Discover the key dates, significant events and Salford people’s stories that played a part in World War One. Our special timeline charts the important dates throughout the period 1913 to 1919.
Click on a year and month to find out what happened when and how the war impacted on Salford and its people.
- Jan 1917
- Feb 1917
- Mar 1917
- Apr 1917
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2 February 1917
Corn Production Act introduces bread rationing.March
Women’s Land Army founded.28 March 1917
Ministry of National Service established. - May 1917
- Jun 1917
- Jul 1917
- Aug 1917
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19 June 1917
Royal family renounces Saxe-Coburg-Gotha surname in favour of Windsor.August
Ministry of Reconstruction created. - Sep 1917
- Oct 1917
- Nov 1917
- Dec 1917
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29 November 1917
Women's Royal Naval Service established.6 December 1917
War Cabinet Committee on Manpower created.31 December 1917
Sugar rationing introduced.