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| + | ==Early== | ||
| + | * '''?''' - Being a linguist, Tolkien decides to specialise in signalling, and learns Morse code. | ||
==March== | ==March== | ||
* '''22''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] marries [[Edith Bratt]]. | * '''22''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] marries [[Edith Bratt]]. | ||
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==June== | ==June== | ||
| − | * '''4''' - Tolkien leaves for France | + | * '''4''' - Tolkien leaves for France. |
| − | + | ==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. | ||
| + | ==August== | ||
| + | * '''19''' - Tolkien and [[Geoffrey Bache Smith|G.B. Smith]] meet at Acheux. | ||
| + | ==October== | ||
| + | * '''27''' - Tolkien is struck by "pyrexia of unknown origin": [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trench_fever trench fever]. | ||
==November== | ==November== | ||
| − | * '''8''' - Tolkien | + | * '''8''' - Tolkien is repatriated, and is sent to a hospital in [[Birmingham]]. |
| + | * '''29''' - [[Geoffrey Bache Smith|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. | ||
| + | {{Years|1913|1914|1915|1916|1917|1918|1919|}} | ||
[[Category:Years]] | [[Category:Years]] | ||
Revision as of 20:36, 26 January 2008
Contents |
Early
- ? - Being a linguist, Tolkien decides to specialise in signalling, and learns Morse code.
March
- 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien marries Edith Bratt.
June
- 4 - Tolkien leaves for France.
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.
August
- 19 - Tolkien and G.B. Smith meet at Acheux.
October
- 27 - Tolkien is struck by "pyrexia of unknown origin": trench fever.
November
- 8 - Tolkien is repatriated, and is sent to a hospital in Birmingham.
- 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.
| Years 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 |