1915 Timeline
During 1915, Queensferry lost 10 men and Dalmeny lost 8 men.
Queensferry lost 1 man during winter operations in January and Dalmeny lost 1 man.
January 19th – First airborne attack on Britain saw bombs dropped Zeppelins on Great Yarmouth, killing 5 civilians.
February 4th – Germans begin using submarines against merchant vessels.
February 18th – Blockade of Britain by German U -B oats begins. All vessels are considered viable targets.
February 19th – The Gallipoli Campaign begins. March 10th - The British offensive at Neuve Chapelle begins. Allied losses amount to 12,8000 in 2 days. Queensferry lost 4 men here, September, June and 2 on way to Gallipoli in August and Dalmeny lost 1 man in September
April 22nd – Start of Second battle of Ypres in which Germany first used Poison Gas. Queensferry lost 3 men here in April and Dalmeny lost 2 men 1 in April and 1 in May.
April 23rd – Poet Rupert Brooke died of blood poisoning on way to the Dardenelles.
April 25th – Allied landings at Gallipoli, 70,000 British, Commonwealth and French troops come under heavy fire.
May 7th – British liner Lusitania is sunk by a German U-Boat.
May 23rd – Italy declares war on Germany and Austria.
May 25th – The 'Shell Crisis' exposes the failings of the government. Discontent over rising casualty figures grows. (The Shell Crisis of 1915 was a shortage of artillery shells on the front lines of World War I that led to a political crisis in Britain.)
May 30th – First Air raid on London kills 7.
June 9th – British troops in France first issued with hand grenades.
June 30th - German Troops use flame throwers for the first time against the British Lines at Hooge, Ypres.
August 16th – A U Boat bombards Whitehaven proving Britains defences can be breached by German Submarines
September 6th – First tank "Little Willie" trialed.
Queensferry lost 1 man during winter operations in January and Dalmeny lost 1 man.
January 19th – First airborne attack on Britain saw bombs dropped Zeppelins on Great Yarmouth, killing 5 civilians.
February 4th – Germans begin using submarines against merchant vessels.
February 18th – Blockade of Britain by German U -B oats begins. All vessels are considered viable targets.
February 19th – The Gallipoli Campaign begins. March 10th - The British offensive at Neuve Chapelle begins. Allied losses amount to 12,8000 in 2 days. Queensferry lost 4 men here, September, June and 2 on way to Gallipoli in August and Dalmeny lost 1 man in September
April 22nd – Start of Second battle of Ypres in which Germany first used Poison Gas. Queensferry lost 3 men here in April and Dalmeny lost 2 men 1 in April and 1 in May.
April 23rd – Poet Rupert Brooke died of blood poisoning on way to the Dardenelles.
April 25th – Allied landings at Gallipoli, 70,000 British, Commonwealth and French troops come under heavy fire.
May 7th – British liner Lusitania is sunk by a German U-Boat.
May 23rd – Italy declares war on Germany and Austria.
May 25th – The 'Shell Crisis' exposes the failings of the government. Discontent over rising casualty figures grows. (The Shell Crisis of 1915 was a shortage of artillery shells on the front lines of World War I that led to a political crisis in Britain.)
May 30th – First Air raid on London kills 7.
June 9th – British troops in France first issued with hand grenades.
June 30th - German Troops use flame throwers for the first time against the British Lines at Hooge, Ypres.
August 16th – A U Boat bombards Whitehaven proving Britains defences can be breached by German Submarines
September 6th – First tank "Little Willie" trialed.
September 8th – Tsar Nicholas 2 personally takes command of Russian Army.
September 25th – At the battle of Loos, the British use Gas for the first time but it blows back over their own troops with 2,632 casualties. Queensferrry lost 2 men as a result of this battle in October and November, Dalmeny lost 4 men, 3 in September and 1 in October
September 27th – British and Canadian Regiments take Hill 70 at loos and break the German Line, but can't exploit the breach.
October 12th – British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by German firing squad for helping allied troops escape from Belgium.
October 31st – Steel helmets introduced on the British front.
December 19th – Douglas Haig replaces John French as Commander of the British Expeditionary Force.
December 20th – Allies complete the evacuation of 83,000 troops from Suvia Bay and ANZAC Cove in Gallipoli. No one is killed.
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