Wiltshire Police said it was leading the investigation alongside the Army and the Health and Safety Executive. Our thoughts and prayers are with Max’s family.” “He led from the front in life, including his time here where he was Head of School in his final year. Max was a bright, friendly, talented young man who had so much to give to the world. Kieran McLaughlin, current headteacher of Durham School, said: “Durham is mourning the loss of a much-loved former pupil. “The whole family is very proud of his outstanding achievements and his loss is a devastating heartbreak for us all.”Īfter winning academic prizes at school, he studied Politics with Russian at Newcastle University where he was awarded a First, then obtained a Distinction in his Masters in Eastern European and Eurasian Studies with Russian at the University of Glasgow. They said in a statement: “Max was killed in a training accident on Salisbury Plain early on Tuesday Jwhilst serving with the 5th Battalion The Rifles, having fulfilled his life’s ambition in joining the regular army. His father Martin was a headteacher at Durham School where his mother Vivienne also taught, and his sister Claudia was a pupil. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.” “He stood out, and still stands out we are so much poorer for his loss. Read more: County Durham couple 'can't sleep' after British Gas 'breaks into wrong house' to remove meter Effortlessly impressive, he was a natural commander, who exuded fierce determination matched by selfless compassion. Police have opened a murder investigation after a star pupil who was expected to receive outstanding exam grades in just over a weeks time, was stabbed to death just metres from his home. His commanding officer, Lt Col Jim Hadfield OBE, said: “Max was a star that burned bright. Police said the officer with the 5th Battalion The Rifles had been struck by a Warrior infantry fighting vehicle when he was on foot and suffered a serious head injury. The 26-year-old, a former head pupil of the prestigious Durham School where his parents taught, was badly injured on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, on Tuesday morning. Second Lieutenant Max George won the Queen’s Medal – awarded to best cadet – when he passed out from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in December 2021. Darth Vader, however, absconded in his TIE Advanced.A young and talented Army officer who was killed when he was hit by an armoured vehicle during a training exercise was a “star who burned bright”, his commanding officer said. The space station was destroyed, and Tarkin with it. The girls father, Joseph Chiputura, found out his daughter had been bitten 10 minutes after it happened. The Rebels launched a desperate attack, and a young pilot named Luke Skywalker - strong with the Force - flew an X-wing down the Death Star’s trench, making the impossible shot. Chiputuras fellow pupils killed the snake after it bit her. It was discovered that a proton torpedo, shot precisely into a small exhaust port, could trigger a reaction that would destroy the Death Star. In a display of the Death Star’s might, Grand Moff Tarkin used the space station to destroy the Princess’ home planet of Alderaan, killing billions.Īfter the Princess’ rescue, however, the stolen plans - which Leia had hid in the droid R2-D2 - were finally delivered to the Alliance. While he proved unsuccessful on that front, the Sith captured Princess Leia Organa, a suspected Rebel sympathizer. Darth Vader, an Imperial enforcer serving the Emperor and Grand Moff Tarkin, led an Imperial hunt to recover the plans. Their goal: to find a weakness within the superstructure and exploit it. The Empire completed construction of the Death Star, but Rebel Alliance spies managed to steal data tapes containing its schematics. Tarkin would become the battle station’s greatest champion, seeing it as the key to vanquishing all resistance to Palpatine’s rule. Tarkin proved a capable commander, and Palpatine rewarded him by making him a Grand Moff with greater control over the project. Rancit’s replacement, Wilhuff Tarkin, faced a host of challenges, from delayed shipments and raw-materials shortages to missed engineering deadlines and attempts at sabotage. The Empire initially appointed Vice Admiral Rancit to supervise the network of bases protecting the Death Star, an effort overseen from the remote Sentinel Base. Access to the former Separatist world was restricted, with very few in the Imperial hierarchy allowed to know about the battle station’s construction. Palpatine, secretly the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, had his apprentice Darth Tyranus (also known as Count Dooku) deliver the plans from Geonosis to Coruscant at the start of the Clone Wars.Įven as the Clone Wars raged, the Death Star secretly took shape in space above Geonosis. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, with assistance from the Geonosians, had plotted to build the first dreaded Death Star - a weapon unlike anything the galaxy had ever seen.
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