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  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    28 June 1914

  • Austria declares war on Serbia

    28 July 1914

  • Germany declares war on France

    3 August 1914

  • Great Britain declares war on Germany. Germany invades Belgium

    4 August 1914

  • Action at Anzac Cove and Sulva Bay took place

    6 August 1914

  • British Expeditionary Force arrives in France

    7 August 1914

  • Battle of Mons

    23 August – 5 September 1914

  • Battle of the Marne

    6–13 September 1914

  • Battle of the Aisne

    12–15 September 1914

  • TOM SMITH

    Christleton Casualty October 1914

  • ST JOHN HARTFORD

    Christleton Casualty October 1914

  • First battle of Ypres

    19 October – 22 November 1914

  • UK commenced hostilities against Turkey

    1 November 1914

  • U.K. blockade German ports.

    2 November 1914

  • Dardanelles Forts bombed by Allied fleets

    3 November 1914

  • LIONEL FORSTER

    Christleton Casualty 4 November 1914

  • 1st Battle of Ypres ended

    22 November 1914

  • German warships bombard British East Coast

    16 December 1914

  • Christmas Truce

    25 December 1914

  • Naval attack on the Dardanelles

    15 January 1915

  • First Zeplin raid on UK at Great Yarmouth

    19 January 1915

  • Germany declares waters around the UK to be a War Zone

    4 February 1915

  • Battle of Neauve Chapelle

    10–13 March 1915

  • 15 - 28 UK Merchant & Passenger ships sunk

    15 March 1915

  • Capture of Hill 60 at Ypres

    17 April 1915

  • 2nd Battle of Ypres. Use of chlorine gas.

    22 April 1915

  • Allied landings at Gallipoli

    25 April 1915

  • RMS Lusitania sunk by German U Boat

    7 May 1915

  • British new armies sail for France

    9 May 1915

  • 2nd Battle of Ypres ends

    25 May 1915

  • First Zepelin raid on London

    31 May 1915

  • Airship L37 successfully attacked by RFC Fighter

    7 June 1915

  • Action at Hooge

    19 July 1915

  • TOM BROSTER

    Christleton Casualty 7 August 1915

  • NORMAN OKELL

    Christleton Casualty 28 August 1915

  • C. TOWNSEND

    Christleton Casualty 25 September 1915

  • Allied troops land in Salonica

    3 October 1915

  • Edith Cavell executed in Brussels

    12 October 1915

  • Advance on Baghdad Nov 11- Dec 6th

    11 November 1915

  • Ottoman forces begin seige of Kut

    7 December 1915

  • PERCY DICKENSON

    Christleton Casualty 16 December 1915

  • Allied evacuation of Anzac & Suvla Bays

    20 December 1915

  • Evacuation of all Gallipoli Penninsular ordered

    28 December 1915

  • CLAUDE GARNETT

    Christleton Casualty, 30 December 1915

  • Dardanelles campaign ends

    8 January 1916

  • Conscription introduced in the UK

    27 January 1916

  • Inter Allied Conference in Paris

    28 March 1916

  • GEORGE LEE

    Christleton Casualty 9 April 1916

  • JOHN JACK CULLIMORE

    Christleton Casualty April 16 1916

  • British Forces surrender at Kut el Amara

    29 April 1916

  • Universal conscription introduced in the UK

    25 May 1916

  • Battle of Jutland in the North Sea

    31 May 1916

  • Battle of Mt Sorrel in Ypres Salient

    2 June 1916

  • Allies open up 25mile front on the Somme

    24 June 1916

  • JOHN GRIFFITHS

    Christleton Casualty 1 July 1916

  • GEORGE FREDERICK JONES

    Christleton Casualty 1 July 1916

  • Battle of the Somme. 60,000 casualties on 1st day

    1 July 1916

  • WILLIAM FLEET

    Christleton Casualty 3 July 1916

  • Battle of Bazentin Ridge

    14 July 1916

  • Battle of Delville Wood

    15 July 1916

  • FRANK DAVIES

    Christleton Casualty 15 July 1916

  • Battle of Fromelles

    19 July 1916

  • EDWARD R. PORRITT

    Christleton Casualty 30 July 1916

  • THOMAS A.WEAVER

    Christleton Casualty 1 August, 1916

  • FREDERICK MULLINER

    Christleton Casualty 26 August 1916

  • EDWARD FOSTER

    Christleton Casualty September 1916

  • German's attack UK from the air including London

    2 September 1916

  • Battle of Thiepval Ridge begins

    15 September 1916

  • Tanks used for the first time Battle of Flers-Coucrelette

    15 September 1916

  • Battle of Le Transloy on the Somme

    1 October 1916

  • GEORGE MADDOCKS

    Christleton Casualty 7 October 1916

  • Battle of Ancre. Last on the Somme 13th-18th Nov

    13 November 1916

  • First German aircraft daylight raid on London

    28 November 1916

  • WILLIAM N. KEITH HILL

    Christleton Casualty 3 December 1916

  • Lloyd George becomes Prime Minister

    7 December 1916

  • British offensive at Sinai

    8 January 1917

  • HAROLD REEVES

    Christleton Casualty 17 February 1917

  • Convoy System introduced at sea

    10 March 1917

  • Allies capture Baghdad from Ottoman Forces

    11 March 1917

  • Germans withdraw to the Hindenberg Line

    14 March 1917

  • Allied troops occupy Bapaume

    17 March 1917

  • Battle of Arras begins

    9 April 1917

  • Battle of Arras ends

    15 May 1917

  • GEORGE ALLMAN

    Christleton Casualty, 4 June 1917

  • Battle of Messines Ridge South of Ypres 7-14th June

    7–14 June 1917

  • LAWRENCE GARNETT

    Christleton Casualty 7 June 1917

  • HARRY TUSHINGHAM

    Christleton Casualty 10 June 1917

  • First Americans land in France

    24 June 1917

  • 3rd Battle of Ypres at Passchendaele begins

    18 July 1917

  • GEORGE DAVENPORT

    Christleton Casualty 31 July 1917

  • Battle at Ypres suspended because of bad weather

    2 August 1917

  • WILLIAM PARKER

    Christleton Casualty 6 August 1917

  • GEORGE RICHARDS

    Christleton Casualty 16 August 1917

  • HAROLD H WALLEY

    Christleton Casualty 17 September 1917

  • Battle of Menin Road begins. Lasts 20th -25th September

    20 September 1917

  • GEORGE BODDEN

    Christleton Casualty 19 October 1917

  • ARTHUR COOPER

    CHRISTLETON CASUALTY 22 October 1917

  • Village of Passchendaele captured

    10 November 1917

  • Battle of Cambrai

    20 November 1917

  • JOHN DROUGHTON

    CHRISTLETON CASUALTY 26 November 1917

  • German counterattack at Cambrai regains ground lost

    30 November 1917

  • ALBERT PARKER

    CHRISTLETON CASUALTY 2 December 1917

  • Haig orders retreat from Cambrai

    3 December 1917

  • Battle of Cambrai ends with small victory for Allies

    8 December 1917

  • General Allenby's force captures Jerusalem

    9 December 1917

  • Bapaume evacuated by British. Recaptured next day.

    24 March 1918

  • WALTER HANDLEY

    CHRISTLETON CASUALTY 25 March 1918

  • Allied Conference at Doullens

    28 March 1918

  • RAF formed from amalgamation of RFC & RNAS

    1 April 1918

  • Germans attack Amiens during Battle of Avre

    4 April 1918

  • 75.000 Allied soldiers taken prisoner in Operation Michael

    5 April 1918

  • Germans aim to capture Ypres

    9 April 1918

  • Blockade of Zeebruges by Royal Navy

    23 April 1918

  • German offensive in Flanders ends

    29 April 1918

  • US Forces made first attack at Aisne

    27 May 1918

  • German Blucher-Yorck offensive in ends

    4 June 1918

  • JOHN L. P. GAMMON

    CHRISTLETON CASUALTY 6 June 1918

  • JOHN DEAN

    CHRISTLETON CASUALTY 28 June 1918

  • WILLIAM TAYLOR

    CHRISTLETON CASUALTY 5 July 1918

  • NORMAN WILDIG

    CHRISTLETON CASUALTY 7 July 1918

  • 2nd Battle of Marnes. 5th German offensive

    15 July 1918

  • 2nd Battle of Marnes ends with Allied Victory

    6 August 1918

  • Battle of Amiens. Start of 100 days Allied offensive

    8 August 1918

  • Breaking of German defences on Hindenberg Line begins

    26 August 1918

  • 5th Battle of Ypres begins. Final advance in Flanders

    28 September 1918

  • German Commanders inform Kaiser that war is over

    29 September 1918

  • Battle of Courtrai 14th-19th Oct Allied Victory

    14–19 October 1918

  • Allied forces take oil fields near Mosul

    23 October 1918

  • German Navy revolts and this spreads across Germany

    29 October 1918

  • PERCIVAL BOUGHEY

    CHRISTLETON CASUALTY 3 November 1918

  • Discussions held to end War at Campiegne

    7 November 1918

  • CECIL WRIGHT

    CHRISTLETON CASUALTY 9 November 1918

  • Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates

    9 November 1918

  • Armistice agreed to start at 11.00am

    11 November 1918

  • JOSEPH PARSONAGE

    CHRISTLETON CASUALTY 12 November 1918

  • ALFRED WYNNE

    CHRISTLETON CASUALTY 9 June 1920

  • HARRY EDWARDS

    CHRISTLETON CASUALTY 27 June 1920

  • HARRY PLEAVIN

    CHRISTLETON CASUALTY 18 January 1921

  • WILLIAM MATTHEWS

    CHRISTLETON CASUALTY 29 April 1921

  • TOM DUFFIN

    CHRISTLETON CASUALTY 3 June 1922