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  2. Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda - Wikipedia

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    HMD Bermuda (Her/His Majesty's Dockyard, Bermuda) was the principal base of the Royal Navy in the Western Atlantic between American independence and the Cold War.The Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda had occupied a useful position astride the homeward leg taken by many European vessels from the New World since before its settlement by England in 1609.

  3. List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (L–N) - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of pilots and other aircrew who flew during the Battle of Britain, and were awarded the Battle of Britain Clasp [1] to the 1939–45 Star by flying at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit of the Royal Air Force or Fleet Air Arm during the period from 0001 hours on 10 July to 2359 hours 31 October 1940.

  4. Transport in Manchester - Wikipedia

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    The transport infrastructure of Greater Manchester is built up of numerous transport modes and forms an integral part of the structure of Greater Manchester and North West England – the most populated region outside of South East England which had approximately 301 million annual passenger journeys using either buses, planes, trains or trams in 2014. [2]

  5. South Bronx - Wikipedia

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    Building in the South Bronx built in 1909 and located on Simpson Street. The South Bronx was originally called the Manor of Morrisania, and later Morrisania.It was the private domain of the powerful and aristocratic Morris family, which includes Lewis Morris, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Gouverneur Morris, the penman of the United States Constitution.

  6. Civil Guard (Spain) - Wikipedia

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    The Civil Guard (Spanish: Guardia Civil; [ˈɡwaɾðja θiˈβil]) is one of the two national law enforcement agencies of Spain.As a national gendarmerie, it is military in nature and is responsible for civil policing under the authority of both the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Defence.

  7. Law enforcement in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The Police Service of Northern Ireland, Belfast International Airport Constabulary, Belfast Harbour Police, Civil Nuclear Constabulary and the Ministry of Defence Police are routinely armed. London's Metropolitan Police firearms unit is the Specialist Firearms Command (SCO19), but every force in the United Kingdom maintains its own armed unit.

  8. Black Country - Wikipedia

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    The local government structure within North Worcestershire and South Staffordshire before the West Midlands 1965 reorganisation. Official use of the name came in 1987 with the Black Country Development Corporation, an urban development corporation covering the metropolitan boroughs of Sandwell and Walsall, which was disbanded in 1998. [12]

  9. 1949 New Year Honours - Wikipedia

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    For services as a member of the Pottery Working Party and as Chairman of the Silicosis Medical Scheme Board. Colonel Evan Austin Hunter, OBE, WS. For services as Secretary, British Olympic Association. Captain Ralph Lowther Jolliffe, Honorary Catering Adviser to the Royal Air Force.