- Gallipoli Landings
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWgallipoli.htm
Peninsula in European Turkey between the Dardanelles and the Aegean Sea. Site of a series of battles in 1915 which resulted in British casualties of 205,000 (43,000 killed), 33,600 ANZAC losses (over one-third killed) and 47,000 French casualties (5,000 killed). Turkish casualties were estimated at 250,000 (65,000 killed). Includes map.
- George Barnes
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUbarnes.htm
Elected as General Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Formed the National Committee of Organised Labour for Old Age Pensions. Became leader of the Labour Party in 1910. In 1916 was one of the few Labour MPs to support military conscription. (1859-1940)
- James Keir Hardie
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRhardie.htm
Elected to House of Commons and campaigned for the reform of Parliament. He was a supporter of the women's suffrage movement, the payment of MPs and the abolition of the House of Lords. Pacifist who tried to organize a national strike against Britain's participation in the war. (1856-1915)
- Joseph Clynes
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUclynes.htm
Was leader of the Labour Party in the House of Commons. Became a regular contributor to socialist newspapers. Supported Britain's war involvement and was appointed Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Food. Includes excerpts from his Memoirs. (1869-1949)
- Major Herbert Musgrave
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWmusgrave.htm
Received a royal commission in the Royal Engineers and fought in the Boer War. Became a squadron commander in the RFC and did research into ballooning, kiting, wireless telegraphy, photography, meteorology and bomb-dropping. Killed by a grenade while he was on patrol behind German lines. (1876-1918)
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