The "Wel-" prefix to the weapon's name derives from Welwyn Garden City, near which Station IX was located.
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One of SOE's research departments, the Inter Services Research Bureau at Station IX in The Frythe, a former hotel outside Welwyn Garden City, sought a weapon more suited to the organisation's needs in early 1942.
Sir Frederic Osborn School ("Sir Freds") is a secondary school in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England.
The Welrod was a British bolt action, magazine fed, suppressed pistol devised during World War II at the Inter-Services Research Bureau (later Station IX), based near Welwyn Garden City, UK, for use by irregular forces and resistance groups.
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The name Welrod comes from the custom that all the clandestine equipment devised at Station IX in Welwyn had names starting with Wel, e.g., Welbike, Welman.
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He lived in Welwyn Garden City, the garden city he helped create, and a local school (Sir Frederic Osborn School) was named after him in 1968.
In the United Kingdom, the cereal was first produced by Nabisco's former UK division but is now made by Cereal Partners under the Nestlé brand at Welwyn Garden City.
Services 'assumed to operate through the Thameslink core in 2018' feature an 8-car Tattenham Corner to Welwyn Garden City service.