12th October 1915: Edith Cavell, a British nurse working in occupied Belgium, was executed by the Germans for helping Allied soldiers escape to the neutral Netherlands.
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Category: Anniversaries
Centenary Anniversary: UK War Minister backs Gallipoli pull-out & Churchill resigns
November 1915: Britain’s War Minister, Lord Kitchener, visited Gallipoli and Winston Churchill left the Government amid fading support for the Dardanelles campaign.
Continue readingCentenary Anniversary: Ottomans halt British/Indian advance in Mesopotamia
22nd-25th November 1915: British and Indian troops were halted in their advance towards Baghdad at the Battle of Ctesiphon.
Continue readingBritish ministers order Gallipoli pull-out
7th December 1915: British Government orders the withdrawal of Allied troops from Anzac Cove and Suvla signalling the end of the Gallipoli campaign.
Continue readingCentenary Anniversary: Ottoman siege of Kut starts in Mesopotamia
7th December 1915: Ottoman troops trap a British-Indian force at Kut-al-Amara in Mesopotamia, starting a five-month siege.
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Centenary Anniversary: Sir Douglas Haig becomes British Army chief on Western Front
19th December 1915: General Sir Douglas Haig succeeded Field Marshal Sir John French as commander-in-chief of British forces on the Western Front.
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Centenary Anniversary: Last Allied soldiers leave Anzac Cove & Suvla
20th December 1915: The withdrawal of Allied troops from Suvla and Anzac Cove was completed.
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Centenary Anniversary: Gallipoli campaign ends
9th January 1916: The last Allied positions were evacuated at Cape Helles on January 9th 1916, ending the controversial Gallipoli campaign.
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Centenary Anniversary: UK Parliament agrees to conscription
27th January 1916: Legislation imposing compulsory military service was passed by the British Parliament.
Continue readingCentenary Anniversary: Turkish city of Erzurum falls to Russia
February 16th 1916: Russian troops captured the fortress town of Erzurum in eastern Turkey.
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