In this section of the Long, Long Trail you will find a month-by-month timeline of key military, naval and political events as they affected Great Britain.
The entries in the monthly pages are mainly extracted from the “History of the Great War, based on official documents. Principal events 1914-1918” compiled by the Historical Section of the Committee of the Imperial Defence and published by HMSO in 1922.
Timeline 1914
August
September
October
November
December
Timeline 1915
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Timeline 1916
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Timeline 1917
January
February
March
April
May
June
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Timeline 1918
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
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Battles and engagements