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1950 Korean War begins
1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on moon
1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl
1989 Berlin wall falls
1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1914 - 1918 World War I
1922 USSR formed by Soviet states
1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
1871 Franco - Prussian War
1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy
1899 Boer War begins
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
 Leonard Hicks
 b.1935
 d.1996
 Granville Shaw
 b.1904 Oldham, England
 d.1984 Leigh, England
 Private 
 b.         
 d.         
 James Boydell
 b.1868 Bedford Leigh, England
 d.1930 Leigh, England
 Ada Jane Boydell
 b.1904 Leigh, England
 d.1975
 Henrietta Mary Grimshaw
 b.1871 Hindley, England
 d.1928




1950 Korean War begins
1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on moon
1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl
1989 Berlin wall falls
1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1914 - 1918 World War I
1922 USSR formed by Soviet states
1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
1871 Franco - Prussian War
1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy
1899 Boer War begins
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
 Private 
 b.         
 d.         
 Granville Shaw
 b.1904 Oldham, England
 d.1984 Leigh, England
 Private 
 b.         
 d.         
 James Boydell
 b.1868 Bedford Leigh, England
 d.1930 Leigh, England
 Ada Jane Boydell
 b.1904 Leigh, England
 d.1975
 Henrietta Mary Grimshaw
 b.1871 Hindley, England
 d.1928




1991 Persian Gulf War
1991 Break-up of the Soviet Union
1994 Channel tunnel opens to traffic
1997 Scotland Scientists clone a sheep
1999 World population reaches 6 billion
1950 Korean War begins
1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on moon
1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl
1989 Berlin wall falls
1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1914 - 1918 World War I
1922 USSR formed by Soviet states
1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
 Private 
 b.         
 d.         
 William Edward Heard
 b.1914 Exeter, Devon, England
 d.1993 Shobrooke, England
 Private 
 b.         
 d.         
 Gertrude Farthing
 b.1918 Middleton, England
 d.2008 Exeter, Devon, England
 Private 
 b.         
 d.         
 Albert E Labbett
 b.1918 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.2010 Crediton , Devon, England
 Private 
 b.         
 d.         
 Vera K Matthews
 b.1920 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.2006




1991 Persian Gulf War
1991 Break-up of the Soviet Union
1994 Channel tunnel opens to traffic
1997 Scotland Scientists clone a sheep
1999 World population reaches 6 billion
1950 Korean War begins
1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on moon
1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl
1989 Berlin wall falls
1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1914 - 1918 World War I
1922 USSR formed by Soviet states
1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
 William Edward Heard
 b.1914 Exeter, Devon, England
 d.1993 Shobrooke, England
 Private 
 b.         
 d.         
 Gertrude Farthing
 b.1918 Middleton, England
 d.2008 Exeter, Devon, England
 Private 
 b.         
 d.         
 Albert E Labbett
 b.1918 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.2010 Crediton , Devon, England
 Private 
 b.         
 d.         
 Vera K Matthews
 b.1920 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.2006
 Private 
 b.         
 d.         
 Private 
 b.         
 d.         




1830 French Revolution
1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne
1854 Crimean War with Russia
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
1871 Franco - Prussian War
1789 French Revolution begins
1798 Irish revolt against English rule
1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor
1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed
1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat
1740 War of Austrian Succession begins
1762 Catherine II becomes Czarina/Russia
1770 Cook discovers New South Wales
1776 America declares independence
1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president
 William Edwards
 b.         
 d.1841
 Elizabeth Edwards
 b.1802 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 John Trickey
 b.1730
 d.         
 Elizabeth Trickey
 b.1761 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 Rachel Elston
 b.1732
 d.