Template:Did you know nominations/Military Engineering Experimental Establishment

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:29, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Military Engineering Experimental Establishment

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• ... that the Military Engineering Experimental Establishment developed the MEXE pad, MEXEFLOTE, MEXE method, MEXE probe and MEXE system? Refer to article for links for each of these
  • ALT1:... that in 1969 the Military Engineering Experimental Establishment became the first British research establishment to be granted freedom of a borough? "Many regiments and corps of the Army have been granted the freedom of a city or borough but never has an experimental establishment been so honoured. It was therefore a unqiue occasion on Tuesday 6 May 1969 when the Military Engineering Experimental Establishment ..."

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Arthur Thomas Hatto

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 03:09, 22 February 2018 (UTC).

• @Dumelow: Meets criteria, with AGF taken on offline source for ALT1 hook – approving this hook only as main hook is not interesting enough for a broad audience, whereas a non-person getting freedom of a place is pretty unusual! SFB 13:10, 26 March 2018 (UTC)