1918 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1918 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George V of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - David Lloyd George, coalition

Events

* 28 January - Night of unusually heavy bombing in London and south-east England.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 355-356|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 6 February - Women over 30 given the vote by the Representation of the People Act 1918.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 1 March - German submarine U-19 sinks HMS "Calgarian" off Rathlin Island, Ireland.
* 23 March - In London at the Wood Green Empire, Chung Ling Soo (William E Robinson, US-born magician) dies during his trick where he was supposed to "catch" two separate bullets – one of them perforates his lung. He dies the following morning in hospital.
* 1 April - The Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service are merged to form the Royal Air Force; the Women's Royal Air Force also founded.
* 23 April - Zeebrugge Raid to seal off German U-Boat base.
* 15 July - Ration books introduced for butter, margarine, lard, meat, and sugar.
* August - Education Act raises the school-leaving age to 14.
* 1 August - British anti-Bolshevik forces occupy Archangel, Russia. 10 August commander is told to help White Russians.
* 30 August - Strike of 20,000 London policemen with demands of increased pay and union recognition.
* 26 October - Cecil Chubb donates Stonehenge to the nation.
* 27 October to 2 November - 2,200 deaths in London over this period due to Spanish Flu.
* 3 November - Armistice with Austria-Hungary signed in Padua.
* 11 November - World War I ends: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside of Compiègne in France.
* 21 November - The Parliamentary Qualification of Women Act 1918 receives Royal Assent. The Act gives women over 30 the right to stand as a Member of Parliament.
* 14 November - Labour Party leaves the wartime coalition government.
* 14 December - General election polling held. It is the first election in the United Kingdom at which women are entitled to the vote.
* 29 December - The "Sunday Express" newspaper published for the first time.

Undated

* British occupy Palestine.
* United Business Media founded in London (as United Newspapers Ltd.)

Publications

* Wyndham Lewis's novel "Tarr".
* Lytton Strachey's history "Eminent Victorians".

Births

* 1 January - Patrick Anthony Porteous, recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 2000)
* 1 February - Muriel Spark, author (died 2006)
* 1 March - Roger Delgado, actor (died 1973)
* 16 April - Spike Milligan, comedian, writer, musician, poet and playwright (died 2002)
* 16 May - Wilf Mannion, footballer (died 2000)
* 25 June - P. H. Newby, novelist (died 1997)
* 8 August - Brian Stonehouse, painter and World War II spy (died 1998)
* 13 August - Frederick Sanger, biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
* 8 September - Derek Harold Richard Barton, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
* 27 September - Martin Ryle, radio astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (died 1984)
* 21 December - Frank Hampson, illustrator (died 1985)

Deaths

* 1 April - Isaac Rosenberg, poet (killed in action) (born 1890)
* 7 October - Hubert Parry, composer (born 1848)
* 4 November - Wilfred Owen, poet (killed in action) (born 1893)

References

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