Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during the First World War
This is a timeline of the British home front during the First World War from 1914 to 1918. This conflict was the first modern example of total war in the United Kingdom; innovations included the mobilisation of the workforce, including many women, for munitions production, conscription and rationing. Civilians were subjected to naval bombardments, strategic bombing and food shortages caused by a submarine blockade.
1914
28 June 191427 July 1914
28 July 1914
29 July 1914
1 August 1914
2 August 1914
3 August 1914
4 August 1914
5 August 1914
6 August 1914
7 August 1914
8 August 1914
12 August 1914
16 August 1914
September 1914
November 1914
19 November 1914
December 1914
3 December 1914
16 December 1914
1915
9 January 191519 January 1915
12 February 1915
18 February 1915
16 March 1915
27 March 1915
16 April 1915
7 May 1915
26 May 1915
31 May 1915
July 1915
2 July 1915
15 July 1915
17 July 1915
3 September 1915
16 October 1915
15 December 1915
1916
2 March 19162 April 1916
24–29 April 1916
21 May 1916
5 June 1916
10 August 1916
5 December 1916
7 December 1916
22 December 1916
1917
19 January 19172 February 1917
March 1917
28 March 1917
21 May 1917
25 May 1917
29 May 1917
13 June 1917
July 1917
17 July 1917
4 September 1917
2 November 1917
17 December 1917
29 November 1917
31 December 1917
1918
January 19181 January 1918
5 January 1918
16 February 1918
25 February 1918
1 April 1918
18 April 1918
19 May 1918
10 June 1918
31 August 1918
28 October 1918
11 November 1918