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unusual facts about World War One



Jules C. Silber

Jules Crawford Silber was a German spy working as a censor with the United Kingdom, during the World War One


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Agostino von Hassell

His great-grandfather, Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, built Germany's Imperial Fleet prior to World War One.

Charles Madden

Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet (1862–1935), Royal Navy Admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet in World War One, First Sea Lord 1927–1930

Chubb Fire

1939-45 During the second World War one million extinguishers, four hundred thousand Sten guns and vast quantities of other military equipment were produced as part of the war effort.

Dilys Grace Edmunds

Returning to Britain after the end of World War One, arriving towards the end of 1920 and staying for about a year, she raised funds in London and Wales for a building programme to provide residential hostels for Indian teachers, accommodation for school children in the Karimanj District, and to establish a 'School of Weaving' for the Girl's School at Karimganj.

Francesco Agello

The other flyer involved in the tragic mid-air collision was Guido Masiero, a fellow veteran of World War One.

Papeete

Bougainville Park (once named Albert Park), in honour of a former Belgian king and World War One hero, is now named for Louis Antoine de Bougainville, the first French explorer to circumnavigate the globe.

Wills Memorial Building

Harry Patch, World War One veteran who also worked on the building, re-unveiled the now clean building.