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unusual facts about Furnes


Furnes

The French exonym for Veurne, previously used in English, a city in West Flanders, Belgium


Seneschal of Anjou

Robert of Thornham (1196–1199), English knight, eventual lord of Mulgres (Mulgrave Castle), his nephew Thomas de Furnes was castellan of Angers in 1199

Sopwith Triplane

No. 1 Naval Squadron became fully operational with the Triplane by December 1916, but the squadron did not see any significant action until February 1917, when it relocated from Furnes to Chipilly.


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