David Homyk's music has been compared to that of this former British soldier?
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David Homyk David Homyk (born in Canada) is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. His music can be described as a blend of Maroon 5 and James Blunt. A producer by trade, David has made recordings for many well-known artists, including Beyoncé Knowles and her sister Solange. He tours and performs regularly, having shared stages with artists ranging from "American Idol's" Constantine Maroulis to the hip-hop legend & Hall of Fame inductee, Doug E. Fresh. David’s debut album is called "True Story.". On June 27, 2013 AOL hired David as its first live anchor. He was given the job upon singing the morning news.
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James Blunt James Hillier Blount (born 22 February 1974), better known by his stage name James Blunt, is an English singer-songwriter and former British soldier. He originally signed to EMI Music Publishing and is currently signed to Custard Records and Atlantic Records.
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David Sutherland (British Army officer) Colonel David George Carr Sutherland {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (28 October 1920 - 14 March 2006) was a British Army officer, intelligence officer and military author.
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Blair Wark Blair Anderson Wark, (27 July 1894 – 13 June 1941) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and other Commonwealth armed forces. A quantity surveyor and member of the Citizens Military Force, Wark enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 5 August 1915, for service in the First World War. After initially being employed in the defence of the Suez Canal, his battalion was shipped to the Western Front; it was here that Wark would be twice decorated for his bravery and leadership. Having received the Distinguished Service Order in 1917 for his actions at the Battle of Polygon Wood, Wark was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1918 for his leadership and gallantry when in temporary command of his battalion over a three-day period, while conducting operations against the Hindenburg Line.
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Martin Doyle Martin Doyle VC, MM (25 October 1891 – 20 November 1940) was a British soldier during the First World War, and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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Hector the Hero "Hector the Hero" is a classic lament penned by Scottish composer and fiddler James Scott Skinner in 1903. It was written as a tribute to Major-General Hector MacDonald, a distinguished Scottish general around the turn of the century. MacDonald, a friend of Skinner's, had not long before committed suicide following accusations of homosexuality.
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Campbell Hoy Group Captain Campbell Alexander Hoy (13 February 1893 – 9 March 1985) was a British flying ace during the First World War, credited with eleven aerial victories. He remained in the Royal Air Force post-war and served through the end of the Second World War.
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Timothy Bentinck Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland, Count Bentinck (born 1 June 1953 in Tasmania, Australia), commonly known as Tim Bentinck, is an English peer and actor, most widely known for his long-running role as David Archer in the BBC Radio 4 series, "The Archers".
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A Foreign Field A Foreign Field is a 1993 British made-for-television film about British and American Second World War veterans returning to the beaches of Normandy as old men. It is more a drama than a comedy, although it combines aspects of both. It was directed by Charles Sturridge and featured an ensemble cast of American, Australian, British, and French actors and actresses. The title evokes the Rupert Brooke poem "The Soldier".
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Henry Bentinck (British Army officer) General Sir Henry John William Bentinck KCB (8 September 1796 – 29 September 1878) was a British soldier and courtier.
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Mehmetçik Mehmetçik (literally: Little Mehmet) is a general term used affectionately to refer soldiers of the Ottoman Army and Turkish Army. It is the Turkish equivalent of "Tommy Atkins" for the British Army, "Doughboy" or G.I. of the United States Army, "Digger" of the Australian Army and the New Zealand Army or Johnny Reb for Confederate soldiers in the American Civil War. Although it is used for especially infantryman (foot soldier), terms such like Piyade Mehmetçik (Infantryman Little Mehmet) and Süvari Mehmetçik (Cavalryman Little Mehmet), Topçu Mehmetçik (Artilleryman Little Mehmet) have rarely been seen.
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Frank Edwards (British Army soldier) Frank Edwards (29 September 1893–January 1964), also known as The Footballer of Loos, was a British Army soldier in the First World War who served as a rifleman in the 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles, during the Battle of Loos. He is distinguished for leading the London Irish across no man's land to storm enemy trenches kicking a football ahead of the troops. The successful capture of enemy positions that followed earned the London Irish Rifles their second battle honour, "Loos, 1915". The football is still preserved in the regimental museum of the London Irish and to this day the memory of Edwards is commemorated on Loos Sunday.
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Christopher Finney Christopher Finney {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 23 May 1984) is a former British soldier of the Blues and Royals who was awarded the George Cross for bravery under friendly fire during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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Francis Philip Woodruff Frank Richards a.k.a. Francis Philip Woodruff DCM, MM (1883–1961) was a World War I soldier and author. Born in Monmouthshire, he was orphaned at the age of nine, and was then brought up by his aunt and uncle in the Blaina area of the South Wales Valleys in industrial Monmouthshire. The uncle, his mother's twin brother, and surnamed Richards, adopted Frank who then changed his surname. During the 1890s Frank Richards worked as coal miner and joined Royal Welch Fusiliers in 1901, serving in the British Empire forces in British India under the British Raj and Burma from 1902 to 1909, after which he transferred to the reserves. He is best known as the author of one of the most widely acclaimed memoirs of the Great War to be written by a ranker, "Old Soldiers Never Die".
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David Butler (general) Major General David Matheson Butler, (born 3 September 1928) is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army. He saw service during the Korean War with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, and later as the commanding officer of 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment during the Vietnam War.
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Wallace Duffield Wright Brigadier General Wallace Duffield Wright {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (20 September 1875 – 25 March 1953) was a British soldier and politician. He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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Gavin Holligan Gavin Victor Holligan (born 30 June 1980) is an English former footballer and musician.
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David Willison Lieutenant-General Sir David Willison, KCB, OBE, MC (25 December 1919 – 24 April 2009) was a British soldier who served with the Royal Engineers between 1939 and 1963, after which he served in a series of military intelligence roles until his retirement from the army in 1975. Willison then became Director-General of British Intelligence until 1978.
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David Knox (politician) Sir David Laidlaw Knox (born 30 May 1933, in Dumfriesshire) is a British Conservative Party politician and former Member of Parliament.
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Danny Nightingale (British Army soldier) Danny Harold Nightingale (born 1975) is a British soldier from Crewe. He came to public attention in 2012 after he was court-martialed for illegal possession of a pistol and ammunition.
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Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend Major General Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (21 February 1861 – 18 May 1924) was a British Imperial soldier who during the First World War. He led an overreaching military campaign in Mesopotamia, which led to the defeat and destruction of his command. Known as the Siege of Kut, it lasted from December 1915 to April 1916 and was possibly the worst suffered by the Allies during the war. Forced to surrender, Townshend was held as a prisoner of war on Prinkipo, although he was treated like an esteemed guest, before being released in October 1918.
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Joshua Leakey Joshua Mark Leakey {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 1988) is a British soldier currently serving in the Parachute Regiment. In 2015, Leakey was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration for valour in the British and Commonwealth armed forces, for his involvement in a joint UK–US raid in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on 22 August 2013. He is the first living British soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross for the War in Afghanistan.