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 |
Walter Herbert MORRISON b. d.1963 | ||||||||
Martin John MORRISON b.1943 Kendal, Cumbria d.1943 Kendal, Cumbria | Alfred HITCHON b.1848 Trap Cottage, Lancs d.1944 Withycombe Ralei, Devon | |||||||
Edwin HITCHON b.1874 Barrowford, Lancs d.1966 Monmouth, WALES | Mary LORD b.1849 Sawley, Clitheroe, Lancs d.1917 Wilpshire, Lancs | |||||||
Mona HITCHON b.1909 Oswaldtwistle, Lancs d.2007 Kendal, Cumbria | Thomas BROUGHTON b.1845 Accrington, Lancs d. Y/ | |||||||
Susan Ann BROUGHTON b.1871 Accrington, Lancs d.1949 Kendal, Cumbria | Sarah J ANON b.1845 Accrington, Lancs d. Y/ | |||||||