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   Date  Event(s)
1915 
  • 1915—1915: Junkers construct first fighter aeroplane
  • 1915—1915: First automatic telephone exchange in Britain
  • 19 January 1915—19 January 1915: First Zeppelin air raid on England, over East Anglia - four killed
  • February 1915—February 1915: Submarine blockade of Britain starts
  • April 1915—April 1915: Second Battle of Ypres - poison gas used for first time
  • 25 April 1915—25 April 1915: Gallipoli campaign starts (declared ANZAC Day in 1916)
  • 7 May 1915—7 May 1915: RMS Lusitania sunk by German submarine off coast of Ireland - 1,198 died
  • 16 May 1915—16 May 1915: First meeting of a British WI (Women's Institute) took place in Llanfairpwll (aka Llanfair PG), Anglesey