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1917 in the United Kingdom

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1917 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1917 in the United Kingdom. The year was dominated by the First World War.

Incumbents

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Events

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Women's Land Army recruitment poster
December: British troops on parade at Jaffa Gate after the capture of Jerusalem and occupation of southern Palestine

Undated

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Publications

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  9. ^ "Order of the British Empire". The Official Website of the British Monarchy. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
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  11. ^ "HMS Furious 1917". 2006. Archived from the original on 28 June 2006.
  12. ^ Like almost all of Owen's poetry, these remain unpublished until 1920, after his death in action.
  13. ^ "The White Lund Explosions October 1–4th, 1917". Heaton with Oxcliffe Parish Council. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  14. ^ "History of the Women's Royal Naval Service". Association of WRENS. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  15. ^ Cooper, Charlie (24 June 2014). "Britons are forced to tighten their belts". The Independent. London. p. 17. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  16. ^ Brewerton, Emma (12 December 2016). "Ernest Rutherford". New Zealand History. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  17. ^ Charles Glover Barkla The Nobel Prize in Physics 1917
  18. ^ "Oldest living Olympian Bill Lucas dies aged 101". Mid Sussex Times. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  19. ^ Collins, Michael (8 May 2008). "Professor Graham Higman: Leading group theorist". The Independent. Obituaries. Retrieved 14 October 2008.
  20. ^ Prasad, Raekha (11 May 2007). "Obituary: Laurie Baker". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  21. ^ "Leslie Shepard". The Independent. 14 September 2004. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  22. ^ Pamela Rose obituary
  23. ^ Vaughan, Paul (23 September 2004). "Mears [née Loudon], Eleanor Cowie [Ellen Cowie] (1917–1992), medical practitioner and campaigner". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47178. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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