This Month's Honour Roll, History & Events
commemorates those members of my family tree who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, "Their Name Liveth For Evermore".
April 1914-1918
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1British Royal Air Force is founded (RAF)▶1918British Destroyer HMS Falcon sunk "collision in North Sea"▶1918
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2▶1916President Wilson asks U.S. Congress for Declaration of War▶1917
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3British Submarines HMS C26, C27, C35, E1, E8, E9 and E19 scuttled "at Helsingfors to avoid capture"▶1918Marshal Ferdinand Foch becomes supreme allied commander▶1918
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4British Destroyer HMS Bittern sunk "collision in English channel"▶1918Battle of the Avre▶1918
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5Battle of the Ancre▶1918
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6United States of America declares war on Germany▶1917
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7Panama declares war on Germany▶1917British Torpedo Gun Boat HMS Jason sunk "west coast of Scotland"▶1917
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9Battle of Arras▶1917Battle of Vimy Ridge▶1917
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10British Patrol Boat P26 sunk▶1917
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11Haigs order, Back to the Wall▶1918
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12British Coastal Motor Boat No18a sunk "collision off Belgian coast"▶1918British Coastal Motor Boat No33a sunk▶1918
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14Battle of Lake Naroch ends▶1916
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16French Nivelle Offensive▶1917Second Battle of the Aisne▶1917
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17First Battle of Kemmelberg▶1918
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19Second Battle of Gaza▶1917
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21† Red Barron, German fighter pilot shot down▶1918
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22Second Battle of Ypres▶1915Germans, First use Poison Gas▶1915
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23Raid on Zeebrugge▶1918British light Cruisers HMS Brilliant, Sirius and Vindictive sunk "as blockships at Ostend"▶1918
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24The Battle of St. Julien▶1915Easter Rebellion, IRB radicals stage uprising, Dublin▶1916
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27British Battleship HMS Russell sunk▶1916British Sloop HMS Nasturtium sunk▶1916
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28First Battle of Krithia▶1915British Coastal Motor Boat No39b sunk "accidentally burnt at Dunkirk"▶1918
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30Australian Submarine HMAS AE2 scuttled▶1915British Sloop HMS Tulip sunk▶1917
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Legend:
Indicates person's from my family tree, who were Killed in Action.
† Indicates a person of note, who was Killed in Action or Died.