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==March== | ==March== | ||
* '''22''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] marries [[Edith Bratt]]. | * '''22''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] marries [[Edith Bratt]]. | ||
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* '''29''' - [[William Squire]], who would play [[Gandalf]] in [[Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings]], is born. | |||
==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''4''' - Tolkien leaves for France. | * '''4''' - Tolkien leaves for France. | ||
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* '''1''' - [[Robert Gilson]] is one of the first of the 360,000 British casualties when he is hit by a shell at La Boiselle. | * '''1''' - [[Robert Gilson]] is one of the first of the 360,000 British casualties when he is hit by a shell at La Boiselle. | ||
* '''14''' - Tolkien's C-company is sent into action at the Somme front. | * '''14''' - Tolkien's C-company is sent into action at the Somme front. | ||
==August== | ==August== | ||
* '''19''' - Tolkien and [[Geoffrey Bache Smith|G.B. Smith]] meet at Acheux. | * '''19''' - Tolkien and [[Geoffrey Bache Smith|G.B. Smith]] meet at Acheux. | ||
Revision as of 10:03, 1 May 2008
Early
- ? - Being a linguist, Tolkien decides to specialise in signalling, and learns Morse code.
March
- 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien marries Edith Bratt.
April
- 29 - William Squire, who would play Gandalf in Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings, is born.
June
- 4 - Tolkien leaves for France.
July
- 1 - One of the bloodiest battles in recent history, the Battle of the Somme, starts.
- 1 - Robert Gilson is one of the first of the 360,000 British casualties when he is hit by a shell at La Boiselle.
- 14 - Tolkien's C-company is sent into action at the Somme front.
August
- 19 - Tolkien and G.B. Smith meet at Acheux.
October
- 27 - Tolkien is struck by "pyrexia of unknown origin": trench fever.
November
- 8 - Tolkien is repatriated, and is sent to a hospital in Birmingham.
- 29 - G.B. Smith is hit by shrapnel, and wounded on his right arm and thigh.
December
- 3 - G.B. Smith dies of gas-gangrene in his wounds. The news doesn't reach Tolkien until the 16th.
- 16-25 - Tolkien recovers, and he and Edith visit Great Haywood.
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- ? - Tolkien writes the poem Habbanan beneath the Stars
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