Pitcairn Campbell was commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1875. [3 ] He served with the Mounted Infantry Camel Corps in Sudan between 1884 and 1885. [3 ] [4 ] His battalion served in South Africa from 1899 to 1901 during the…
The Pitcairn Islands (/ ˈ p ɪ t k ɛər n/ PIT-kairn; [5 ] Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen), officially Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, [6 ] [7 ] [8 ] [9 ] are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the…
A younger brother was John Pitcairn, who became a British Marine officer and was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill; John's son and William's nephew was midshipman Robert Pitcairn, for whom Pitcairn Island is named.
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Během 17. a 18. století byly postupně objeveny a pojmenovány všechny čtyři ostrovy: Oeno roku 1606 Pedrem Fernandesem de Queirós, Pitcairn v roce 1767 Philipem Carteretem (možná však již roku 1606 Pedrem Fernandesem de Queirós), Ducie roku…
John Adams (známý i pod pseudonymem Alexander Smith a z něj pocházející zdrobnělinou Aleck; 4. prosince 1767 Hackney, Anglie – 5. března 1829 Pitcairnův ostrov) byl britský námořník a účastník slavné vzpoury na HMAV Bounty.