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 |
Peter HAWTHORNTHWAITE b.1853 Spotland, Lancs d.1919 Rochdale, Lancs | ||||||||
Wilfred HAWTHORNTHWAITE b.1884 Castleton, Lancs d.1917 1914/18 Wa, FRANCE | Emma WHITWORTH b.1854 Rochdale, Lancs d.1934 Rochdale, Lancs | |||||||
Roy HAWTHORNTHWAITE b.1915 Castleton, Lancs d.2005 North Warwks, Warwks | ||||||||
Peter J HAWTHORNTHWAITE b. Private d. | Ethel TAYLOR b.1886 Heywood, Lancs d.1967 Lytham St Annes, Lancs | |||||||
Gillian F HAWTHORNTHWAITE b. Private d. | ||||||||
Mark HAWTHORNTHWAITE b. Private d. | ||||||||
Dorothy Alcroft NICHOLAS b.1915 Blackpool, Lancs d. | ||||||||