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 |
John Ernest WALTON b.1903 Reighton, Yorks d.1999 Halifax, Yorks | ||||||||
Derek WALTON b. Private d. | Joseph HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1864 Alston, Longridge, Lancs d.1942 Skipton, Yorks | |||||||
Jane HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1904 Clitheroe, Lancs d.1988 Halifax, Yorks | Margaret SAUNDERS b.1872 d.1922 Clitheroe, Lancs | |||||||
Christine TANSWELL b. Private d. | ||||||||