A fact from Sailors and Soldiers (Gifts for Land Settlement) Act 1916 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 February 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that only one person made a donation of land for the settlement and employment of British military veterans under a 1916 act of Parliament?
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... that only one person made a donation of land for the settlement and employment of British military veterans under a 1916 act of Parliament? Source: "Records at the National Archives indicate that the land gifted by Mr Buchanan is the only estate that has triggered the use of the 1916 Act" from: "Stature Law Repeals: Eighteenth Report"(PDF). The Law Commission and The Scottish Law Commission. pp. 42–43. Retrieved 4 January 2023.