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 |
Alfred BOWKER b.1854 Radcliffe, Bury, Lancs d. Y/ | ||||||||
Alfred James BOWKER b.1877 Bury, Lancs d.1955 Blackpool, Lancs | Teresa WALKDEN b.1856 Bury, Lancs d. Y/ | |||||||
Reginald James BOWKER b.1908 Blackpool, Lancs d.1986 Eastbourne, Sussex | William Giles PONTER b. d.1945 | |||||||
Michael James BOWKER b.1949 d.1979 Surrey SE, Surrey | Gladys Thorpe PONTER b.1885 d.1969 Brixham, Devon | Emily CROSSLAND b. d. Y/ | ||||||
Anthony James BOWKER b. Private d. | ||||||||
Irene COLLINS b. Private d. | ||||||||