January 19 – Zepplins bomb Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn, killing 5 civilians.
February 18 – German U-boats begin blockade of Britain.
February 19 – Allied naval bombardment of the Dardenelles and Gallipoli begins.
April 22 – Second Battle of Ypres begins. First use of poison gas by German troops.
April 25 – Allied landinds at Gallipoli. 70,000 British, Empire and French troops land.
May 7 – Lusitania torpedoed by a German U-boat. Loss of American lives alters the USA’s attitude to the war.
May 23 – Italy joins the allies, declaring war on Austria.
May 25 – British coalition government formed after rising casualty figures, and allegations of poor equipment issued to our troops.
May 31 – First Zeppelin raid on London, kills 7 and injures 35 civilians.
June 30 – German troops use flame throwers for the first time.
August 16 – Whitehaven bombarded by German U-boat.
September 25 – At the Battle of Loos, the British use poison gas for the first time, but this is blown over their own troops resulting in in 2,632 casualties, 7 of which are killed.
October 12 – Edith Cavell, a British nurse, is executed for helping prisoners escape.
October 31 – Steel helmets introduced to the British front lines.
December 20 – 83,000 troops evacuated from Gallipoli.