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==October== | ==October== | ||
* '''[[26 October|26]]''' - While in reserve, [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s battalion is inspected by [[wikipedia:Douglas Haig|Sir Doulgas Haig]], the British commander at the [[Battle of the Somme]]. | * '''[[26 October|26]]''' - While in reserve, [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s battalion is inspected by [[wikipedia:Douglas Haig|Sir Doulgas Haig]], the British commander at the [[Battle of the Somme]]. | ||
* '''[[October | * '''[[27 October|27]]''' - Tolkien is struck by "pyrexia of unknown origin": [[wikipedia:trench fever|trench fever]]. | ||
==November== | ==November== | ||
* '''[[8 November|8]]''' - Tolkien is repatriated, and is sent to a hospital in [[Birmingham]]. | * '''[[8 November|8]]''' - Tolkien is repatriated, and is sent to a hospital in [[Birmingham]]. | ||
* '''[[November 29|29]]''' - [[Geoffrey Bache Smith|G.B. Smith]] is hit by shrapnel, and wounded on his right arm and thigh. | * '''[[22 November|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] signs [[War Office form 22 November 1916|a form for the War Office]], confirming his return to England from France due to trench fever. | ||
* '''[[29 November|29]]''' - [[Geoffrey Bache Smith|G.B. Smith]] is hit by shrapnel, and wounded on his right arm and thigh. | |||
==December== | ==December== | ||
* '''[[3 December|3]]''' - G.B. Smith dies of gas-gangrene in his wounds. The news doesn't reach Tolkien until the 16th. | * '''[[3 December|3]]''' - G.B. Smith dies of gas-gangrene in his wounds. The news doesn't reach Tolkien until the 16th. | ||
* '''[[16 December|16]]-[[December | * '''[[16 December|16]]-[[25 December|25]]''' - Tolkien recovers, and he and Edith visit Great Haywood. | ||
* '''[[December | * '''[[28 December|28]]''' - [[Noel Johnson]], who would play [[Éomer]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1955 radio series)]], is born. | ||
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Revision as of 15:24, 11 December 2012
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1916.
Early
- ? - Being a linguist, Tolkien decides to specialise in signalling, and learns Morse code.
March
- 2- J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 4.
- 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien receives his degree at the University of Oxford.
- 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien marries Edith Bratt.
April
- 29 - William Squire, who would play Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings (1978 film), is born.
June
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien receives orders to report in Folkestone, and prepare for embarking.
- 4 - Tolkien leaves for France.
- 27 - J.R.R. Tolkien leaves Étaples, and goes to the Somme front.
July
- 1 - One of the bloodiest battles in recent history, the Battle of the Somme, starts.
- 1 - Robert Gilson is one of the first of the 360,000 British casualties when he is hit by a shell at La Boiselle.
- 14 - Tolkien's C-company is sent into action at the Somme front.
- 22 - Ralph "the Baby" Payton, one of the T.C.B.S., is killed in action.
August
- 12 - Tolkien writes Letter 5.
- 19 - Tolkien and G.B. Smith meet at Acheux.
September
- 19 - Terence Tiller, writer of the 1955 radio series of The Lord of the Rings, is born.
October
- 26 - While in reserve, J.R.R. Tolkien's battalion is inspected by Sir Doulgas Haig, the British commander at the Battle of the Somme.
- 27 - Tolkien is struck by "pyrexia of unknown origin": trench fever.
November
- 8 - Tolkien is repatriated, and is sent to a hospital in Birmingham.
- 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien signs a form for the War Office, confirming his return to England from France due to trench fever.
- 29 - G.B. Smith is hit by shrapnel, and wounded on his right arm and thigh.
December
- 3 - G.B. Smith dies of gas-gangrene in his wounds. The news doesn't reach Tolkien until the 16th.
- 16-25 - Tolkien recovers, and he and Edith visit Great Haywood.
- 28 - Noel Johnson, who would play Éomer in The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series), is born.
?
- ? - Tolkien writes the poem Habbanan beneath the Stars
- ? Canon Norman Power, an acquaintance of J.R.R. Tolkien, is born.
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