Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill28 July 1914
Orders the Fleet to take up its War Stations in the North Sea
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Orders the Fleet to take up its War Stations in the North Sea
The BEF lands at Ostend, Calais & Dunkirk
Kitcheners slogan, "Your Country Needs You!", helps gain 1.7 million volunteers
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