Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Francis Lyall (Frank) Birch CMG, OBE (5 December 1889 – 14 February 1956) was a British cryptographer. He was educated at Eton and King’s College, Cambridge. He was awarded an OBE in 1919 and CMG in 1945. In World War I he was in the RNVR, and served in the Atlantic, the Channel and the Dardanelles before joining the Naval Intelligence Division (Room 40) from 1916 to 1919. He wrote a satirical history of Room 40, Alice in ID25.. }
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- Francis_Birch_(cryptographer) comment "Francis Lyall (Frank) Birch CMG, OBE (5 December 1889 – 14 February 1956) was a British cryptographer. He was educated at Eton and King’s College, Cambridge. He was awarded an OBE in 1919 and CMG in 1945. In World War I he was in the RNVR, and served in the Atlantic, the Channel and the Dardanelles before joining the Naval Intelligence Division (Room 40) from 1916 to 1919. He wrote a satirical history of Room 40, Alice in ID25.".