The WWI Timeline                It all began with the assassination of 1 man and ended with the death of 8.6 million. 

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George Henry Thompson 6th September 1914

Fred Cook 19th September 1914

 William H V Hartley 19th October 1914   John Anelay 13th May 1915

Eli Smithies 16th May 1915Alfred Valentine 4th June 1915

James Ingham 10th June 1915George Dawes 16th June 1915

 Anthony Francis Woodworth 12th July 1915Arnold Whittaker 23rd July 1915Robert Hargreaves 7th August 1915William Francis Parkinson 3rd September 1915

Joseph Laycock 6th September 1915

     Oscar Bentley 24th April 1916

Simon Mount 27th May 1916

 Robert McGahey 14th July 1916

Thomas Bell 20th July 1916 Wm Henry Parsons 21st July 1916

 

Joseph Bell 16th August 1916

 Henry Southworth 10th October 1916

Enoch Robson 18th October 1916

William Ainsworth 21st October 1916

Joseph Frankland 21st November 1916

 Milton Holgate 11th February 1917 Harry Ormerod 1st April 1917 John Thompson 9th April 1917 Edward McPartlin 11th April 1917

Ernest Altham 15th April 1917 Edward Sutcliffe 1st May 1917

William Edward Norcross 19th May 1917John Thomas Bond 19th May 1917

 

 James Frederick Haworth 23rd July 1917 Amos Webster 4th August 1917 James Hampson 27th September 1917 Richard Atkinson 25th November 1917 James Fish 12th January 1918

Wilfred Blackburn 4th February 1918Stephen Cockshutt 18th March 1918

John Redhead 21st March 1918 George Wallace 21st March 1918

Herbert Lyons 27th March Robert Dickinson 31st March 1918

 Francis Luther Haken 10th April 1918 Harry Nelson 11th April 1918

John Hodkinson 13th April 1918 John Secombe 24th April 1918

Harry Halstead 25th June 1918 Harry Baron 30th June 1918

 Jesse Frankland 10th July 1918 Rennie Hargreaves 9th August 1918

John Collinge 17th August 1918 William Moran 30th August 1918

Arthur Lofthouse 27th September 1918

 Archibald Kitson Simpson 8th October 1918 Herbert Taylor 17th October 1918 James Wilkinson 23rd October 1918

John J G Fort 30th October 1918 Raymond Wood 30th October 1918 Frederick Moore 2nd Novemeber 1918

Harold Bispham 6th November 1918Thomas Henry Gavin 8th November 1918John W Wilkinson 11th Novemeber 1918

Herbert J Banyard 8th December 1918 Ernest A Hadley 20th December 1918 Thomas Towler 31st April 1919

James Ferrie 7th February 1920 Joseph Moss 1st June 1920

Jun-Sept 1914

 Oct-Dec 1914 Jan-Mar 1915 Apr-June 1915 July-Sept 1915 Oct-Dec 1915 Jan-Mar 1916 Apr-June  1916 July-Sept 1916 Oct-Dec 1916 Jan-Mar 1917 Apr-June 1917 July-Sept 1917 Oct-Dec  1917 Jan-Mar  1918 Apr-June 1918 July-Sept 1918 Oct-Nov  1918

June 28

Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo

July 28

Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia.

Aug
2

Germany invades Luxembourg.

Aug 3

Germany declares war on France.
Aug 4 Britain declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary.
Aug 23 Battle of Mons

Oct-
Nov

First Battle of Ypres

Dec 25

Unofficial Christmas Truce on the Western Front.
 

April 22-
May 5

Second Battle of Ypres. First use of chemical weapons.

April 23

Allied assault on Gallipoli.
 

Dec 7

David Lloyd George becomes Prime Minister

Dec 28

Allied withdrawal from Gallipoli
Feb - Dec Verdun - Germans launch attacks on French positions 

July 1- 
Nov 18

Battle of the Somme.
Feb - Apr Germans withdraw to the Siegfried Line.  

 

Mar 15

 Tsar Nicholas abdicates.  

 

 

Mar-Sep

Russia collapses.

 

 

 Apr 6  United States declares war on Germany entering the First World War Nov 20 -Dec 3 Battle of Cambrai, first large scale use of tanks by British

 

 

 Apr 9 - 15 Battle of Arras Jul 16-Nov 10 Third Battle of Ypres.   

 

Apr 16 - 20

French launch the Nivelle Offensive

 

Nov 10

British reach Passchendaele.

 

Apr - May

 Some French Troops Mutiny   Dec 9 Jerusalem captured by British.
Mar-July Germans launch attacks along all of the Western Front

 

July - Nov

 Against stubborn resistance, allies hold and retake lost ground.  German army collapses.

Oct 28

German sailors mutiny.

Nov 9

Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates.

Nov 10

German republic founded.

Nov 5

Allies accept the fourteen points.

Nov 11

Armistice Day. World War I ends