1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima) 1950 Korean War begins 1964 - 1973 Vietnam War 1969 Armstrong first person on moon 1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl | 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage 1914 - 1918 World War I 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states 1939 - 1945 World War II | 1854 Crimean War with Russia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal 1871 Franco - Prussian War 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy 1899 Boer War begins |
William ("Willie") Ormerod b. d. | ||||||||
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Winifred ("Winnie") Mitchel b.1905 d.1969 | William Varley b.1843 Carry Heys, Trawden d. | |||||||
Mary Martha ("Polly") Varley b.1874 Trawden d.1955 | Ann Chadwick b.1846 Trawden d. | |||||||