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.

• 1913
• 1914
• 1915
• 1916
• 1917
• 1918
• 1919

• Jan 1917
• Feb 1917
• Mar 1917
• Apr 1917

• 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

• 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

• 29 November 1917
  Women's Royal Naval Service established.

  6 December 1917
  War Cabinet Committee on Manpower created.

  31 December 1917
  Sugar rationing introduced.