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 |
Stanley Frederick CROSS-RUDKIN b.1909 Birkenhead, Cheshire d.1988 Poole, Dorset | ||||||||
Peter S M CROSS-RUDKIN b. Private d. | ||||||||
Carolyn E CROSS-RUDKIN b. Private d. | Thomas HAYTHORNTHWAIT b.1851 Liverpool, Lancs d.1930 Birkenhead, Cheshire | |||||||
Thomas HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1878 West Derby, Lancs d.1947 Birkenhead, Cheshire | Esther PATTERSON b.1850 Moresby, Cumbria d.1937 Birkenhead, Cheshire | |||||||
Norah L HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1911 Birkenhead, Cheshire d. | ||||||||
Elizabeth Greives PALMER b.1887 West Derby, Lancs d.1963 Birkenhead, Cheshire | ||||||||