1918 in the United Kingdom

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Events from the year 1918 in the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 2.1 Undated 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 References

[edit] Incumbents

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

[edit] Events

• 6 February - Women over 30 given the vote by the Representation of the People Act 1918.^[1]
• 1 March - German submarine U-19 sinks HMS Calgarian off Rathlin Island, Northern 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.^[1]
• 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.
• 11 November - World War I ends: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside of Compiègne in France.
• 14 December - General election polling held.

[edit] Undated

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

[edit] 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 May - Wilf Mannion, footballer (died 2000)
• 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)

[edit] Deaths

• 7 October - Hubert Parry, composer (born 1848)
• 4 November - Wilfred Owen, poet (killed in action) (born 1893)

[edit] References