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Picton, New Zealand

A view of the harbour in Picton. Picton is located at the head of Queen Charlotte Sound near... named after Sir Thomas Picton the military associate of the Duke of Wellington who was killed at the... Channel south of Arapawa Island. The railway system links from Picton to Christchurch. State Highway...

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Thomas Picton

Sir Thomas Picton (August, 1758-June 18, 1815) was a British military leader who fought in a... allied centre left. Picton was the younger son of Thomas Picton, of Poyston, Pembrokeshire, his... years later, and Picton quelled a mutiny amongst the men by his prompt personal action and courage...

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Tory Channel

South of New Zealand's Arapawa Island lies the Tory Channel , named after one of the pioneer ships that brought Britons to Wellington in 1840. It forms a substantial part of the current ferry route between Wellington and Picton. Erosion attributed to the ferries, particularly the new faster ones...

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Haverfordwest

early hardcore punk rock in the UK formed in the town at Sir Thomas Picton School in 1978...

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Ontario provincial highway 33

Bloomfield, Warings Corner, Picton, Glenora, Adolphustown, Conway, Sandhurst Shores, Sandhurst, Bath..., Ontario, and from Wellington, Ontario to Picton, Ontario. In 1936, Highway 33 was paved from Bath, Ontario to Kingston, Ontario. In 1939, Highway 33 was paved from Picton, Ontario to Bath, Ontario, from...

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Cook Strait

side are the Marlborough Sounds. There are daily ferry services between the harbour of Picton in the...

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List of monitors of the Royal Navy

This is a list of monitors of the Royal Navy: Humber -class HMS Severn HMS Humber HMS Mersey Abercrombie -class HMS Abercrombie HMS Havelock HMS Raglan HMS Roberts Lord Clive -class HMS Lord Clive HMS General Craufurd HMS Earl of Peterborough HMS Sir Thomas Picton HMS Prince Eugene HMS...

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List of peoples of Gaul

- Bavay Parisii - Paris Pictones - Poitiers Redones - Rennes Remi - Reims Santones - Saintonge...

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Marlborough Sounds

. Islands in the sounds include Arapawa Island and D'Urville Island. The main port is Picton on the mainland. The ferry service between Picton and Wellington in the North Island travels through the sounds...

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James Kempt

, made substantive. As one of Picton's brigadiers, Kempt took part in the great assault on Badajoz... chief, Picton, and on Picton's death succeeded to the command of his division. From 1828 to 1830 he...

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