Wednesday, May 17, 1916
Sunny
Correspondence (0)
Gap in Correspondence
No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.
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Ireland
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Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1916-05-17Top News
Daily Edition
The German submarine SM U-74 sank after an accidental explosion, killing all hands.. Royal Flying Corps pilot John Cyril Porte flew an experimental parasite fighter plane released from an airship.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Cynthia Asquith
"Inexpressibly relieved to hear all our alarms on Tom’s account were false. He is safe at Jerusalem... Ego’s name is not in the list..."