE, KCB, FIMechE(24 February 1924 – 18 March 1999) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Chief of Naval Support...
The Five Pillars of Islam (arkān al-Islām أركان الإسلام; also arkān ad-dīn أركان الدين "pillars of the religion") are fundamental practices in Islam, considered...
The iron pillar of Delhi is a structure 7.21 metres (23 feet 8 inches) high with a 41-centimetre (16 in) diameter that was constructed by Chandragupta...
north to south: the Master Pillar, the Journeyman Pillar and, most famously, the Apprentice Pillar. These names for the pillars date from the late Georgian...
the pillar is approximately 1 acre (0.4 ha). The pillar features an abundance of Native American petroglyphs, as well as the signature of William Clark...
The pillar of fire (Hebrew: עמוד אש, romanized: ‘ammuḏ ’ēš) and pillar of cloud (Hebrew: עמוד ענן, romanized: ‘ammūḏ ‘ānān) are a dual theophany (manifestation...
The Pillars of the Earth is an historical novel by British author Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building of a cathedral in the fictional town...
Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the autobiographical account of the experiences of British Army Colonel T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") while serving...
Pillars of Creation is a photograph taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of elephant trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula, in the Serpens...
Michele Diane Pillar (born July 26, 1955) is a contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter and occasional actress. Despite recording only a handful...
The Pillar of Fire International, also known as the Pillar of Fire Church, is a Methodist Christian denomination with headquarters in Zarephath, New Jersey...
Lumbini pillar inscription, also called the Paderia inscription, is an inscription in the ancient Brahmi script, discovered in December 1896 on a pillar of...
see the Fuca Pillar and to explore the Strait of Juan de Fuca, also named after him. The first generally accepted mention of the pillar was by John Meares...
Our Lady of the Pillar (Spanish: Nuestra Señora del Pilar) is the name given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the context of the traditional belief that Mary...
Haggits Pillar is a stack 203 feet (62 m) high in the South Pacific Ocean at the northwestern edge of the Ross Sea, lying 250 metres (270 yd) west of Scott...
Stamp Act. Erected by the Sons of Liberty, it originally had a pillar with a bust of William Pitt on top. When Parliament imposed the Stamp Act 1765 on the...
the literary references to an asherah and archaeological finds of Judaean pillar-figurines has engendered a literature of debate. The asherim were also cult...
height, located on the site of the former Nelson's Pillar (and prior to that a statue of William Blakeney) on O'Connell Street, the main thoroughfare...
renamed the European Community (EC) upon becoming integrated into the first pillar of the newly formed European Union in 1993. In the popular language, however...
Edicts of Ashoka are a collection of more than thirty inscriptions on the Pillars of Ashoka, as well as boulders and cave walls, attributed to Emperor Ashoka...
in 1915. Tenets of his group, known as the Church of the Living God, the Pillar Ground of Truth for All Nations, included Black Nationalism and support...
Iram of the Pillars (Arabic: إرَم ذَات ٱلْعِمَاد, romanized: Iram dhāt al-ʿimād; an alternative translation is Iram of the tentpoles), also called "Irum"...
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