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Title: | Lord Gort : tifkiriet u fatti |
Authors: | Guillaumier, Joyce |
Keywords: | Gort, John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount, 1886-1946 -- Biography Ghaqda Kazin Banda San Filep (Żebbuġ, Malta) -- History Żebbuġ (Malta) -- History -- British occupation, 1800-1964 Żebbuġ (Malta) -- History -- 20th century World War, 1939-1945 -- Malta Malta -- History -- Siege, 1940-1943 Governors -- Malta -- Biography Malta -- History, Military George Cross George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952 -- Travel -- Malta |
Issue Date: | 2005 |
Publisher: | Żebbuġ : Għaqda Każin Banda San Filep |
Citation: | Guillaumier, J. (2005). Lord Gort : tifkiriet u fatti. Festa [San Filep, Żebbuġ], 2005, 115-119. |
Abstract: | Lord Gort lahaq gvernatur ta’ Malta fl-aghar zminijiet tat-Tieni Gwerra Dinjija. Wasal Malta fis-7 ta’ Mejju, 1942 wara r-rizenja tal-General Dobbie li telaq minhabba sahhtu. Kien il-Gvernatur Gort li pprezenta l-George Cross lill-Unur Tieghu Sir George Borg, il-Prim Imhallef, li rçevih f’isem il-poplu ta’ Malta u d-dipendenzi taghha bhala xhieda tal-qlubija fil-glieda tieghu favur il-helsien. Fl-20 ta’ Gunju, 1943, kwazi sena ezatt wara l-wasla ta’ Lord Gort f’pajjizna, il-Maestà Tieghu, ir-Re George VI ghamel zjara qasira f’Malta. Il-merhba li nghata kienet enormi. Ir-re seta’ jara b’ghajnejh stess il-herba li kienet gabet il-Gwerra. Ir-rispett li Lord Gort kien igawdi fost il-Maltin deher car meta fit-12 ta’ Marzu, 1944 hu gie pprezentat b’Sword of Honour bhala sinjal ta’ rispett u rikonoxximent. Bhalma nsibu fil-kitba ta’ John Galea li dehret fil-ktieb specjali ta’ tifkira fl-okkazjoni tal-50 anniversarju mill-ghoti tax-Xabla ta’ Gieh lil Lord Gort, kien il-Kazin Banda San Filep li fil-bidu tas-sena 1944 kien issuggerixxa lill-kazini u ghaqdiet ohra ta’ Malta u Ghawdex biex issir stedina lil Lord Gort halli jircievi rigal taht forma ta’ 'Sword of Honour'. Dan fil-fatt sehh fi Pjazza San Filep Haz-Zebbug quddiem hafna mistiednin distinti fosthom l-Arcisqof, Mons. Dun Karm Psaila, il-Poeta Nazzjonali, Dun Luret Callus, president tal-kazin u president tal-Kumitat Organizzattiv |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/50976 |
Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCWHMlt |
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