Meat rationing is introduced in the UK and conscription extended to those aged up to 51 and men living in Ireland

 A Tank named the “Nelson” visited Norwich raising money for the war effort. £400 000 was raised on the first day.

 The army’s Royal Flying Corps is combined with the naval Royal Naval Air Service to create a separate service.

A glut of butter and margarine built up in Norfolk shops as Norfolk residents obtained their butter from farms, despite having registered with a shopkeeper.