Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during the First World War

This is a timeline of the British home front during the First World War from 1914 to 1918.

This conflict was the first modern example of total war in the United Kingdom; innovations included the mobilisation of the workforce, including many women, for munitions production, conscription and rationing.

Civilians were subjected to naval bombardments, strategic bombing and food shortages caused by a submarine blockade.

28 June 1914 27 July 1914 28 July 1914 29 July 1914 1 August 1914 2 August 1914 3 August 1914 4 August 1914 5 August 1914 6 August 1914 7 August 1914 8 August 1914 12 August 1914 16 August 1914 September 1914 November 1914 19 November 1914 December 1914 3 December 1914 16 December 1914 9 January 1915 19 January 1915 12 February 1915 18 February 1915 16 March 1915 27 March 1915 16 April 1915 7 May 1915 26 May 1915 31 May 1915 July 1915 2 July 1915 15 July 1915 17 July 1915 3 September 1915 16 October 1915 15 December 1915 2 March 1916 2 April 1916 24–29 April 1916 21 May 1916 5 June 1916 10 August 1916 5 December 1916 7 December 1916 22 December 1916 19 January 1917 2 February 1917 March 1917 28 March 1917 21 May 1917 25 May 1917 29 May 1917 13 June 1917 July 1917 17 July 1917 4 September 1917 2 November 1917 17 December 1917 29 November 1917 31 December 1917 January 1918 1 January 1918 5 January 1918 16 February 1918 25 February 1918 1 April 1918 18 April 1918 19 May 1918 10 June 1918 31 August 1918 28 October 1918 11 November 1918

A 1917 poster designed by Robert Baden-Powell encouraging civilian participation in the war effort.
An artist's impression of the Fleet Review on 18 July 1914.
Daily Mail on 5 Aug
Crowds outside Buckingham Palace cheer King George, Queen Mary and the Prince of Wales (who can just be seen on the balcony) following the Declaration of War on 4 August 1914.
A poster supporting Lord Kitchener 's "call to arms", August 1914.
Damage to houses in King's Lynn caused by a Zeppelin airship raid in 1915.
A poster published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee reflecting public anger at the sinking of RMS Lusitania on 7 May 1915. This was also the cause of rioting directed against German immigrants in several British cities.
A member of the Women's Hospital Corps in London, 1915.
A government poster explaining how male workers can apply for exemption from conscription.
David Lloyd George became prime minister on 7 December 1916.
Women's Land Army farm workers in Hertfordshire , 1917.
A German Gotha G.IV bomber in flight, 1917.
"A Good Riddance" : a cartoon in Punch magazine showing King George V sweeping away his German titles in July 1917.
A recruit to the Women's Royal Naval Service learning the parts of a rifle from a Royal Marine at the Crystal Palace depot.
A mother and son view the remains of their home after an air raid in London.
Crowds outside Buckingham Palace on Armistice Day, 11 November 1918.