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4 unusual facts about shrapnel shell


Battle of Motien Pass

Keller, who perished due to shrapnel wounds from Japanese artillery in an ill-fated counterattack to retake Motien Pass left no notes.

Fredrick Oduya Oprong

He never fully recovered from the attack and today still lives with a shrapnel in his head following doctors' advice that complete removal could cause death.

Furness Railway No. 3

It has shrapnel wounds from German bombs, acquired during World War II when it was displayed in a glass pavilion at Barrow-in-Furness station.

Peartree House

The most notable former resident of the property was Lieutenant-General Henry Shrapnel who invented the weapon named after him.


Air burst

The shrapnel shell was invented by Henry Shrapnel of the British army in about 1780 to increase the effectiveness of canister shot.


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Hubert Hamilton

On 14 October, Hamilton and several aides-de-camp traveled to the village of La Couture near Béthune on the front lines to witness the situation and had just dismounted from their horses when a large shrapnel shell detonated yards overhead.

John Shrapnell

He is a descendant of British army officer General Henry Shrapnel, inventor of the shrapnel shell.