1916

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==Early==
* '''?''' - Being a linguist, Tolkien decides to specialise in signalling, and learns Morse code.
==March==
* '''[[March 2|2]]'''- [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 4]].
* '''[[March 16|16]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] receives his degree at the [[University of Oxford]].
* '''[[March 22|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] marries [[Edith Tolkien|Edith Bratt]].
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==June==
* '''[[June 2|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] receives orders to report in Folkestone, and prepare for embarking.
* '''[[June 4|4]]''' - Tolkien leaves for France.
* '''[[June 27|27]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] leaves [[wikipedia:Étaples|Étaples]], and goes to the [[Battle of the Somme|Somme front]].

==July==
* '''[[July 1|1]]''' - One of the bloodiest battles in recent history, the [[Battle of the Somme]], starts.
* '''[[July 1|1]]''' - [[Robert Gilson]] is one of the first of the 360,000 British casualties when he is hit by a shell at La Boiselle.
* '''[[July 14|14]]''' - Tolkien's C-company is sent into action at the Somme front.
* '''[[July 22|22]]''' - [[Ralph Payton|Ralph "the Baby" Payton]], one of the [[T.C.B.S.]], is killed [[World War I|in action]].

==August==
* '''[[August 19|19]]''' - Tolkien and [[Geoffrey Bache Smith|G.B. Smith]] meet at Acheux.
==September==
* '''[[September 19|19]]''' - [[Terence Tiller]], writer of the [[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)|1955 radio series of ''The Lord of the Rings]]'', is born.
==October==
* '''[[October 26|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|27]]''' - Tolkien is struck by "pyrexia of unknown origin": [[wikipedia:trench fever|trench fever]].
==November==
* '''[[November 8|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.
==December==
* '''[[December 3|3]]''' - G.B. Smith dies of gas-gangrene in his wounds. The news doesn't reach Tolkien until the 16th.
* '''[[December 16|16]]-[[December 25|25]]''' - Tolkien recovers, and he and Edith visit Great Haywood.
* '''[[December 28|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]]'' {{Years|1913|1914|1915|1916|1917|1918|1919|}}
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