Portal:British Empire/Did you know
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Did you know 1
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- ...that the Singapore Stone (fragment pictured), a sandstone slab bearing an undeciphered 13th century inscription, was blown up by the British in 1843 to make way for a fort?
- ...that Ethel Benjamin was the first woman in the British Empire to present a legal case in court?
Did you know 2
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- ...that Major Sir Hamish Forbes, 7th Baronet was awarded the MBE (Military Division) for his many escape attempts while a prisoner-of-war in Germany from 1940 to 1945, and was later patron of the Lonach Highlanders?
- ...that Albert F. A. L. Jones, awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1987 for his services to astronomy, is an amateur astronomer in New Zealand?
Did you know 3
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- ...that the first shot fired by British Empire forces in World War I was targeted at the German ship Pfalz which was departing Melbourne, Australia as Britain declared war on Germany?
- ... that the British Empire's first parachute training tower was built by the Polish military?
Did you know 4
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- ... that when Elizabeth II asked Herbert Maryon what he did as she appointed him to the Order of the British Empire, he replied, "Well, Ma'am, I am a sort of back room boy at the British Museum"?
- ... that Gordon Juckes received the Order of the British Empire prior to being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame?
Did you know 5
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- ... that recording a "ghost" helped lead to Peter van Geersdaele's appointment as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire?