15th December 1921
Sir John Nixon, General of the British Indian Army who ordered the disastrous British Expedition against Baghdad in the Great War, has passed away.
A contingent of Japanese marines pay their respects at the French Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe.
Ship Losses:
Silba (United Kingdom) The coaster departed Seaham, County Durham for Lerwick, Shetland Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.