Explore 626 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1915.
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Resigns over the war in the Balkans, which had left two British and one French division in Salonica instead of being dispatched to support the Serbs who were being attacked by from the north and Bulgaria from the east. Carson becomes the leader of those Unionists who were not members of the Government, effectively Leader of the Opposition in the Commons
Writes to Asquith threatning to resign if Kitchener is not removed from the War Office
Watches Endurance crushed by ice and helps organize the party's survival on the drifting floes
Reduces the size of the War Council
Threatens to resign if Asquith carries out his announcement to reduce the War Council
Reduces the size of the War Council.
Monro arrives to take command and immediately reviews whether the peninsula should be evacuated.
Asquith's government reviews the deteriorating campaign and competing demands for troops in the Balkans.
Supports the Derby Scheme as the government tests whether voluntary enlistment can meet remaining manpower needs.
Replaces French as Commander of the Expeditionary Force in France with Haig
Dismissed from his command after the failure of the Galliploi Campaign
Replaces Sir John French with Douglas Haig as commander in France.
Haig reviews severe First Army losses after the offensive fails to achieve a strategic breakthrough.
Takes command of the British Third Army in October 1915.
Is appointed to command the British Third Army.
Churchill resigns from the Government
Kitchener visits ANZAC to inspect the front and assess the arguments for abandoning the campaign.
Churchill makes his resignation speech in Parliament
Arrives at Boulogne-sur-Mer to take up duties
Taken to General HQ at St Omer
Crosses the Channel to join his pre-1914 regiment of the Oxfordshire Hussars
Monro prepares to implement the British decision to abandon the ANZAC and Suvla sectors.
The 54th East Anglian Division receives orders to prepare to leave Gallipoli and return to Mudros.
A severe snowstorm, frost and exposure strike the Suvla and Anzac positions, causing heavy non-battle casualties.
Birdwood's troops endure flooding, snow, frostbite and exposure as a severe winter storm strikes Gallipoli.
Monro concludes that evacuation risks are lower than Hamilton had feared and presses for withdrawal.
Haig reorganises First Army formations and staff arrangements after the Loos fighting.
Kitchener inspects the remaining Allied positions while considering whether Cape Helles should also be abandoned.
Nasmith conducts a third patrol against Ottoman shipping before the Gallipoli campaign ends.
Units of the 54th East Anglian Division begin leaving the Suvla sector for Mudros in the staged withdrawal.
It is agreed to withdraw from Salonika although this decision is reversed at Chantilly. Attends the Calais Conference with the French
Asquith's government authorises withdrawal from the ANZAC and Suvla sectors.
Birdwood receives the final order to evacuate the ANZAC and Suvla positions.
The first day of troop withdrawal from Gallipolli
The evacuation programme removes sick and wounded men, surplus troops and valuable stores before the final nights of withdrawal.
The depleted 53rd Welsh Division begins evacuation from Suvla to Mudros during the carefully staged withdrawal.
Detailed orders are issued for the final evacuation phase, with secrecy and deception measures designed to conceal the withdrawal.
Appointed Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief
Haig replaces Sir John French as Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force.
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