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==April== | ==April== | ||
*'''15''' - [[Hans Conried]], who would voice [[Thorin Oakenshield]] in ''[[Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit]]'', is born. | *'''15''' - [[Hans Conried]], who would voice [[Thorin Oakenshield]] in ''[[Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit]]'', is born. | ||
*'''18''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[Christopher Wiseman]], the Great Twin Brethren, meet in Harrogate, and discuss the fate of the [[T.C.B.S.|Barrovians]] and the future of the Society. | |||
*'''19''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], in revalidation, is assigned to the Humber Garrison, but is not fit enough. | |||
==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''1''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is considered fit for service again, but he is not reassigned to the Lancashire Fusilliers. | |||
* '''18''' - [[Richard Boone]], who would voice [[Smaug]] in ''[[Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit]]'', is born. | * '''18''' - [[Richard Boone]], who would voice [[Smaug]] in ''[[Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit]]'', is born. | ||
* '''29''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] succumbs to gastritis while at Brocton Camp. | |||
==August== | ==August== | ||
* '''1''' - [[Thomas Kenneth Barnsley|"Tea Cake" Barnsley]] is killed in Ypres, Belgium. | * '''1''' - [[Thomas Kenneth Barnsley|"Tea Cake" Barnsley]] is killed in Ypres, Belgium. | ||
==October== | |||
* '''13''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is found unfit for duty for six months, but able to do a desk job. | |||
==November== | ==November== | ||
* '''16''' - The Tolkien's first son, [[John Tolkien|John]], is born. | * '''16''' - The Tolkien's first son, [[John Tolkien|John]], is born. | ||
Revision as of 15:28, 2 March 2009
January
- 12 - Tolkien's leave of absence (to recover from his trench fever) ends, but he is far from recovered.
February
- 27 - J.R.R. Tolkien faces his third Medical Board, and again his leave is extended.
April
- 15 - Hans Conried, who would voice Thorin Oakenshield in Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit, is born.
- 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Wiseman, the Great Twin Brethren, meet in Harrogate, and discuss the fate of the Barrovians and the future of the Society.
- 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien, in revalidation, is assigned to the Humber Garrison, but is not fit enough.
June
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien is considered fit for service again, but he is not reassigned to the Lancashire Fusilliers.
- 18 - Richard Boone, who would voice Smaug in Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit, is born.
- 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien succumbs to gastritis while at Brocton Camp.
August
- 1 - "Tea Cake" Barnsley is killed in Ypres, Belgium.
October
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien is found unfit for duty for six months, but able to do a desk job.
November
- 16 - The Tolkien's first son, John, is born.
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- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien begins work on The Book of Lost Tales.
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