Nance Frost

(Annie Frost)

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Born	5 NOV 1894 , Croydon
Died	26 APR 1980 , Orchard House, Sth Nutfield
Parents	Arthur Frost (Father) Family Nell Maynard (Mother) Family
Marriage	Pat Bristow — 26 DEC 1922 at Croydon Family Page

Occupation & Residence

Type	Date	Detail
Residence	1901	36 Neville Rd, Croydon

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of Queen Victoria

Birth

5 Nov 1894

Born at Croydon
Age 1

2 Jun 1896

Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
Age 4

1899–1902

Second Boer War
Age c. 7

1901

Residence

36 Neville Rd, Croydon
Age 6

22 Jan 1901

Accession of Edward VII

Reigned 1901–1910
Age 6

22 Jan 1901

Queen Victoria dies
Age 9

17 Dec 1903

The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
Age 12

17 Jun 1907

Brooklands motor circuit opens

At Weybridge, Surrey.
Age 13

13 Jul 1908

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 14

1 Jan 1909

First old age pensions paid
Age 14

25 Jul 1909

Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
Age 15

6 May 1910

Accession of George V

Reigned 1910–1936
Age 15

13 Aug 1910

Florence Nightingale dies
Age 16

18 Aug 1911

Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
Age 17

16 Dec 1911

National Insurance Act
Age 17

Mar 1912

Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
Age 17

15 Apr 1912

Titanic sinks
Age 18

8 Jun 1913

Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
Age 19

1914–1918

Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Age 20

25 Apr 1915

Gallipoli landings
Age 20

7 May 1915

Lusitania sunk
Age 21

24 Apr 1916

Easter Rising in Dublin
Age 21

5 Jun 1916

Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age 21

1 Jul 1916

Battle of the Somme begins

About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
Age 22

31 Jul 1917

Battle of Passchendaele begins
Age 23

6 Feb 1918

Some women get the vote

Representation of the People Act.
Age 23

1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic
Age 24

11 Nov 1918

Armistice ends the First World War
Age 24

14 Jun 1919

Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Age 28

26 Dec 1922

Married Pat Bristow at Croydon
Age 28

28 Apr 1923

First FA Cup final at Wembley
Age 29

22 Jan 1924

First Labour government
Age 31

26 Jan 1926

John Logie Baird demonstrates television
Age 31

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age 33

10 Dec 1927

Son Geoff born
Age 33

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 33

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age 34

Oct 1929

Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
Age 35

5 Oct 1930

R101 airship disaster
Age 41

20 Jan 1936

Accession of Edward VIII
Age 41

2 Nov 1936

BBC begins the world's first regular television service
Age 42

11 Dec 1936

Accession of George VI

Reigned 1936–1952
Age 42

11 Dec 1936

Edward VIII abdicates
Age 42

12 Apr 1937

Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
Age 44

1939–1945

Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
Age 45

26 May 1940

Dunkirk evacuation begins
Age 45

10 Jul 1940

Battle of Britain begins
Age 45

1940–1941

The Blitz
Age 47

23 Oct 1942

Battle of El Alamein
Age 48

1 Dec 1942

Beveridge Report published
Age 49

18 Jan 1944

Mother Nell died
Age 49

14 Apr 1944

Father Arthur died
Age 49

6 Jun 1944

D-Day landings
Age 49

3 Aug 1944

Education Act creates free secondary schooling
Age 50

8 May 1945

VE Day
Age 50

15 Aug 1945

VJ Day
Age 52

15 Aug 1947

India and Pakistan become independent
Age 53

22 Jun 1948

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
Age 53

5 Jul 1948

National Health Service launched
Age 53

29 Jul 1948

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 55

1950–1953

Korean War begins
Age 57

6 Feb 1952

Accession of Queen Elizabeth II

Reigned 1952–2022
Age 58

5 Dec 1952

Great Smog of London
Age 58

31 Jan 1953

North Sea flood
Age 58

28 Feb 1953

Crick and Watson announce the structure of DNA
Age 58

29 May 1953

Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
Age 58

2 Jun 1953

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Age 59

6 May 1954

Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
Age 59

4 Jul 1954

Food rationing ends
Age 60

22 Sep 1955

ITV launches
Age 61

5 Jul 1956

Clean Air Act
Age 61

29 Oct 1956

Suez Crisis
Age 62

4 Oct 1957

Sputnik 1 launched: the Space Age begins
Age 63

6 Feb 1958

Munich air disaster

Eight Manchester United players among the dead.
Age 63

9 Jun 1958

Gatwick Airport officially opened

In Sussex.
Age 64

25 Jul 1959

First hovercraft crosses the Channel
Age 67

5 Oct 1962

The Beatles release their first single
Age 68

1962–1963

The Big Freeze

One of the coldest winters on record.
Age 69

22 Nov 1963

President Kennedy assassinated
Age 70

24 Jan 1965

Sir Winston Churchill dies
Age 71

8 Nov 1965

Death penalty for murder suspended
Age 71

30 Jul 1966

England win the World Cup
Age 71

21 Oct 1966

Aberfan disaster
Age 72

27 Oct 1967

Abortion Act
Age 74

2 Mar 1969

First flight of Concorde
Age 74

20 Jul 1969

First Moon landing
Age 76

15 Feb 1971

Decimal Day
Age 78

1 Jan 1973

Britain joins the European Economic Community
Age 81

21 Jan 1976

Concorde enters passenger service
Age 81

Jun 1976

The heatwave and drought of summer 1976
Age 82

7 Jun 1977

Queen's Silver Jubilee
Age 83

25 Jul 1978

Louise Brown, the first IVF baby, is born
Age 84

4 May 1979

Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister
Age 85

26 Apr 1980

Died at Orchard House, Sth Nutfield