Sally Mullins - Time Line 1914-18

Time Line of Events 1914 -1918

1914

June 28th	Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
June 28th	Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
July 29th	Britain warns Germany it cannot remain neutral
August 4th	Germany declares war on France
August 4th	Britain declares war on Germany
August 23rd	Battle of Mons – First major action of the BEF
Sept 6th	Battle of Marne begins
Oct 19th	Battle of Ypres begins
October	*4 Brimington Soldiers Killed in Action in Belgium*
November	*Brimington Soldier Killed in Action in Belgium*
December	First Christmas truce in the trenches

1915

Feb 15th	Dardanelles Campaign begins as troops leave for Turkey
April 22nd	2nd Battle of Ypres - Germans use poison gas for 1st time
May7th	British Liner RMS Lusitania is sunk by German u-boat
May 14th	*Brimington Soldier Killed in Action in Greece*
June 30th	German troops use flamethrowers for 1st time against British at Hooge, Ypres
July 4th	*Brimington soldier killed Killed in action in Turkey*
August	*5 Brimington soldiers died between 8th & 28th of the month . 4 Killed in Action - 1 DOW*
Sept 25th	Battle of Loos begins Private Tom Inns taken prisoner
Sept 26th	*3 Brimington Solders killed in action at Loos*
Oct 1st	Initial Battle of Arras Begins
October	*2 Brimington Soldiers die 1- killed in action 1 -Died of wounds & Private Horace Stott is gravely wounded and shipped home*
Nov 3rd	*3 Brimington Soldiers killed in action*
Dec 18th	Evacuation of Gallipoli begins
December	*Brimington Soldier killed in action near Ypres*
Dec 20th	Evacuation on 83,000 troops from Gallipoli complete without the loss of a single soldier or sailor

1916

Jan 8^th	Evacuation of Hellas marks end of Gallipoli tragedy
January	*3 Brimington soldiers died – 1 Killed in action -2 die of wounds*
Jan 24th	British Government introduces conscription – Military Service Act
Feb 21^st	Battle of Verdun begins
Mar 3^rd	*Brimington soldier killed in action at Ypres*
May 3rd	Battle of Jutland begins Brimington soldier killed in the battle
Jun 8^th	Voluntary enlistment in Britain is replaced by compulsion
July 1^st	Battle of the Somme begins
July 14^th	Battle of Bazentin Ridge marks the end of the First Somme Offensive
July 14^th	Battle of Pozieres opens the second Somme Offensive
July	*10 Brimington soldiers died - nine Killed in action - one dies of wounds*
August	*2 Brimington soldiers Killed in Action*
Sept 9th	British capture the strategically important village of Ginchy
Sept 15^th	Tanks used for first time at the battle for Flers –Courcelette
Sept 26th	British take Thiepval village – Tanks play a crucial part in the battle
Sept	*3 Brimington soldiers die 1 Killed in Action- 1 Dies of wounds- 1 succumbed to disease*
October	*Brimington solder dies of wounds*
December	David Lloyd George elected British Prime Minister

1917

January	Brimington soldier killed in action near Ypres
Feb 21st	The Germans withdrawal begins back to the Hindenburg Line
Mar 15th	Russian Tsar Nicholas II abdicates
Mar 27th	Private Insley taken prisoner by the Germans
Apr 6th	The United States declares war on Germany
Apr 9th	Battle of Arras - British successfully deploy the 'creeping barrage' 9 Brimington soldiers killed in the battle in varies parts of the line
May 3^rd	Brimington Soldier – Private Tom Inns dies in Germany POW camp
June 7th	Battle of Messines begins
June 7th	Brimington soldier killed in action on this day
June 25^th	First US troops arrive in France
July 31st	Battle of Passchendaele ( 3rd Battle of Ypres) begins
July	4 Brimington soldiers died 3 Killed in Action 1 Dies of wounds
Aug 15^th	Battle of Hill 70 – Lens begins
August	3 Brimington soldiers died - 2 Killed in Action – 1 Dies of wounds
Sept	4 Brimington soldiers died – 4 Killed in Action 1 Dies of wounds
October	3^rd Ypres Offensive begins – British troops take village of Poelcapelle Brimington soldier killed in the battle. Sergeant Fred Greaves wins his Victory Cross
Oct 31^st	Battle for Beersheba, Palestine
Nov 2nd	Brimington soldier Killed in Action in Palestine
Nov 10th	Battle of Passchendaele ends. After the allies take the high ground , 500,000 men are casualties, of which around 140,000 have been killed. 11 Brimington Soldiers lost in the battle 8 Killed in Action - 3 DOW

1918

January	*2 Brimington soldiers die . 1 from illness - 1 died of his wounds*
Jan 8th	U.S. President Wilson issues his Fourteen Point Plan to peace
Feb	2 Brimington soldiers die of their wounds
Mar 21st	Germany launches the Spring Offensive - the 'Kaiserschlacht' attacking a front 50 miles long. 7 Brimington Soldiers die during the offensive 6 Killed in action – 1 dies of wounds
Mar 27th	Private George Insley taken prisoner
Apr 7^th	Battle of Lys begins
Apr	4 Brimington Soldiers die 3 Killed in Action 1 Dies of wounds
May 27th	Germans launch 3^rd Spring Offensive along the Aisne River.
May	3 Brimington soldiers die 2 Killed in action 1 dies from Gas poisoning
June 15th	Brimington soldier dies of wounds in France
July 15th	2^nd Battle of the Marne begins – final phase of the German Spring Offensive
July	2 Brimington soldiers die 1 Killed in Action 1 Dies of wounds
Aug 2nd	2^nd Battle of Amiens begins - thousands of Germans surrender
Aug 28^th	*Brimington soldier killed in action in France*
Sept 27th	*British Offensive along the Cambrai front leads to the storming of the Hindenburg Line*
Sept	*5 Brimington soldiers died 4 Killed in Action 1 Died of wounds*
Oct 4th	*Germany and Austria send peace proposals to American President Wilson*
Oct	*3 Brimington soldiers died 1 Killed on Action, 1 Died of his wounds , 1 died a POW*
Nov 8^th	*Armistice negotiations being at Compiegne*
Nov 9^th	*Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates and flees to Holland*
Nov 11th	The armistice is signed at 5.00am and comes into effect at 11.00am
	*Fighting ends on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month*
November	6 Brimington died. 4 Died of Wounds, 1 died of illness , 1 Killed in action

Nov 11th -The Armistice is signed at 5.00am at Compiegne and comes into effect at 11.00am.
Fighting ends on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month

Peace however was not officially declared until the Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919 - exactly five years to the day since the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

DECEMBER 1918
Over a month after the signing of the Armistice BRIMINGTON LOSES TWO MORE SOLDIERS -WHO FINALLY SUCCOMB TO THEIR WOUNDS - one is buried in France the other in Brimington cemetery. And even as late as 1921 Private Fred Nadin (brother of Edgar) finally died of his wounds and he too is laid to rest in Brimington Cemetery. Fred’s name does not appear on the Memorial Gates

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