Sydney Frost

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Born	16 AUG 1890 , Croydon
Died	1985
Parents	Arthur Frost (Father) Family Nell Maynard (Mother) Family
Marriage	Mary Ann Willard — 25 NOV 1917 Family Page

Occupation & Residence

Type	Date	Detail
Residence		47 Penerly Rd, Catford
Residence	1901	36 Neville Rd, Croydon

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of Queen Victoria

Birth

16 Aug 1890

Born at Croydon
Age 5

2 Jun 1896

Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
Age 9

1899–1902

Second Boer War
Age c. 11

1901

Residence

36 Neville Rd, Croydon
Age 10

22 Jan 1901

Accession of Edward VII

Reigned 1901–1910
Age 10

22 Jan 1901

Queen Victoria dies
Age 13

17 Dec 1903

The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
Age 16

17 Jun 1907

Brooklands motor circuit opens

At Weybridge, Surrey.
Age 17

13 Jul 1908

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 18

1 Jan 1909

First old age pensions paid
Age 18

25 Jul 1909

Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
Age 19

6 May 1910

Accession of George V

Reigned 1910–1936
Age 19

13 Aug 1910

Florence Nightingale dies
Age 21

18 Aug 1911

Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
Age 21

16 Dec 1911

National Insurance Act
Age 21

Mar 1912

Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
Age 21

15 Apr 1912

Titanic sinks
Age 22

8 Jun 1913

Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
Age 23

1914–1918

Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Age 24

25 Apr 1915

Gallipoli landings
Age 24

7 May 1915

Lusitania sunk
Age 25

24 Apr 1916

Easter Rising in Dublin
Age 25

5 Jun 1916

Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age 25

1 Jul 1916

Battle of the Somme begins

About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
Age 26

31 Jul 1917

Battle of Passchendaele begins
Age 27

25 Nov 1917

Married Mary Ann Willard
Age 27

6 Feb 1918

Some women get the vote

Representation of the People Act.
Age 27

1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic
Age 28

11 Nov 1918

Armistice ends the First World War
Age 28

14 Jun 1919

Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Age 32

28 Apr 1923

First FA Cup final at Wembley
Age 33

22 Jan 1924

First Labour government
Age c. 35

1925

Daughter Hazel born
Age 35

26 Jan 1926

John Logie Baird demonstrates television
Age 35

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age 37

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 38

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age 39

Oct 1929

Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
Age 40

5 Oct 1930

R101 airship disaster
Age 45

20 Jan 1936

Accession of Edward VIII
Age 46

2 Nov 1936

BBC begins the world's first regular television service
Age 46

11 Dec 1936

Accession of George VI

Reigned 1936–1952
Age 46

11 Dec 1936

Edward VIII abdicates
Age 46

12 Apr 1937

Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
Age 49

1939–1945

Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
Age 49

26 May 1940

Dunkirk evacuation begins
Age 49

10 Jul 1940

Battle of Britain begins
Age 50

1940–1941

The Blitz
Age 52

23 Oct 1942

Battle of El Alamein
Age 52

1 Dec 1942

Beveridge Report published
Age 53

18 Jan 1944

Mother Nell died
Age 53

14 Apr 1944

Father Arthur died
Age 53

6 Jun 1944

D-Day landings
Age 53

3 Aug 1944

Education Act creates free secondary schooling
Age 54

8 May 1945

VE Day
Age 54

15 Aug 1945

VJ Day
Age 56

15 Aug 1947

India and Pakistan become independent
Age 57

22 Jun 1948

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
Age 57

5 Jul 1948

National Health Service launched
Age 57

29 Jul 1948

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 59

1950–1953

Korean War begins
Age 61

6 Feb 1952

Accession of Queen Elizabeth II

Reigned 1952–2022
Age 62

5 Dec 1952

Great Smog of London
Age 62

31 Jan 1953

North Sea flood
Age 62

28 Feb 1953

Crick and Watson announce the structure of DNA
Age 62

29 May 1953

Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
Age 62

2 Jun 1953

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Age 63

6 May 1954

Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
Age 63

4 Jul 1954

Food rationing ends
Age 65

22 Sep 1955

ITV launches
Age 65

5 Jul 1956

Clean Air Act
Age 66

29 Oct 1956

Suez Crisis
Age 67

4 Oct 1957

Sputnik 1 launched: the Space Age begins
Age 67

6 Feb 1958

Munich air disaster

Eight Manchester United players among the dead.
Age 67

9 Jun 1958

Gatwick Airport officially opened

In Sussex.
Age 68

25 Jul 1959

First hovercraft crosses the Channel
Age 72

5 Oct 1962

The Beatles release their first single
Age 72

1962–1963

The Big Freeze

One of the coldest winters on record.
Age 73

22 Nov 1963

President Kennedy assassinated
Age 74

24 Jan 1965

Sir Winston Churchill dies
Age 75

8 Nov 1965

Death penalty for murder suspended
Age 75

30 Jul 1966

England win the World Cup
Age 76

21 Oct 1966

Aberfan disaster
Age 77

27 Oct 1967

Abortion Act
Age 78

2 Mar 1969

First flight of Concorde
Age 78

20 Jul 1969

First Moon landing
Age 80

15 Feb 1971

Decimal Day
Age 82

1 Jan 1973

Britain joins the European Economic Community
Age 85

21 Jan 1976

Concorde enters passenger service
Age 85

Jun 1976

The heatwave and drought of summer 1976
Age 86

7 Jun 1977

Queen's Silver Jubilee
Age 87

25 Jul 1978

Louise Brown, the first IVF baby, is born
Age 88

4 May 1979

Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister
Age 90

8 Dec 1980

John Lennon shot dead
Age 90

29 Jul 1981

Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
Age 91

2 Apr 1982

Falklands War
Age 93

1984–1985

Miners' strike
Age c. 95

1985

Died
Age 94

13 Jul 1985

Live Aid