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“Private Tennyson Roberts 45391, 2nd Bn. Welsh Regiment / died on 8th September 1916. / Gone but will never be forgotten, / God Bless. Love Roberts family xxx”
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2018
And all the boys here in the RAT Bn. agree.
From Time Magazine Archive
Joined Bn. in the Fd., 25th November, 1916.
From With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 by Anonymous
I have a "Memory Book" of the 2nd Bn., 311th Inf. which you will be interested in seeing when I get home.
From A "Y Girl in France Letters of Katherine Shortall by Katherine Shortall
N.C.Os., and men, 2nd Bn., numerically arranged, who have been killed in action, died of wounds, disease, etc., during service in Mesopotamia, from 1st January 1916 to 15th June 1917.
From With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 by Anonymous
In order to bolster the ruling the government will also be introducing a set of data protection laws that are to be developed by a committee led by retired Supreme Court judge B.N.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2017
Last year the company's own Plum Creek Lumber Co., in Montana, had to ship some of its output by truck because there were not enough B.N. freight cars around.
From Time Magazine Archive
James Mott and Samuel Nickless, expressed their hearty concurrence in what had been said, as did also B.N.
He broke the seal, tore open the envelope, and unfolded a letter bearing the heading of the B.N. and C. Railroad.
From The Boy Scouts of the Geological Survey by Robert Shaler
The powder employed is of the smokeless kind, designated by the letters B.N.
From With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service by C. R. N. (Charles Richard Newdigate) Burne
The poem was written by Lt Mark Mathewson, a platoon commander in 2nd Bn Scots Guards, a few days after the battle.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2022
He did not see the Bn of the other.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
Here I was allowed to sit by the fire for a few minutes to dry myself, after which I went off in the dark and rain to arrange billets for the Bn.
From Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915 by Florence Vere-Laurie
Previous to the war he commanded the 2nd Bn.
From Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915 by Florence Vere-Laurie
T. to A. Army Ordnance Corps, 12/2/18, but remained attached to Bn.
From The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula by Herbert Brayley Collett
Novo Nordisk said Thursday it was buying US biotech firm Akero Therapeutics, which is developing treatments for a number of metabolic diseases, for $4.7 bn.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
South African investor Natie Kirsh completed the top five African billionaires list with $9.22 bn.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2024
For example, Fermat’s last theorem, which deals with solutions of the form an + bn = cn, has puzzled experts for more than 350 years.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 28, 2023
He announced $4bn in new support for the global vaccine effort, Covax – $2bn immediately and another $2 bn over the next two years, once other donors had delivered their pledges.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 19, 2021
That was close bn three hundred years ago, when the Seven Kingdoms were kingdoms, and not mere provinces of a greater realm.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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