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A fact from Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 June 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers were "not really wanted" by the Royal Navy and were disbanded less than 20 years after their 1873 founding?

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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 07:11, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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An 1873 depiction of RNAV members

... that the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers were "not really wanted" by the Royal Navy and were disbanded less than 20 years after their 1873 founding? " "The Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers (R.N.A.V.) existed from 1873 until 1892 but was not really wanted by the Navy" from: Lilley, Terrence Dawson (June 2012), Operations of the Tenth Cruiser Squadron: A Challenge for the Royal Navy and its Reserves (PDF) (PhD thesis), University of Greenwich, p. 97

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Wilder Brigade Monument

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 08:24, 25 May 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Long enough, new enough, QPQ done, no copyvio, cited, neutral. All good for DYK. I could ask about why those links are in further reading, but DYK doesn't need them. So yeah. Gerald WL 02:26, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]