World War One

Events 1 - 100 of 159

• 1911-07-13 Great Britain and Japan renew their alliance of 1902 for another four years; the reason Japan joins WWI on the Allies side
• 1912-11-25 Socialist International rejects that world war is coming
• 1913-06-11 Grand Vizir Mahmud Shevket Pasha is assassinated, resulting in continuing Young Turk terrorism until WWI

• 1914-07-28 Austria-Hungary decides against mediation and declares war on Serbia - first declaration of war of WWI

• 1914-08-01 France and Germany mobilize their troops at outbreak of WWI
• 1914-08-01 Trois Vierges: German 69th infantry regiment enters Luxembourg on outbreak of WWI
• 1914-08-03 Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France, beginning World War I
• 1914-08-04 US declares neutrality on the outbreak of WWI
• 1914-08-04 WWI: German army shoots Belgian priests and burns down village of Battice
• 1914-08-04 WWI: Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany
• 1914-08-04 WWI: King Albert I becomes Supreme Commander of Belgian army after German declaration of war

• 1914-08-05 Montenegro declares war against Austria-Hungary in World War I

• 1914-08-06 Denis Patrick Dowd Jr. enlists in the French Foreign Legion, becoming the first American to fight in World War I
• 1914-08-06 WWI: Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia
• 1914-08-06 WWI: French cavalry enters Belgium
• 1914-08-06 WWI: German Zeppelin bombs Liege, 9 killed
• 1914-08-06 WWI: Serbia declares war against Germany
• 1914-08-10 WWI: French fall back at Alsace
• 1914-08-16 World War I: Battle of Cer begins.

• 1914-08-23 Japan declares war on Germany in World War I
• 1914-08-26 Battle of Tannenberg begins (WWI): 8th German army defeats Russian Second army
• 1914-08-27 Second day of Battle of Tannenberg (WWI): Germans bombard Usdau
• 1914-08-28 World War I: Battle of Helgoland Bight (North Sea); British fleet decisively beats Germans, nearly 800 die, and over 200 wounded

• 1914-08-28 World War I: Third day of Battle of Tannenberg, near Allenstein, East Prussia (present-day Poland); violent German vs. Russian battles
• 1914-08-29 4th day of Battle of Tannenberg (WWI): Russian Second Army panics, General Martos caught
• 1914-08-30 Battle of Tannenberg (WWI) in East Prussia ends in destruction of the Russian Second Army with 122,000-170,000 killed, injured or captured by the German 8th Army led by Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff

• 1914-09-08 Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during WW1
• 1914-09-09 First fully mechanized unit in the British Army created - the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade (WWI)
• 1914-09-15 First Battle of Aisne finishes, Germans vs. French & British during WWI
• 1914-09-28 German forces move into Antwerp, Belgium (WWI)
• 1914-10-05 World War I first aerial combat resulting in a kill
• 1914-10-09 German troops take Antwerp in World War I
• 1914-10-10 German forces rout Belgians in Antwerp, Belgium (WWI)
• 1914-10-30 Allied offensive at Ypres (Belgium), aka 'Wipers' during WWI begins
• 1914-11-28 World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
• 1914-12-16 World War I: German battleships under Franz Von Hipper bombard the English ports of Hartlepool and Scarborough.
• 1914-12-23 World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt
• 1914-12-25 Legendary "Christmas Truce" takes place on the battlefields of WWI between British and German troops. Instead of fighting, soldiers exchange gifts and play football
• 1915-01-07 World War I: Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm approves strategic bombing of Britain, but forbids bombing London, fearing his relatives in the royal family might be killed

• 1915-02-12 World War I: Kaiser Wilhelm approves the strategic bombing of London's docks
• 1915-02-28 WWI: After the French try to drive the Germans forces back into the Champagne region, they gain a few hundred yards - at the cost of 50,000 casualties
• 1915-03-05 World War I: The LZ 33, a zeppelin, is damaged by enemy fire and stranded south of Ostend.
• 1915-03-19 VI Summer (Modern) Olympic Games: IOC President Pierre de Coubertin writes to Associated Press indicating 1916 Berlin Games won't take place because of WWI
• 1915-04-18 French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.

• 1915-04-26 Italy secretly signs the "Treaty of London" with Britain, France and Russia, bringing Italy into World War I on the Allied side
• 1915-07-18 WWI: Second Battle of Isonzo begins with Kingdom of Italy offensive against Austria-Hungary, ends 2-1/2 weeks later with over 91,000 combined casualties
• 1915-08-06 The British land more troops at Suvla Bay on the northern shore of Gallipoli in an effort to break the stalemate on the peninsula during WWI
• 1915-08-07 WWI: Assault against Russell's Top at Gallipolis, Turkey - 232 Australians are killed
• 1915-08-09 British attack at Chanak Bair at Gallipoli during WWI
• 1915-08-19 World War I: the Battle of Van begins
• 1915-08-21 Italy declares war on Turkey in World War One
• 1915-10-05 Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers.
• 1915-10-08 Battle of Loos on WWI Western Front ends, German forces contain British attack (85,000 casualties)
• 1915-12-15 WWI: ANZAC forces begin their withdrawal from the Gallipoli Peninsula after Ottoman forces successfully defend access to Constantinople
• 1915-12-20 WWI: ANZAC troops complete their withdrawal from Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula
• 1916-02-16 Russian troops conquer the Ottoman Empire city of Erzurum during WWI
• 1916-02-21 Battle of Verdun begins with a German offensive, leads to an estimated 1 million casualties, and becomes the longest battle of the entire war (9 months)
• 1916-02-25 Battle of Verdun: German troops conquer Fort Douaumont without firing a shot, the largest and highest fort defending the city of Verdun during World War I
• 1916-05-18 US pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down German aircraft over Alsace in WWI

• 1916-06-04 General Aleksei Brusilov begins a massive Russian offensive on the Eastern Front (WWI)

• 1916-08-02 World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto
• 1916-08-04 The Turks attack the British line at Romani in the northern Sinai (WWI)

• 1916-12-06 World War I: The Central Powers under General Mackensen capture Bucharest
• 1916-12-18 Battle of Verdun, longest of World War I, officially ends in German defeat after nine months of fighting and almost 1 million total casualties
• 1916-12-23 World War I: Battle of Magdhaba - Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in Egypt's Sinai peninsula
• 1917-01-09 World War I: the Battle of Rafa occurs near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
• 1917-01-16 "Zimmermann Telegram" is sent from Germany to Mexico, offering promise of Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico being given to Mexico in return for joining World War I if the US enters on the Allied side; British intelligence intercepts the communication and partially deciphers it by the next day. It's release in March shifts US public opinion in favor of war against Germany.
• 1917-04-04 US Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WWI
• 1917-04-06 The United States declares war on Germany and enters World War I on the side of the Allies
• 1917-05-18 US Congress passes Selective Service Act, authorizing the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through compulsory enlistment
• 1917-05-21 Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WWI
• 1917-06-01 Boston Braves first baseman Hank Gowdy is first active MLB player to enlist for service in World War I; only player to fight in both World War I & II

• 1917-06-13 World War I: the deadliest German air raid on London during World War I is carried out by Gotha G bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children with 432 injuries
• 1917-06-26 First US troops arrive in France during World War I

• 1917-07-27 World War I: Allied troops reach the Yser Canal in the prelude to the Battle of Passchendaele
• 1917-07-31 World War I: Battle of Passchendaele (Third Battle of Ypres) begins, goes on to cause approximately 500,000 casualties
• 1917-08-06 World War I: Battle of Mărăşeşti between the Romanian and German armies begins

• 1917-10-21 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WWI: US troops enter front lines at Sommervillier under French command
• 1917-10-26 World War I: Brazil declares it is in a state of war with the Central Powers
• 1917-10-31 World War I: Battle of Beersheba in southern Palestine - "last successful cavalry charge in history" performed by the 4th Australian Light Horse
• 1917-11-02 In WWI the 1st US soldiers are killed in combat: James Gresham, Thomas Enright and Merle Hay

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• 1848-05-23 Helmuth von Moltke, German army general (German Chief of Staff at outbreak of WWI), born in Gersdorff, Mecklenburg (d. 1916)
• 1849-03-19 Alfred von Tirpitz, German architect of the Imperial Navy (Tirpitz Plan, Unrestricted U-boat Warfare) and World War I Grand Admiral, born in Küstrin, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1930)

• 1852-01-12 Joseph Joffre, French army Chief of Staff (Indo China, WWI Battle of Marne), born in Rivesaltes, France (d. 1931)

• 1854-05-24 Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, admiral (WWI), born in Graz, Austrian Empire (d. 1921)
• 1855-02-17 Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey during WWI, born in Stolp, Prussia (d. 1929)
• 1856-05-25 Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general during WWI, born in Mostaganem, French Algeria (d. 1942)
• 1856-11-18 Nicholas Nikolaevich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia and general in World War I (1914-18), born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1929)
• 1857-01-18 Otto von Below, German commandant (WWI - Battle of Caporetto), born in Danzig, Prussia (d. 1944)
• 1857-11-03 Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev, Imperial Russian general and WWI Chief of Staff, born in Vyazma, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1918) [OS]

• 1861-06-22 Maximilian von Spee, German admiral (Commander of the East Asia Squadron during WWI), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1914)
• 1862-03-12 Jane Delano, American nurse and educator (Red Cross Nursing Service during WWI), born in Montour Falls, New York (d. 1919)
• 1862-07-18 Nikolai Nikolayevich Yudenich, Russian WWI general, born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1933)

• 1864-04-30 Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet (I Saw Estonia Yesterday), born in Allatzkiwwi, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (d. 1913)

• 1867-05-13 Frank Brangwyn, Welsh painter, muralist and cartoonist (Official War Artist First World War), born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1956)
• 1869-01-13 Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, Italian WWI general and fascist, born in Genoa (d. 1931)
• 1869-04-06 Louis Raemakers, Dutch cartoonist (WWI anti-German newspaper cartoons) and painter, born in Roermond, Netherlands (d. 1956)
• 1869-05-18 Ruprecht, crown prince of Bavaria and WWI Commander of the 6th army, last heir to the Bavarian throne, born in Munich (d. 1955)
• 1869-10-03 Clara Noyes, American nurse (head of the American Red Cross WW1), born in Port Deposit, Maryland (d. 1936)
• 1869-12-30 Adolphe Max, Belgian politician (Mayor of Brussels - escaped German captivity WWI), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1939)
• 1870-03-20 Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck 'the Lion of Africa', German general and politician (only German to successfully invade part of British empire in WWI), born in Saarlouis, Prussia (d. 1964)

• 1872-09-28 Lena Ashwell, British actress and theatrical manager who was the 1st to organize large-scale entertainment for WWI troops at the front, born on the ship Wellesley (d. 1957)

• 1878-06-17 Albert Thomas, French socialist politician (Minister of Armament WW1), born in Champigny-sur-Marne (d. 1932)

• 1879-05-30 Colin Blythe, English cricketer (outstanding slow lefty pre-WWI), born in Deptford (d. 1917)
• 1880-01-28 Herbert Strudwick, English cricket wicketkeeper (28 Tests, 73 dismissals; Surrey CCC), born in Mitcham, England (d. 1970)
• 1880-04-04 Georg von Trapp, Austrian WWI submarine commander and inspiration for "The Sound of Music" character, born in Zara, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1947)
• 1881-02-22 James Reese Europe, American ragtime and early jazz arranger, composer, and bandleader in New York, and with the military in France during WWI, born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 1919) [1] [2]

• 1882-08-05 Joe English, Irish-Flemish draftsman, painter, and soldier (designed WWI gravestones), born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1918)
• 1883-05-14 Jan Olieslagers, Belgian aviation and motorcycle pioneer (WWI flying ace, Antwerp Devil), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1942)
• 1885-03-14 Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American World War I fighter pilot and flying ace, born in Chamalières, France (d. 1918)
• 1885-07-07 Ernest Farrar, English composer whose career was cut short by WWI, born in London (d. 1918)
• 1885-11-06 Martin O'Meara, Irish-born Australian WWI soldier and Victoria Cross honoree, born in Terryglass, Republic of Ireland (d. 1935)
• 1886-12-10 William Booth, England Test cricket batsman (WWI 2 Tests), born in Pudsey, England (d. 1916)
• 1887-05-05 Mervyn S. Bennion, United States Navy officer (Captain of USS West Virginia), WWI veteran, and Medal of Honor recipient, born in Vernon, Utah Territory (d. 1941)
• 1887-05-24 Edward "Mick" Mannock, British WWI flying ace (Victoria Cross), born in British Isles (d. 1918)
• 1887-12-13 Alvin York, American World War I soldier who led a famed attack on a German machine gun nest (Medal of Honor), born in Pall Mall, Tennessee (d. 1964)

• 1890-10-08 Eddie Rickenbacker, American aviator "Ace of Aces" (WWI), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1973)
• 1891-05-19 Oswald Boelcke, German World War I pilot (d. 1916)

• 1892-07-15 Henry Johnson, American soldier of 369th regiment (aka Harlem Hell Fighters), 1st US WWI soldier to receive the Croix de guerre after fighting a German raid in hand-to-hand combat to rescue a fellow soldier (posthumous Medal of Honour, 2015), born in Tallahassee, Florida, (d. 1929)
• 1892-12-27 Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian Royal Flying Corps WWI flying ace, born in Brussels, Ontario (d. 1917)
• 1893-01-10 Albert Jacka, Australian soldier, first Australian World War I Victoria Cross winner (d. 1932)

• 1894-07-27 Gerald F. Bogan, U.S. Navy aviator and vice admiral who served in World War I & II, born in Mackinac Island, Michigan (d. 1973)
• 1894-12-28 Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian World War I fighter ace known as the "Eagle of Flanders" with 11 known kills and 19 unconfirmed, born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1973)

• 1896-04-20 Wop May, Canadian aviator, flying ace in the WWI, born in Carberry, Manitoba (d. 1952)
• 1896-04-26 Ernst Udet, German WWI pilot and notable flying ace who helped develop the Luftwaffe under the Nazi Party, born in Frankfurt am Main, German Empire (d. 1941)
• 1896-05-03 Karl Allmenröder, German World War I flying Ace, born in Wald, Rhine Province, Germany (d. 1917)
• 1896-06-06 Henry Allingham, British supercentenarian and World War I veteran, born in Clapton, London (d. 2009)
• 1896-06-07 Douglas Campbell, American aviator and World War I flying ace, born in San Francisco, California (d. 1990)
• 1897-02-18 Charles Kuentz, WW1 veteran, changed nationality 4 times (d. 2005)
• 1897-04-07 Erich Loewenhardt, German flying ace of World War I, born in Province of Silesia, Poland (d. 1918)
• 1897-04-13 Werner Voss, German World War I flying ace, born in Krefeld, Germany (d. 1917)
• 1897-05-19 Frank Luke, American World War I pilot (d. 1918)
• 1897-10-16 Louis de Cazenave, France's oldest living man (oldest survivor from WWI), born in Saint-Georges-d'Aurac, France (d. 2008)
• 1898-05-13 Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of the First World War (d. 2007)
• 1898-10-14 Maurice Martenot, French cellist, WWI radio telegrapher, and instrument inventor (ondes Martenot), born in Paris, France (d. 1980) [1]
• 1898-12-02 Indra Lal Roy, Indian World War I flying ace, born in Calcutta, British India (d. 1918)
• 1899-01-14 Fritz Bayerlein, German general (WWI, Poland, Libya, St-Lo), born in German Empire (d. 1970)
• 1899-03-10 Robert Meier, German WW1 veteran, formerly Germany's oldest man. (d. 2007)
• 1900-09-23 Bill Stone, British serviceman; one of the last surviving veterans of World War I, born in Ledstone, England (d. 2009)
• 1903-12-13 John Piper, British writer (US Churches in WWI) and official war painter, born in Epsom, Surrey, England (d. 1992)
• 1949-03-14 Michael Stedman, British World War I Historian and Author

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• 1914-08-22 Léon Amédée François Raffenel, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WWI), dies during Battle of Rossignol at 58
• 1914-08-22 Rondony, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WWI), dies during Battle of Rossignol at 58
• 1914-09-03 Albéric Magnard, French composer (Guercœur), dies defending his property against invading Germans in WWI at 49
• 1914-09-29 Jean Bouin, French middle distance runner (Olympic silver 1912), dies fighting in WWI at 25
• 1914-10-30 Ernst Stadler, German poet (Der Aufbruch), dies fighting in WWI at 31

• 1915-05-19 John Simpson Kirkpatrick stretcher bearer with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli during World War I (b. 1892)
• 1915-06-05 Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, French artist and sculptor, killed fighting in WWI at 23
• 1915-08-10 Henry Moseley, English physicist (relationship between atomic number and charge of the atomic nucleus), shot and killed at Gallipoli during WWI, at 27
• 1915-09-02 August Stramm, German poet and playwright dies in battle during WWI at 41
• 1915-09-29 Rudi Stephan, German composer (Die ersten Menschen), dies fighting in World War I at 28

• 1915-12-23 Roland Leighton, English poet and soldier (featured in The Testament of Youth), dies on French battlefield during WWI at 20
• 1916-03-09 Kenneth Hutchings, English cricketer (exciting England batsman, WWI), dies fighting at the Battle of the Somme at 33

• 1916-06-18 Helmuth von Moltke, German General (German Chief of Staff at start of WWI), dies at 67
• 1916-06-18 Max Immelmann, German pilot (1st flying ace of WWI), shot down over Northern France at 25
• 1916-06-24 Victor Chapman, French-American pilot renowned during WW1 (1st American pilot to die in WW1), succumbs to wounds at age 26
• 1916-07-01 William Booth, English Test cricket batsman (WWI 2 Tests), dies at the Somme at 39
• 1916-07-16 Victor Horsley, English physician and neuroscientist, dies while serving in Iraq in WWI at 59
• 1916-11-23 Leonard Moon, English cricket batsman (4 Tests, Cambridge University CC, Middlesex CCC), dies in WWI action at 38
• 1917-02-20 Leone Sextus Tollemache, British Army captain who was incorrectly alleged to have the longest English surname on record (Leone Sextus Denys Oswolf Fraudatifilius Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache), dies in active service in WWI at 32
• 1917-04-02 Bryn Lewis, Welsh rugby union winger (2 caps; Newport, Cambridge University), dies on active duty in WWI at 26
• 1917-05-03 Norman Callaway, Australian cricket batsman (207 in only FC innings), dies on WWI battlefield at 21
• 1917-06-27 Karl Allmenröder, German World War I flying Ace, dies at 21
• 1917-07-14 Octave Lapize, French cyclist (Tour de France 1910), dies when shot down as WWI fighter pilot at 29
• 1917-09-12 Eric Lundie, South African cricketer (WWI Test South Africa v England 1914), dies at the Battle of Passchendaele at 29
• 1917-09-23 Werner Voss, German World War I flying ace, dies at 20

• 1917-12-28 Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian Royal Flying Corps WWI flying ace, shot down and killed over Belgium at 25
• 1918-04-11 Arthur E Ochse, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests; Transvaal), dies in action WWI at 48

• 1918-05-02 Ernie Parker, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship 1913), dies in action WWI at 34
• 1918-05-19 Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American World War I fighter pilot and flying ace, dies at 33
• 1918-07-22 Indra Lal Roy, Indian World War I flying ace, dies at 19
• 1918-08-10 Erich Lowenhardt, Germany flying ace of World War I (b. 1897)
• 1918-08-31 Joe English, Irish-Flemish draftsman, painter, and soldier (designed WWI gravestones), dies of appendicitis at 36
• 1918-09-18 Ernest Farrar, English composer and musician, dies fighting on the Western Front during WWI at 33
• 1918-10-06 Arthur O'Hara Wood, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship 1914), dies in action WWI at 28
• 1918-10-09 Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev, Imperial Russian general and WWI Chief of Staff, murdered at 60
• 1918-10-13 Gerrit Engelke, German writer and poet (Briefer der Liebe), dies fighting in WWI at 27
• 1918-10-19 Joseph Lesage, French painter/etcher (WWI), dies at 34
• 1919-04-15 Jane Delano, American nurse and educator (Red Cross Nursing Service during WWI), dies at 57
• 1919-05-09 James Reese Europe, American ragtime and early jazz arranger, composer, and bandleader in New York, and with the military in France during WWI, dies of a stab wound (received during an argument with one of his drummers), at 38
• 1921-09-13 Louis of Battenberg [Mountbatten], Austrian-born British admiral (WWI), dies at 67

• 1925-04-22 André Caplet, French composer and conductor (Conte Fantastic, Le miroir de Jesus), dies from WWI gas attack issues at 45

• 1926-03-16 Sergeant Stubby, decorated World War I dog

• 1929-01-05 Nicholas Nikolaevich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia and general in World War I (1914-18), dies at 72
• 1929-07-01 Henry Johnson, American soldier of 369th regiment (aka Harlem Hell Fighters), 1st US WWI soldier to receive the Croix de guerre after fighting a German raid in hand-to-hand combat to rescue a fellow soldier (posthumous Medal of Honour, 2015), dies of myocarditis at 36
• 1929-08-22 Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey during WWI, dies at 74
• 1930-03-06 Alfred von Tirpitz, German architect of the Imperial Navy (Tirpitz Plan, Unrestricted U-boat Warfare) and World War I Grand Admiral, dies at 80
• 1931-01-03 Joseph Joffre, French army Chief of Staff (Indo China, WWI Battle of Marne), dies at 78
• 1931-07-04 Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, Italian WWI general and fascist, dies at 62
• 1931-10-08 John Monash, Australian military general during WWI (Gallipoli, Western Front), dies at 66
• 1932-05-07 Albert Thomas, French socialist politician (Minister of Armament WW1), dies at 53
• 1933-10-05 Nikolai Nikolayevich Yudenich, Russian WWI general, dies at 71

• 1935-12-20 Martin O'Meara, Australian WWI soldier and Victoria Cross honoree, dies at 50

• 1936-05-14 Edmund Allenby, Viscount Allenby, English Fieldmarshal, General in Egypt during WWI, dies at 74
• 1936-06-03 Clara Noyes, American nurse (head of the American Red Cross WW1), dies from a heart attack at 66

• 1939-11-06 Adolphe Max, Belgian politician (Mayor of Brussels - escaped German captivity WWI), dies at 69
• 1941-11-17 Ernst Udet, German WWI pilot and notable flying ace who helped develop the Luftwaffe under the Nazi Party, commits suicide at 45
• 1941-12-07 Mervyn S. Bennion, United States Navy officer (Captain of USS West Virginia), WWI veteran, and Medal of Honor recipient, killed in Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor at 54
• 1942-03-23 Jan Olieslagers, Belgian aviation and motorcycle pioneer (WWI flying ace, Antwerp Devil), dies of cancer at 58
• 1942-07-03 Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general during WWI, dies at 86
• 1944-03-15 Otto von Below, German commandant (WWI), dies at 86

• 1947-05-30 Georg von Trapp, Austrian WWI submarine commander and inspiration for "The Sound of Music" character, dies at 67

• 1949-03-07 Francis Dodd, English artist (official war artist WWI), commits suicide at 74

• 1952-06-21 Wop May, Canadian aviator, flying ace in the WWI, dies at 56
• 1955-08-02 Rupprecht, last crown prince of Bavaria and German fieldmarshall during WWI, dies at 86
• 1955-10-21 Roy Minnett, Australian cricket all-rounder who played 9 Tests, 3 x 50, 11 wickets; NSW, dies at 69
• 1956-06-11 Frank Brangwyn, Welsh painter, muralist and cartoonist (Official War Artist First World War), dies at 89

• 1957-03-13 Lena Ashwell, British actress and theatrical manager who was the 1st to organize large-scale entertainment for WWI troops at the front, dies at 84

• 1961-10-26 Edgar Mayne, Australian cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies at 79
• 1964-03-09 Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, 'the Lion of Africa', German general and politician (only German to successfully invade part of British empire in WWI), dies at 93
• 1964-09-02 Alvin York, American World War I soldier who led a famed attack on a German machine gun nest (Medal of Honor), dies at 76
• 1973-03-07 Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian World War I fighter ace known as the "Eagle of Flanders" with 11 known kills and 19 unconfirmed, dies at 78
• 1973-06-08 Gerald F. Bogan, U.S. Navy aviator and vice admiral who served in World War I & II, dies at 78
• 1973-07-23 Eddie Rickenbacker, American aviator "Ace of Aces" (WWI), dies at 82
• 1980-10-08 Maurice Martenot, French cellist, WWI radio telegrapher, and instrument inventor (ondes Martenot), dies at 81 [1]
• 1990-12-16 Douglas Campbell, American aviator and World War I flying ace, dies at 94
• 1992-06-28 John Piper, British writer (US Churches in WWI) and official war painter, dies at 88
• 2005-01-22 Carlo Orelli, Italian veteran of World War I (b. 1894)

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