1918

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1918.

Early

• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien recovers from his trench fever to the degree that he can do home service. He is promoted to full lieutenant.

November

• 2 - Roger Lancelyn Green, Inkling, is born.
• 5 - Alan Tilvern, who would voice the "Innkeeper" in Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings, is born.
• 11 - The War comes to an end.

Late

• ? - Tolkien is accepted as a junior staff member of the New English Dictionary, later called the Oxford English Dictionary. He worked with words beginning with the letter "w".

Years 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921