1917 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1917 in the United Kingdom. The year was dominated by the First World War.

1917 in the United Kingdom
Other years
1915 | 1916 | 1917 (1917) | 1918 | 1919
Constituent countries of the United Kingdom
England | Ireland | Scotland | Wales
Sport

Incumbents

edit

Events

edit
 
Women's Land Army recruitment poster
 
December: British troops on parade at Jaffa Gate after the capture of Jerusalem and occupation of southern Palestine

Undated

edit

Publications

edit

Births

edit

Deaths

edit

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "J. R. R. Tolkien Chronology". Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  2. ^ Duriez, Colin (2012). J. R. R. Tolkien: The Making of a Legend. Oxford: Lion. pp. 102–6. ISBN 978-0-7459-5514-8.
  3. ^ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1995). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p. 288. ISBN 0-333-57688-8.
  4. ^ a b c d Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  5. ^ "Women's organisations". The Long, Long Trail. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  6. ^ "On This Day – 5 April 1917". firstworldwar.com. 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  7. ^ a b c Castle, Ian (2010). London 1917–18: the bomber blitz. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-84603-682-8.
  8. ^ "No. 30250". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 24 August 1917. pp. 7791–7999. Statutes of the Order of the British Empire 24 August 1917.
  9. ^ "Order of the British Empire". The Official Website of the British Monarchy. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  10. ^ Flett, Brian (11 July 2002). "Research puts Vanguard loss at 843". The Orcadian. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
  11. ^ "HMS Furious 1917". 2006. Archived from the original on 28 June 2006.
  12. ^ Like almost all of Owen's poetry, these remain unpublished until 1920, after his death in action.
  13. ^ "The White Lund Explosions October 1–4th, 1917". Heaton with Oxcliffe Parish Council. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  14. ^ "History of the Women's Royal Naval Service". Association of WRENS. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  15. ^ Cooper, Charlie (24 June 2014). "Britons are forced to tighten their belts". The Independent. London. p. 17. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  16. ^ Brewerton, Emma (12 December 2016). "Ernest Rutherford". New Zealand History. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  17. ^ Charles Glover Barkla The Nobel Prize in Physics 1917
  18. ^ "Oldest living Olympian Bill Lucas dies aged 101". Mid Sussex Times. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  19. ^ Collins, Michael (8 May 2008). "Professor Graham Higman: Leading group theorist". The Independent. Obituaries. Retrieved 14 October 2008.
  20. ^ Prasad, Raekha (11 May 2007). "Obituary: Laurie Baker". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  21. ^ "Leslie Shepard". The Independent. 14 September 2004. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  22. ^ Pamela Rose obituary
  23. ^ Vaughan, Paul (23 September 2004). "Mears [née Loudon], Eleanor Cowie [Ellen Cowie] (1917–1992), medical practitioner and campaigner". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47178. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  24. ^ Grigg, John (2002) [1985]. Lloyd George: From Peace To War 1912-16. Penguin. p. 436. ISBN 0-140-28426-5.