During the First World War, Britain's Army and Navy had separate signals intelligence agencies, MI1b and NID25 ( initially known as Room 40 ) respectively.

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Jellicoe later served as First Sea Lord ( professional head of the Royal Navy ), but he was removed at the end of 1917 because of differences over policy regarding the war against the U-Boats and his perceived pessimism about Britain's ability to carry on the war.

Journalist Andrew Cockburn reported in Britain's The First Post that Ekéus told him how former U. S. President Bill Clinton attempted to prevent Saddam Hussein's Iraq from being certified as free of weapons of mass destruction.

Fenner Brockway, a leading British democratic socialist of the Independent Labour Party, wrote in his book Britain's First Socialists:

During the First World War, the custom of hanging the banners of foreign princes invested with Britain's highest order of knighthood, the Order of the Garter, in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, came under criticism, as the German members of the Order were fighting against Britain.

Since the Entente Cordiale which had won the First World War, Britain's strategy for continental war was based on alliance with France and later unsuccessful efforts to engage Fascist Italy and the USSR in an effort to contain Germany.

It was set up in 1919 to expand Britain's forests and woodland after depletion during the First World War.

* Goodwin, Tim ( 1988 ), Britain's Royal National Theatre: The First 25 Years.

Sergeant presented Britain's First Photo Album about the pioneering photography of Francis Frith.

The museum refused, however, to return some historic items such as a naval gun from HMS Lance ( which had fired Britain's first shot of the First World War ) or a gun served by Victoria Cross-winning boy seaman Jack Cornwell.

The First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Roger Blackhouse, replied that Britain's continental commitment might not be a limited liability.

English Electric Lightning: Britain's First and Last Supersonic Interceptor.

Appointed Minister for War on the outbreak of the Wars of the French Revolution, he was Pitt's closest advisor and planner for Britain's military participation in the First Coalition.

The Maxim gun was first used by Britain's colonial forces in the 1893-1894 First Matabele War in Rhodesia.

Suspension of trade with India during the First World War resulted in the expansion of India's cotton industry at the expense of Britain's, and the imposition of an 11 % import tariff by the Indian Government led to a dramatic slump in 1921 ; a situation which worsened in 1922 after the Indian Government raised the tariff to 14 %, which led the number of stopped mills to increase to 47, with 43, 000 looms idle.

At the beginning of the First World War on 4 August 1914, Canada became involved in the conflict by virtue of Britain's declaration.

Two irreconcilable hungers triggered the First Anglo-Burmese War of 1824: Burma's desire for more territory, and Britain's desire for more trade.

Major orders for the 550 cc Model H were made by the British Army during the First World War, and by 1918 they were Britain's largest manufacturer of motorcycles.

First held in 1957, it is Britain's most well-known competition aimed solely at painters and is now part of the Liverpool Biennial, a city-wide celebration of the arts that encompasses the Tate Liverpool, Bluecoats Gallery and other venues in Liverpool.

In December 2006 he criticised the decision to renew Trident, Britain's nuclear deterrent, in opposition to First Minister Jack McConnell, leading to speculation that he might be removed from office.

Snow also presented a special on BBC Radio 4 focusing on " Britain's First Day of War in 1939 ".

Childers's attitude to Britain's establishment and politics was somewhat equivocal at the start of the First World War.

During the First World War, lengthy Cabinet discussions came to be seen as a source of vacillation in Britain's war effort.

* The Principality of Sealand, a World War II-era anti-aircraft platform built in the North Sea beyond Britain's then territorial limit, seized by a pirate radio group in 1967 as a base for their operations, and currently used as the site of a secure web-hosting facility.

But the Russians had an alternative option, beyond Britain's veto, of attacking the Ottoman Empire by land across the Danube ( and by sea in the Black Sea ).

German submarines were not able to reach the Atlantic unless they undertook a dangerous transit journey through the North Sea and around Britain's northern waters, or through the English Channel, which was guarded by the Royal and French Navies.

If the Dutch made a sortie into the North Sea they would be able to threaten Britain's vital Baltic convoys, including precious naval stores which were needed for continuing the war.

From May to August 1939 the German Zeppelin LZ130 Graf Zeppelin II made flights along Britain's North Sea coast to investigate the 100 m-high radio towers the British had erected from Portsmouth to Scapa Flow.

Britain's three major war objectives at the time were to maintain maritime supremacy in the Mediterranean Sea, while preserving the balance of power in Europe, and the security of Egypt, India, and the Persian Gulf.

* Great Britain's Sea Policy-A Reply to an American Critic ( 1917 ) pamphlet, reprinted from The Atlantic Monthly

The Coast to Coast or Sea to Sea Cycle Route ( C2C ) is Great Britain's most popular long-distance cycle route ( national routes 71 and 7 ) and is based on minor roads, disused railway lines, off-road tracks and specially constructed cycle paths.

From Consett it's an easy ride via Leadgate, Annfield Plain, Stanley, Beamish and through one of Britain's old industrial heartlands to the North Sea and Sunderland.

Inskip's tenure at Defence remains controversial, with some arguing that he did much to push Britain's rearmament before the outbreak of the Second World War but others argue he was largely ineffectual. In early 1939 he was replaced by First Sea Lord Lord Chatfield, and moved to become Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.

Some critics, however, questioned the prudence of placing part of Britain's national art treasures in a spot that is exposed to the full fury of the North Sea.

* Empire, The Sea and Global History: Britain's Maritime World 1763-1833 ( 2007 ) ( editor )

The pound could buy two dollars because sterling was kept high by Britain's North Sea oil exports and the importance these exports assumed against high crude oil prices.

It is currently the home of Britain's Second Sea Lord 1993 – 94, the sponsor of the and two retired bishops of the Church of England.

Over the entire eighteenth century Britain's naval supremacy in the North Sea area was never questioned.

Sea bathing was added to the cure, and Scarborough became Britain's first seaside resort.

Sea Change: The Battle For The Falklands And The Future Of Britain's Navy.

Britain's defense rested on two lines: a blockade of French ports provided the first, forward line of defense, and the Sea Fencibles and Martello towers provided the second, coastal, line of defense.

Britain's leading composer of the era, Sir Edward Elgar, composed his song-cycle Sea Pictures for contralto and orchestra with Clara Butt in mind as the soloist, and she sang at the first performance of the work at the Norwich Festival on 5 October 1899, with the composer conducting.