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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
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Joined Bn. in the Fd., 25th November, 1916.
From With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 by Anonymous
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
The Charlie Peace Bn. will be in close support, and the Dick Turpin Bn. in reserve.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 20, 1917 by Sir Owen Seaman
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
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As an illustration and a description of this rite are contained in the B.N.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Zelia Nuttall
Unfortunately, it is this latter version which is unsupported, all the MSS., without even excepting B.N.
From From Ritual to Romance by Jessie Laidlay Weston
He also states that S-shaped loaves of bread named xonecuilli were made at a certain festival in honor of this constellation, while the B.N.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Zelia Nuttall
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
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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
At B drop perpendicular Bn, making Bn equal to Bm, or one-fourth of base.
From The Theory and Practice of Perspective by G. A. (George Adolphus) Storey
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
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
They are now targeting crypto-currency companies, and are estimated to have stolen close to $3.2 bn.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2023
In a letter to congressional leaders on Monday, Rosselló requested US lawmakers approve roughly $1.4 bn in funding to aid recovery efforts.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2017
At that moment I realize that he and the woman have the same nose—hooked, a little too big on her face but the right size bn his.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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