Queenie Bootes

(Queenie Lois Bootes)

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Born	7 NOV 1900 , Crawley Down, Sussex
Died	17 SEP 1977 , Redhill, Surrey, England
Buried	, Redstone Cemetary, Redhill
Parents	Mabel Lucy Prikler (Mother) Family Frank Bootes (Father) Family
Marriage	Frank Knight — 14 JUL 1923 at The Parish Church, Seasalter, Kent Family Page

Occupation & Residence

Type	Date	Detail
Residence		Marlcot, London Road, Redhill
Residence	1901	68 Sandy Lane, Worth
Residence	1923	'San Remo', Seasalter

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of Queen Victoria

Birth

7 Nov 1900

Born at Crawley Down, Sussex
Age c. 1

1901

Residence

68 Sandy Lane, Worth
2 months

22 Jan 1901

Accession of Edward VII

Reigned 1901–1910
2 months

22 Jan 1901

Queen Victoria dies
Age 3

17 Dec 1903

The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
Age 6

17 Jun 1907

Brooklands motor circuit opens

At Weybridge, Surrey.
Age 7

13 Jul 1908

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 8

1 Jan 1909

First old age pensions paid
Age 8

25 Jul 1909

Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
Age 9

6 May 1910

Accession of George V

Reigned 1910–1936
Age 9

13 Aug 1910

Florence Nightingale dies
Age 10

18 Aug 1911

Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
Age 11

16 Dec 1911

National Insurance Act
Age 11

Mar 1912

Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
Age 11

15 Apr 1912

Titanic sinks
Age 12

8 Jun 1913

Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
Age 13

1914–1918

Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Age 14

25 Apr 1915

Gallipoli landings
Age 14

7 May 1915

Lusitania sunk
Age 15

24 Apr 1916

Easter Rising in Dublin
Age 15

5 Jun 1916

Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age 15

1 Jul 1916

Battle of the Somme begins

About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
Age 16

31 Jul 1917

Battle of Passchendaele begins
Age 17

6 Feb 1918

Some women get the vote

Representation of the People Act.
Age 17

1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic
Age 18

11 Nov 1918

Armistice ends the First World War
Age 18

14 Jun 1919

Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Age c. 23

1923

Residence

'San Remo', Seasalter
Age 22

28 Apr 1923

First FA Cup final at Wembley
Age 22

14 Jul 1923

Married Frank Knight at The Parish Church, Seasalter, Kent
Age 23

22 Jan 1924

First Labour government
Age 24

5 May 1925

Son Michael born
Age 25

26 Jan 1926

John Logie Baird demonstrates television
Age 25

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age 26

9 Jan 1927

Daughter Ann born
Age 27

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 27

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age 28

8 May 1929

Son Bim born
Age 28

Oct 1929

Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
Age 29

5 Oct 1930

R101 airship disaster
Age 30

17 May 1931

Daughter Mary born
Age 35

20 Jan 1936

Accession of Edward VIII
Age 35

2 Nov 1936

BBC begins the world's first regular television service
Age 36

11 Dec 1936

Accession of George VI

Reigned 1936–1952
Age 36

11 Dec 1936

Edward VIII abdicates
Age 36

12 Apr 1937

Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
Age 38

1939–1945

Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
Age 39

26 May 1940

Dunkirk evacuation begins
Age 39

10 Jul 1940

Battle of Britain begins
Age 39

1940–1941

The Blitz
Age 41

23 Oct 1942

Battle of El Alamein
Age 42

1 Dec 1942

Beveridge Report published
Age 43

23 Feb 1944

Father Frank died
Age 43

6 Jun 1944

D-Day landings
Age 43

3 Aug 1944

Education Act creates free secondary schooling
Age 44

16 Dec 1944

Mother Mabel Lucy died
Age 44

8 May 1945

VE Day
Age 44

15 Aug 1945

VJ Day
Age 46

15 Aug 1947

India and Pakistan become independent
Age 47

22 Jun 1948

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
Age 47

5 Jul 1948

National Health Service launched
Age 47

29 Jul 1948

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 49

1950–1953

Korean War begins
Age 51

6 Feb 1952

Accession of Queen Elizabeth II

Reigned 1952–2022
Age 52

5 Dec 1952

Great Smog of London
Age 52

31 Jan 1953

North Sea flood
Age 52

28 Feb 1953

Crick and Watson announce the structure of DNA
Age 52

29 May 1953

Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
Age 52

2 Jun 1953

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Age 53

6 May 1954

Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
Age 53

4 Jul 1954

Food rationing ends
Age 54

22 Sep 1955

ITV launches
Age 55

5 Jul 1956

Clean Air Act
Age 55

29 Oct 1956

Suez Crisis
Age 56

4 Oct 1957

Sputnik 1 launched: the Space Age begins
Age 57

6 Feb 1958

Munich air disaster

Eight Manchester United players among the dead.
Age 57

9 Jun 1958

Gatwick Airport officially opened

In Sussex.
Age 58

25 Jul 1959

First hovercraft crosses the Channel
Age 61

5 Oct 1962

The Beatles release their first single
Age 62

1962–1963

The Big Freeze

One of the coldest winters on record.
Age 63

22 Nov 1963

President Kennedy assassinated
Age 64

24 Jan 1965

Sir Winston Churchill dies
Age 65

8 Nov 1965

Death penalty for murder suspended
Age 65

30 Jul 1966

England win the World Cup
Age 65

21 Oct 1966

Aberfan disaster
Age 66

27 Oct 1967

Abortion Act
Age 68

2 Mar 1969

First flight of Concorde
Age 68

20 Jul 1969

First Moon landing
Age 70

15 Feb 1971

Decimal Day
Age 72

1 Jan 1973

Britain joins the European Economic Community
Age 75

21 Jan 1976

Concorde enters passenger service
Age 75

Jun 1976

The heatwave and drought of summer 1976
Age 76

7 Jun 1977

Queen's Silver Jubilee
Age 76

17 Sep 1977

Died at Redhill, Surrey, England