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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill Biography and Timeline — Page 7

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1914

Anglo-Persian Oil Contract

First Lord of Admiralty · London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Defends the Anglo-Persian oil contract in the House of Commons.

Role range: 1908-1915 – 1909-1917

Armed Merchantmen Policy

First Lord of Admiralty · London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Explains Admiralty policy concerning the arming of British merchant ships.

Role range: 1908-1915 – 1909-1917

Persian Gulf Service

First Lord of Admiralty · London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Answers Commons questions concerning naval service in the Persian Gulf.

Role range: 1908-1915 – 1909-1917

Domestic Oil Fuel Supply

First Lord of Admiralty · London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Answers parliamentary questions about securing oil fuel supplies within the United Kingdom.

Role range: 1908-1915 – 1909-1917

New Naval Construction

First Lord of Admiralty · London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Answers Commons questions concerning new Royal Navy construction.

Role range: 1908-1915 – 1909-1917

Royal Naval Air Service Formation

First Lord of Admiralty · London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Oversees creation of the Royal Naval Air Service as a distinct naval air organisation.

Role range: 1908-1915 – 1909-1917

Greek and Turkish Naval Missions

First Lord of Admiralty · London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Provides parliamentary information concerning British naval missions connected with Greece and Turkey.

Role range: 1908-1915 – 1909-1917

Coal and Oil Supplies

First Lord of Admiralty · London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Answers Commons questions concerning coal and oil supplies for the Royal Navy.

Role range: 1908-1915 – 1909-1917

Anglo-Persian Capital Resolution Approved

First Lord of Admiralty · London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Secures Commons approval for financing the government's acquisition of Anglo-Persian share and loan capital.

Role range: 1901-1935 – 1911-1915

Anglo-Persian Oil Company Stake

First Lord of Admiralty · London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Defends government acquisition of a controlling financial interest in the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.

Role range: 1908-1915 – 1909-1917

Admiralty Oil Price Kept Confidential

First Lord of Admiralty · London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Refuses to disclose the maximum price payable under the Admiralty's Anglo-Persian oil supply arrangements.

Role range: 1901-1935 – 1911-1915

Battleships Submarines and Airships

First Lord of Admiralty · London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Answers Commons questions comparing Admiralty policy for battleships, submarines and airships.

Role range: 1908-1915 – 1909-1917

Lower Deck Ratings Appeals

First Lord of Admiralty · London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Answers Commons questions concerning appeals available to lower-deck naval ratings.

Role range: 1908-1915 – 1909-1917

Fourth Battle Squadron

First Lord of Admiralty · London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Answers Commons questions concerning the Fourth Battle Squadron.

Role range: 1908-1915 – 1909-1917

German Naval Policy

First Lord of Admiralty · London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Provides a written parliamentary answer concerning German naval policy.

Role range: 1908-1915 – 1909-1917

Marriage of Petty Officers and Men

First Lord of Admiralty · London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Answers Commons questions concerning marriage regulations affecting petty officers and ratings.

Role range: 1908-1915 – 1909-1917

Mediterranean Fleet Standard

First Lord of Admiralty · London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Explains that Admiralty requirements in the Mediterranean depend on wider strategic and state-policy considerations.

Role range: 1908-1915 – 1909-1917

Mobilization

First Lord of Admiralty · North Sea · Warfare / World War, 1st

Orders the Fleet to take up its War Stations in the North Sea

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

Ottoman Dreadnought Requisition

First Lord of Admiralty · Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st

Orders completion and requisition of Ottoman battleships being built in British yards as the European crisis deepens.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

Admiralty War Group

First Lord of Admiralty · London · Warfare / World War, 1st

Creates a small Admiralty War Group of senior naval leaders to direct major strategic decisions after war begins.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

Commence Hostilities Signal

First Lord of Admiralty · London · Warfare / World War, 1st

The Admiralty signals Royal Navy ships and establishments to commence hostilities against Germany.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

German Transatlantic Cables Cut

First Lord of Admiralty · Atlantic Ocean · Warfare / World War, 1st

British cable operations sever German transatlantic communications shortly after war begins.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

Goeben and Breslau Escape

First Lord of Admiralty · Mediterranean · Warfare / World War, 1st

Faces criticism after Goeben and Breslau reach Ottoman waters despite British attempts to intercept them.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

Baltic Naval Strength Memorandum

First Lord of Admiralty · London · Warfare / World War, 1st

Churchill records that Britain cannot command both the North Sea and Baltic before defeating Germany's main fleet.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Sunk

First Lord of Admiralty · Atlantic Ocean · Warfare / World War, 1st

Reports the destruction of German auxiliary cruiser Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse by HMS Highflyer.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

Battle of Heligoland Bight

First Lord of Admiralty · Heligoland Bight · Warfare / World War, 1st

The Royal Navy wins an early North Sea action against German light forces off Heligoland.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

Goeben Pursuit Orders

First Lord of Admiralty · Mediterranean · Warfare / World War, 1st

Directs Admiralty efforts to locate and contain the German battlecruiser Goeben and light cruiser Breslau in the Mediterranean.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

Naval Blockade of Germany

First Lord of Admiralty · North Sea · Warfare / World War, 1st

Supports the Royal Navy strategy of restricting German overseas trade and access to strategic imports.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

Royal Naval Division Formation

First Lord of Admiralty · Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st

Creates the Royal Naval Division from naval reservists and marines not immediately required for service at sea.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

Western Front Artillery Reinforcement Proposed

First Lord of Admiralty · London · Warfare / World War, 1st

Churchill urges Kitchener to release additional trained artillery for the armies fighting in France.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

HMS Pathfinder Loss Reviewed

First Lord of Admiralty · North Sea · Warfare / World War, 1st

The Admiralty reviews the first loss of a warship to a submarine-fired torpedo.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

Cap Trafalgar Destruction Reported

First Lord of Admiralty · South Atlantic · Warfare / World War, 1st

The Admiralty receives news that HMS Carmania has sunk the German auxiliary cruiser Cap Trafalgar.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

British Naval Mission Leaves Ottoman Service

First Lord of Admiralty · Constantinople · Warfare / World War, 1st

The British naval mission withdraws from Ottoman service as relations deteriorate before Turkey enters the war.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

First RNAS Raid on Germany

First Lord of Admiralty · Dusseldorf · Warfare / World War, 1st

Royal Naval Air Service aircraft attack Zeppelin sheds at Dusseldorf and Cologne from their Belgian base.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

Loss of Aboukir Hogue and Cressy

First Lord of Admiralty · North Sea · Warfare / World War, 1st

The sinking of three British cruisers by German submarine U-9 exposes the growing danger from submarines.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

Anti-Submarine Review after U-9 Attack

First Lord of Admiralty · North Sea · Warfare / World War, 1st

Churchill reviews protective measures after U-9 sinks three British armoured cruisers in rapid succession.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

Battle of Dardanelles

First Lord of Admiralty · Blandford · Warfare / World War, 1st

The Ottomans close the Dardanelles to Allied shipping after an incident when the British Dardanelles squadron had seized a Ottoman torpedo boat

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

Battle of Dardanelles

First Lord of Admiralty · Blandford · Warfare / World War, 1st

Entertains plans of capturing the Dardanelles as early as September 1914

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

RNAS Antwerp Air Detachment

First Lord of Admiralty · Antwerp · Warfare / World War, 1st

Supports deployment of Royal Naval Air Service aircraft to Belgium for reconnaissance and attacks against German airship bases.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

Scapa Flow Fleet Inspection

First Lord of Admiralty · Scapa Flow · Warfare / World War, 1st

Visits the Grand Fleet and meets senior officers while inspecting naval readiness at northern bases.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1911-1915

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