User contributions for Ballenstedter
A user with 81 edits. Account created on 27 May 2010.
11 May 2024
- 13:1413:14, 11 May 2024 diff hist −24 m Lord Byron Minor corrections in English in the opening paragraph.
14 September 2023
- 14:0414:04, 14 September 2023 diff hist +13 m Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell His promotion from brevet lieutenant colonel in Aug 81 would have been to substantive lt col, not major.
10 November 2022
- 16:1516:15, 10 November 2022 diff hist −1 m Jean-François Champollion I have tidied the punctuation in the first sentence of the section 'Reactions to the decipherment'.
14 October 2022
- 16:1416:14, 14 October 2022 diff hist −5 m Golden Fleece I have corrected the English of the first sentence of the second paragraph: 'In the historical...' As it was written, there was no main verb.
27 September 2022
- 14:5314:53, 27 September 2022 diff hist −3 m Mayerling incident The Controller of the Empress's Household was Baron Nopcsa, not Countess Nopcsa. (The use of 'he' in the next sentence supports this.)
26 November 2021
- 13:1113:11, 26 November 2021 diff hist −7 m Jock Delves Broughton →Early life: Changed '1st Battalion of the Irish Guards' to '1st Battalion Irish Guards'. This is militarily correct.
10 October 2021
- 09:3509:35, 10 October 2021 diff hist +1 m Preventing the lawful burial of a body →Recent cases: I changed '...police unearthed the body...' to '..police found the body...' In this context, 'unearthed' is an sad metaphor. She had not been buried, but was in her flat.
24 June 2021
- 10:4210:42, 24 June 2021 diff hist +2 m Peter Leng I changed 'military aide' to 'Military Assistant' and '2nd battalion of Scots Guards' to '2nd Battalion Scots Guards'. This is simply correcting UK military nomenclature.
10 May 2021
- 12:2112:21, 10 May 2021 diff hist +10 m Franco Zeffirelli I have inserted the word 'Battalion' between 1st and Scots Guards. This is a minor military nomenclature point. ~~~~
22 March 2021
- 19:3819:38, 22 March 2021 diff hist −2 m History of the Bahamas In the second paragraph, I have substituted '...work unpaid.' for '..work for free.' To say that slaves work for free sounds as if they are volunteering their services.
19 November 2020
- 12:1112:11, 19 November 2020 diff hist 0 m Charles Vincent Fox The dates of his winning the Wingfield Sculls (1900) and the Diamond Sculls (1901) are transposed in the first paragraph. They are correct in the second paragraph. I have amended the first paragraph.
30 March 2020
- 11:1911:19, 30 March 2020 diff hist +1 m The Forsyte Saga →Books: The fourth sentence of the opening paragraph began, ' he resists...' It was missing the uppercase S.
23 February 2020
- 11:1111:11, 23 February 2020 diff hist +1 m James Simon (art collector) I have altered the word order under Philantrophy from 'Jewish societies German' to 'Jewish German societies'
25 January 2020
- 10:5310:53, 25 January 2020 diff hist +1 m Ben Wallace (politician) In the introduction, I have changed Scots Guard to Scots Guards. (My shortest edit ever.)
16 October 2019
- 12:0512:05, 16 October 2019 diff hist 0 m Patrick Cobbold I changed the date of his death from 19 June 1944 to 18 June 1944, which was a Sunday. Alanbroke wrote the entry on the Monday, referring to the day before.
3 December 2018
- 12:4012:40, 3 December 2018 diff hist −33 m David Meca Generally tidied up the English. No changes of data or facts.
- 12:3612:36, 3 December 2018 diff hist −33 David Meca No edit summary
- 12:3012:30, 3 December 2018 diff hist −6 m David Meca Changed 'a distance of about 80 miles long' to 'about 80 miles of 129 km'
13 January 2018
- 15:0815:08, 13 January 2018 diff hist 0 m Richard III of England Under the picture of Richard III's modern memorial, I have changed 'until 2015' to 'since 2015'
1 January 2018
- 11:5511:55, 1 January 2018 diff hist −1 m Musikverein In the paragraph beginning "The Great Hall', I have changed 'none...were' to 'none...was'
27 April 2017
- 13:2613:26, 27 April 2017 diff hist +158 m Scots Guards I have added the fact that the Duke of Kent is the longest serving Colonel.
2 April 2017
- 16:2716:27, 2 April 2017 diff hist +682 Talk:Chiang Kai-shek →Phonetic pronunciation of CKS: Don't try to pronounce it in 'Chinese'.
17 January 2017
- 12:2112:21, 17 January 2017 diff hist −32 m Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke In the introduction, I have changed ...he became fluent in French...' to '...he was bi-lingual...' Being educated and spending the first 16 years of his life in France, he did not 'become fluent.'
1 January 2017
- 12:5312:53, 1 January 2017 diff hist +3 m Joseph Radetzky von Radetz In the paragraph about his mistress's children, I have changed 'which he all recognized...' to 'all of which he recognized...'
6 December 2016
- 22:2322:23, 6 December 2016 diff hist 0 m Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Under the Location paragraph, I have changed the indication of the main entrance: it is to the East of the Academy, not West. Map reading! ~~~~
- 22:1922:19, 6 December 2016 diff hist +449 Talk:Royal Military Academy Sandhurst A brief few sentences about degrees and officer cadet training.
26 November 2016
- 12:3412:34, 26 November 2016 diff hist +793 Talk:Battle of Madagascar No edit summary
30 July 2016
- 16:2516:25, 30 July 2016 diff hist −9 m Royal baccarat scandal The Duke of Connaught was Colonel of the Scots Guards, not Colonel-in-Chief, who was (as is) the Sovereign.
25 July 2016
- 20:1020:10, 25 July 2016 diff hist 0 m Natasha Little Her character in The Night Manager was Lady Langborne, not Longbourne
14 July 2016
- 14:1914:19, 14 July 2016 diff hist +4 m Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne I have changed 'awarded the Queen's South Africa medal...' to 'was entitled to...'. You are not awarded campaign medals: you become entitled to them if you are in the campaign (normally for a certain time).
19 August 2015
- 15:2215:22, 19 August 2015 diff hist +1 Patrick Cobbold No edit summary
- 15:2215:22, 19 August 2015 diff hist +2 Patrick Cobbold No edit summary
- 15:2115:21, 19 August 2015 diff hist +142 m Patrick Cobbold I have inserted the correct details of the death of Ivan Cobbold, Patrick's father.
18 August 2015
16 August 2015
- 17:3917:39, 16 August 2015 diff hist −13 Sarah Churchill (actress) →Early life
- 17:3817:38, 16 August 2015 diff hist +3 m Sarah Churchill (actress) →Early life: Churchill was not Prime Minister when Sarah was born. He became so much later. Her mother was not Baroness Spencer-Churchill; she became so after Winston Churchill's death.
11 August 2015
- 17:3717:37, 11 August 2015 diff hist +1 m Ian Jacob →Early life
29 July 2015
- 13:0313:03, 29 July 2015 diff hist −29 m John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort I have changed the wording about Edward VIII's funeral. A bearer party comprises an Officer, a Warrant Officer and eight bearers (some NCOs), all the same height, who actually carry the coffin.
- 12:4512:45, 29 July 2015 diff hist +16 m Pillbox affair Gort was a General, not a Field Marshal, when commanding the BEF. He was promoted to Field Marshal in 1943.
13 January 2015
- 09:3709:37, 13 January 2015 diff hist −30 m The Turn of the Screw In the last paragraph of the Plot Summary, I have attempted to make it clear that it is the governess and Miles who talk together about his expulsion.
8 January 2015
- 12:2212:22, 8 January 2015 diff hist −1 m George Cross Bars to the GC: I changed 'none have yet been awarded' to 'none has yet been awarded'
23 December 2014
- 17:0017:00, 23 December 2014 diff hist −1 m Descendants of George III I have changed the words 'was the King's only legitimate grandchild for the entirety of her life' to make the sense clearer.
- 16:5716:57, 23 December 2014 diff hist −570 Talk:Descendants of George III No edit summary
- 16:5016:50, 23 December 2014 diff hist +54 Talk:Descendants of George III →Illegitimate Children
- 16:3416:34, 23 December 2014 diff hist +516 Talk:Descendants of George III →Illegitimate Children: new section
- 16:2616:26, 23 December 2014 diff hist +252 Talk:Descendants of George III →Issue
3 March 2014
- 20:2720:27, 3 March 2014 diff hist +2 m Gavin Menzies When Gavin Menzies was there, Orwell Park was a Prep or Preparatory, not Secondary school. It now takes Nursery children as well. See its website. ~~~~
14 February 2014
- 09:3609:36, 14 February 2014 diff hist +58 m User:JChick01/sandbox →Osen Salmon Fishing Lodge and Ladder: Corrected a typing mistake, and added to a caption on the picture showing salmon in the counter. ~~~~ current
1 January 2014
- 19:4319:43, 1 January 2014 diff hist 0 m Qumran In the second paragraph, I changed 'has not wrote of' to 'did not write'
