In 1914, Guglielmo Marconi was commissioned into the Italian Army as a Lieutenant, later being promoted to Captain. In 1916, he was transferred to the Italian Navy as Commander. While he served, he also used some of his inventions; he was even the Director of the Italian Military’s radio service during World War I (when Italy joined the United Kingdom and France). Because of all of his war service, he was awarded the Italian Military Medal in 1919. Not only that, be he received many honorary doctorates of several universities and other international awards. One of those is the Nobel Prize for Physics. He wasn’t just a scientist or soldiers either; he was even made a Senator in the Italian Senate (he was a Fascist). Jumping back a few years, Guglielmo Marconi first married Hon. Beatrice O’Brien (annulled in 1927). Afterwards, he married Countess Bezzi-Scali of Rome. He had one son and two daughters with his first wife, and one daughter with his second wife. Some recreations he enjoyed in his later life, other than science, were hunting, motoring, and cycling. Sadly, Guglielmo Marconi died in Rome on July 20, 1937 at age 63, following a series of heart attacks. A state funeral was held for him, and radio silence was observed as a tribute to him, the man who oversaw the development of it.