Frank Knight

(Frank George Knight)

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Born	28 JUL 1889 , Wandsworth
Died	28 JUN 1947 , Marlcot, Redhill
Buried	, Redstone Cemetary, Redhill
Parents	Harry Knight (Father) Family Eliza Jane Baxter (Mother) Family
Marriage	Queenie Bootes — 14 JUL 1923 at The Parish Church, Seasalter, Kent Family Page

Occupation & Residence

Type	Date	Detail
Occupation		Quantity Surveyor
Residence	1891	17 Bective Road
Residence	1901	16 Bective Road
Occupation	1923	Builders' manager
Residence	1923	16 Bective Road, Putney

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of Queen Victoria

Birth

28 Jul 1889

Born at Wandsworth
Age c. 2

1891

Residence

17 Bective Road
Age 6

2 Jun 1896

Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
Age 10

1899–1902

Second Boer War
Age c. 12

1901

Residence

16 Bective Road
Age 11

22 Jan 1901

Accession of Edward VII

Reigned 1901–1910
Age 11

22 Jan 1901

Queen Victoria dies
Age 14

17 Dec 1903

The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
Age 17

17 Jun 1907

Brooklands motor circuit opens

At Weybridge, Surrey.
Age 18

13 Jul 1908

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 19

1 Jan 1909

First old age pensions paid
Age 19

25 Jul 1909

Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
Age 20

6 May 1910

Accession of George V

Reigned 1910–1936
Age 21

13 Aug 1910

Florence Nightingale dies
Age 22

18 Aug 1911

Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
Age 22

16 Dec 1911

National Insurance Act
Age 22

Mar 1912

Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
Age 22

15 Apr 1912

Titanic sinks
Age 23

8 Jun 1913

Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
Age 25

1914–1918

Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Age 25

25 Apr 1915

Gallipoli landings
Age 25

7 May 1915

Lusitania sunk
Age 26

24 Apr 1916

Easter Rising in Dublin
Age 26

5 Jun 1916

Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age 26

1 Jul 1916

Battle of the Somme begins

About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
Age 28

31 Jul 1917

Battle of Passchendaele begins
Age 28

6 Feb 1918

Some women get the vote

Representation of the People Act.
Age 28

1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic
Age 29

11 Nov 1918

Armistice ends the First World War
Age 29

14 Jun 1919

Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Age c. 34

1923

Occupation

Builders' manager
Age c. 34

1923

Residence

16 Bective Road, Putney
Age 33

28 Apr 1923

First FA Cup final at Wembley
Age 33

14 Jul 1923

Married Queenie Bootes at The Parish Church, Seasalter, Kent
Age 34

22 Jan 1924

First Labour government
Age 35

5 May 1925

Son Michael born
Age 36

26 Jan 1926

John Logie Baird demonstrates television
Age 36

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age 37

9 Jan 1927

Daughter Ann born
Age 38

26 Nov 1927

Father Harry died
Age 38

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 39

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age 39

8 May 1929

Son Bim born
Age 40

Oct 1929

Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
Age 41

5 Oct 1930

R101 airship disaster
Age 41

17 May 1931

Daughter Mary born
Age 46

20 Jan 1936

Accession of Edward VIII
Age 46

13 Jul 1936

Mother Eliza Jane died
Age 47

2 Nov 1936

BBC begins the world's first regular television service
Age 47

11 Dec 1936

Accession of George VI

Reigned 1936–1952
Age 47

11 Dec 1936

Edward VIII abdicates
Age 47

12 Apr 1937

Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
Age 50

1939–1945

Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
Age 50

26 May 1940

Dunkirk evacuation begins
Age 50

10 Jul 1940

Battle of Britain begins
Age 51

1940–1941

The Blitz
Age 53

23 Oct 1942

Battle of El Alamein
Age 53

1 Dec 1942

Beveridge Report published
Age 54

6 Jun 1944

D-Day landings
Age 55

3 Aug 1944

Education Act creates free secondary schooling
Age 55

8 May 1945

VE Day
Age 56

15 Aug 1945

VJ Day
Age 57

28 Jun 1947

Died at Marlcot, Redhill