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| 44th Squadron Harris Harris, Arthur Travers |  |
| Appointed Member of 44 Squadron in France, saw the futility of trench warfare which shaped his views on bombing |
| Arrest of Casement Casement, Roger | |
| 24th April Dublin Returns to Ireland with a brigade of German POWs in a German submarine |
| Battle of Cambrai Byng | |
| 16th Sep Cambrai Haig reinforces Byng's command with the entire Tank Corps |
| Battle of Cambrai Elles, Hugh | |
| 20th Nov Cambrai Leads 380 tanks in the 1st large scale mobilization of the tank |
| Battle of Dardanelles Carden, Sackville Hamilton | |
| 19th Feb Dardanelles Involved in the successful bomardment of the outer-Dardanelles |
| 16th Mar Dardanelles Forced to hand over his command to John de Robeck, due to ill health |
| Battle of Jutland Beatty, David | |
| 31st May Rosyth Hipper & Beatty's destroyers see each other, the Germans turn away to entice them |
| 1st June Rosyth Sails from Rosyth Naval Base with 6 battle-cruisers & 4 fast battleships |
| Battle of Jutland George VI | |
| Sees service at the battle of Jutland |
| Battle of Jutland Pakenham, Willim Christopher | |
| 1st June Jutland Commands the 2nd Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland |
| Battle of Jutland Pound, Dudley | |
| 1st June Jutland Commands the Colossus during the Battle of Jutland |
| Battle of Jutland Rushworth, John Rushworth | |
| 31st May Jutland Commands the Grand Fleet in the Battle of Jutland |
| 1st June Jutland Britain claims victory because the German Fleet stays in its harbour during the war |
| 1st June Jutland Learns of the movement of the German Fleet along the Jutland Peninsula & mobilizes |
| 1st June Jutland Scheer is outgunned by Jellicoe's fleet & turns away under cover of smokescreens |
| 1st June Scapa Flow Sails from Scapa Flow with 28 Dreadnoughts & 3 battle cruisers |
| Battle of Jutland Sturdee | |
| 1st June Jutland The Commander of the 4th Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland |
| Battle of Ploegsteert Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 27th Jan Ploegsteert Takes the battalion of 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers across the Belgian border |
| Battle of Somme, 1st Allenby, Henry Hynman | |
| 24th June Somme Leads the 3rd Army south of the River Somme |
| Battle of Somme, 1st Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 1st July Somme Voices opposition to the frontal assault without a clear superiority of tanks & men |
| Battle of Somme, 1st Haig, Douglas | |
| Somme Tanks are used for the first time to cross trenches & destroy machine gun nests |
| 25th June Somme The Royal Flying Corps attack German observation balloons |
| 1st July Somme A major British offensive takes place resulting in 57,540 British casualties |
| 26th Sep Somme Captures the villages of Morval, Lesboeufs & Rancourt |
| 26th Sep Somme Supported by Foch's 6th Army but 20,000 British perish on the first day of the battle |
| 26th Sep Somme Surrounds German forces in the town of Comles |
| Battle of Somme, 1st Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke | |
| 24th June Somme 24 June-13 November, tanks are used for the 1st time |
| 24th June Somme Britain has 420,000 casualties, France 204,000 & Germany 670,000 |
| 24th June Somme Leads the fourth army in the main part of the offensive North of the River Somme |
| Birth of Ewart, Gavin Buchanan Gerat Britain Ewart, Gavin Buchanan | |
| 4th Feb Birth of Gavin Buchanan Ewart |
| Birth of Heath, Edward Richard George Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| 9th July Broadstairs Birth of Edward Richard George Heath |
| 9th July Broadstairs Birth of Edward Richard George Heath, son of a carpenter & maid |
| Birth of Wilson, James Harold Wilson, James Harold | |
| 11th Mar Huddersfield Birth of Harold Wilson |
| Brigade Major Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| Appointed Brigade-Major in the Western Front in France |
| Brigade Major Montgomery Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| Appointed Brigade-Major in the Western Front in France |
| Campaign Dardanelles Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 19th June Dardanelles Decides not to allow documents from a Dardanelles enquiry to be released |
| 18th July Dardanelles The Cromer Commission is announced to investigate the Dardanelles Campaign |
| Campaign Gallipolli Kitchener, Horatio Herbert | |
| 9th Jan Gallipoli The final day of troop withdrawal from Gallipolli |
| 9th Jan Gallipolli The final day of troop withdrawal from Gallipolli |
| Chancellor Aitken, William Maxwell | |
| Appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster |
| Chancellor Law, Andrew Bonar | |
| London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| Commander 15th Corps Horne | |
| London Appointed Commander of the 15th Corps in France |
| Commander 1st Army Horne | |
| London Appointed Commander of the 1st Army |
| Commander 6th Royal Scots Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 1st Jan London Appointed Commander of the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers, battalion of the 9th Division |
| 4th Jan London Appointed Commander with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| Commander 6th Royal SF Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 4th Jan Appointed Commander of the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers |
| Commander Battle Cruiser Pakenham, William Christopher | |
| Appointed Commander of the Battle Cruisr Force |
| Commander Combined Fleet Beatty, David | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet |
| Commander EEF Chetwode, Philip Walhouse | |
| Appointed Commander of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force |
| Commander Marshall, William Raine | |
| Sep Mesopotamia Appointed Commander in Mesopotamia |
| Commander Tigris Corps Maude, Frederick Stanley | |
| Appointed Commander of the Tigris Corps |
| Commission Cromer Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 18th July Dardanelles The Cromer Commission is announced to investigate the Dardanelles Campaign |
| Commission Cromer Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 19th June Dardanelles Learns Asquith witheld documents in the Dardanelles enquiry which would clear him |
| 18th July Dardanelles The formation of a Commission is announced to investigate the Dardanelles Campaign |
| 12th Aug Dardanelles Writes to Earl Cromer asking to present his own case without Counsel |
| 20th Sep Dardanelles Cromer informs Churchill the Commission will meet secretly & Churchill cannot examine |
| 28th Sep Dardanelles Appears at the enquiry to defend the Dardanelle's Campaign |
| 28th Sep Dardanelles Says there was full authority & at the time there was a reasonable prospect of success |
| 26th Nov Dardanelles Churchill has his account of the Antwerp expedition published in the Sunday Pictoral |
| 26th Nov Dardanelles The findings are published but Churchill's evidence is not |
| Conscription Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 6th Jan London Crisis breaks out when the press announces Asquith will not introduce concscription |
| 24th Jan Conscription is introduced |
| Dardanelles Enquiry Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 19th June Dardanelles Decides not to allow documents from a Dardanelles enquiry to be released |
| Death of Casement, Roger Casement, Roger | |
| 3rd Aug London Death of Roger Casement, executed for treason |
| Death of Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Horatio Herbert | |
| 5th June Orkney Islands Death of Horatio Herbert Kitchener |
| Director National Service Chamberlain Chamberlain, Neville | |
| London Appointed Dircetor General of National Service |
| Execution of Casement Casement, Roger | |
| 3rd Aug London Hanged for high treason in Pentonville prison |
| First Lord of the Admiralty Rushworth, John Rushworth | |
| London Appointed First Sea Lord of the Admiralty |
| First Sea Lord Rushworth, John Rushworth | |
| London Appointed First Sea Lord |
| Gallipoli Campaign Great Britai Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| Gallipoli Troops are evacuated from the Gallipoli Campaign |
| Government Law, Andrew Bonar | |
| 6th Dec Asquith refuses to serve under Law him so he is unable to form a new Government |
| 6th Dec Requested by the King to form a new government |
| Independence Buchanan, George | |
| Glasgow Introduces the Federal Home Rule Bill to create a Parliament for Scotland |
| Independence Lloyd George, David | |
| The Government calls a truce & leaves the Republicans in control of much of the South |
| Invention Tank Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke | |
| 24th June Somme 24 June-13 November, tanks are used for the 1st time at the 1st battle of the Somme |
| Legislation Conscription Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| The Conscription Bill is passed |
| Lieutenant Colonel Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 4th Jan London Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel |
| Major Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 1st Jan Meteren Informed he will command the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers |
| 5th Jan Meteren Takes command the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Balfour, Arthur James | |
| 11th Dec Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| Minister of Munitions Addison, Christopher | |
| Appointed Minister of Munitions |
| Minister of Munitions Montagu, Edwin | |
| 7th July Appointed Minister of Munitions |
| Offensive Mesopotamia Maude, Frederick Stanley | |
| Mesopotamia Commands the entire front in Mesopotamia |
| Order Garter George VI | |
| 14th Dec Awarded the Order of the Garter on his 21st birthday |
| Peace Lloyd George, David | |
| The Government calls a truce & leaves the Republicans in control of much of the South |
| London Rejects Betmann's Peace Note & demands the defeat of Germany by a "knock out blow" |
| Peerage Sturdee | |
| Created Baron Sturdee |
| PPS Baldwin, Stanley | |
| London Appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Bonar Law |
| President Henderson, Arthur | |
| London Appointed President of the Board of Trade |
| Prime Minister Lloyd George, David | |
| 6th Dec London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term |
| Publication of Aitken Aitken, William Maxwell | |
| Publication of, "Canada in Flanders " |
| Publication of Brooke Brooke, Rupert | |
| Publication of, "Letters From America" |
| Publication of Wells Wells, Herbert George | |
| Publication of, "Mr Britling Sees It Through" |
| Purchase Express Aitken, William Maxwell | |
| London Buys control of the Daily Express |
| Rebellion Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| April Dublin The Easter Rebellion breaks out in Dublin |
| Rebellion Casement, Roger | |
| London Forms a brigade of Irish POW's for an Irish Republican rebellion |
| Rebellion Maxwell, John | |
| 1st May Dublin Crushes the last remnants of the Easter Rebellion in Dublin |
| 1st May Dublin Takes the surrender of the last of the rebels, over 1,000 prisoners have been taken |
| Reform of Conscription Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| April Decides upon compulsory conscription, except for Ireland |
| Resignation of Asquith Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 5th Dec London Resigns as Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| Resignation of Churchill Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 3rd May Armentieres Churchill does not seek another command & returns to Parliament |
| 3rd May Armentieres The 6th Royal Scots merges with the 15th Division |
| 6th May Armentieres Gives his Officers a farewell lunch at Armentieres |
| 6th May Armentieres Holds a farewell luncheon for the officers of his batallion |
| 7th May Returns to England, the end of his military career |
| Resignation of Curzon Curzon | |
| 5th Dec London Resigns from Asquith's Coalition Government |
| Resignation of Law Law, Andrew Bonar | |
| 5th Dec London Resigns from Asquith's Coalition Government |
| Resignation of Lloyd George Lloyd George, David | |
| 5th Dec London Resigns from Asquith's Coalition Government |
| Secretary War & Colonies Lloyd George, David | |
| 7th July London Appointed Secretary for War |
| Siege of Kut al Imara Townshend, Charles Vere Ferrers | |
| April Kut al Imara Surrnders to the Turks after a siege of 147 days |
| Sinking Hampshire Kitchener, Horatio Herbert | |
| 5th June Orkney Islands Killed on his visit to Nicholas II when the Hampshire hits a mine |
| Speech Churchill Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 7th Mar London Urges the First Lord of the Admiralty to recall Lord Fisher as First Sea Lord |
| Trial of Casement Casement, Roger | |
| 29th June London Condemned to death for treason |
| Vote Confidence Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 8th Nov London A motion by Edward Carson on ownership of property in Nigeria creates a crisis |
| Vote Confidence Carson | |
| 8th Nov London A motion forwarded by Carson on ownership of property in Nigeria creates a crisis |
| Vote War Office Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 31st May London Stands alone in criticizing the Government during the War Office vote |
| War Cabinet Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London Excluded from Lloyd George's new 5 man War Cabinet |
| War Cabinet Curzon | |
| London Appointed Member of the 5 man War Cabinet |
| War Cabinet Henderson, Arthur | |
| London Appointed Member of the 5 man War Cabinet, representitive of Labour |
| War Cabinet Law, Andrew Bonar | |
| London Appointed Member of the 5 man War Cabinet |
| War Cabinet Lloyd George, David | |
| London Forms a 5 man War Cabinet, himself, Bonar Law, Curzon & Milner |
| War Cabinet Milner, Alfred | </ |
