Hilda Knight

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Born	ABT 1907 , Wandsworth, Surrey
Parents	Alfred Herbert Knight (Father) Family Tilly (Mother) Family
Marriage	Douglas Westbrook Family Page

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of Edward VII

Birth

1907

Born at Wandsworth, Surrey
Year of birth

17 Jun 1907

Brooklands motor circuit opens

At Weybridge, Surrey.
Age c. 1

13 Jul 1908

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age c. 2

1 Jan 1909

First old age pensions paid
Age c. 2

25 Jul 1909

Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
Age c. 3

6 May 1910

Accession of George V

Reigned 1910–1936
Age c. 3

13 Aug 1910

Florence Nightingale dies
Age c. 4

18 Aug 1911

Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
Age c. 4

16 Dec 1911

National Insurance Act
Age c. 5

Mar 1912

Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
Age c. 5

15 Apr 1912

Titanic sinks
Age c. 6

8 Jun 1913

Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
Age c. 7

1914–1918

Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Age c. 8

25 Apr 1915

Gallipoli landings
Age c. 8

7 May 1915

Lusitania sunk
Age c. 9

24 Apr 1916

Easter Rising in Dublin
Age c. 9

5 Jun 1916

Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age c. 9

1 Jul 1916

Battle of the Somme begins

About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
Age c. 10

31 Jul 1917

Battle of Passchendaele begins
Age c. 11

6 Feb 1918

Some women get the vote

Representation of the People Act.
Age c. 11

1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic
Age c. 11

11 Nov 1918

Armistice ends the First World War
Age c. 12

14 Jun 1919

Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Age c. 16

28 Apr 1923

First FA Cup final at Wembley
Age c. 17

22 Jan 1924

First Labour government
Age c. 19

26 Jan 1926

John Logie Baird demonstrates television
Age c. 19

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age c. 21

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age c. 21

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age c. 22

Oct 1929

Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
Age c. 23

5 Oct 1930

R101 airship disaster
Age c. 29

20 Jan 1936

Accession of Edward VIII
Age c. 29

2 Nov 1936

BBC begins the world's first regular television service
Age c. 29

11 Dec 1936

Accession of George VI

Reigned 1936–1952
Age c. 29

11 Dec 1936

Edward VIII abdicates
Age c. 30

12 Apr 1937

Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
Age c. 32

1939–1945

Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
Age c. 33

26 May 1940

Dunkirk evacuation begins
Age c. 33

10 Jul 1940

Battle of Britain begins
Age c. 33

1940–1941

The Blitz
Age c. 35

23 Oct 1942

Battle of El Alamein
Age c. 35

1 Dec 1942

Beveridge Report published
Age c. 37

6 Jun 1944

D-Day landings
Age c. 37

3 Aug 1944

Education Act creates free secondary schooling
Age c. 38

8 May 1945

VE Day
Age c. 38

15 Aug 1945

VJ Day
Age c. 40

15 Aug 1947

India and Pakistan become independent
Age c. 41

22 Jun 1948

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
Age c. 41

5 Jul 1948

National Health Service launched
Age c. 41

29 Jul 1948

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age c. 43

1950–1953

Korean War begins
Age c. 45

6 Feb 1952

Accession of Queen Elizabeth II

Reigned 1952–2022
Age c. 45

5 Dec 1952

Great Smog of London
Age c. 46

31 Jan 1953

North Sea flood
Age c. 46

28 Feb 1953

Crick and Watson announce the structure of DNA
Age c. 46

29 May 1953

Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
Age c. 46

2 Jun 1953

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Age c. 47

6 May 1954

Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
Age c. 47

4 Jul 1954

Food rationing ends
Age c. 48

22 Sep 1955

ITV launches
Age c. 49

5 Jul 1956

Clean Air Act
Age c. 49

29 Oct 1956

Suez Crisis
Age c. 50

4 Oct 1957

Sputnik 1 launched: the Space Age begins
Age c. 51

6 Feb 1958

Munich air disaster

Eight Manchester United players among the dead.
Age c. 51

9 Jun 1958

Gatwick Airport officially opened

In Sussex.
Age c. 52

25 Jul 1959

First hovercraft crosses the Channel
Age c. 55

5 Oct 1962

The Beatles release their first single
Age c. 55

1962–1963

The Big Freeze

One of the coldest winters on record.
Age c. 56

22 Nov 1963

President Kennedy assassinated
Age c. 58

24 Jan 1965

Sir Winston Churchill dies
Age c. 58

8 Nov 1965

Death penalty for murder suspended
Age c. 59

30 Jul 1966

England win the World Cup
Age c. 59

21 Oct 1966

Aberfan disaster
Age c. 60

1967

Father Alfred Herbert died
Age c. 60

27 Oct 1967

Abortion Act
Age c. 62

2 Mar 1969

First flight of Concorde
Age c. 62

20 Jul 1969

First Moon landing
Age c. 64

15 Feb 1971

Decimal Day
Age c. 66

1 Jan 1973

Britain joins the European Economic Community
Age c. 69

21 Jan 1976

Concorde enters passenger service
Age c. 69

Jun 1976

The heatwave and drought of summer 1976
Age c. 70

7 Jun 1977

Queen's Silver Jubilee
Age c. 71

25 Jul 1978

Louise Brown, the first IVF baby, is born
Age c. 72

4 May 1979

Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister
Age c. 73

8 Dec 1980

John Lennon shot dead
Age c. 74

29 Jul 1981

Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
Age c. 75

2 Apr 1982

Falklands War
Age c. 77

1984–1985

Miners' strike
Age c. 78

13 Jul 1985

Live Aid
Age c. 79

26 Apr 1986

Chernobyl disaster
Age c. 79

29 Oct 1986

M25 motorway completed

It circles London through Surrey.
Age c. 80

6 Mar 1987

Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster
Age c. 80

16 Oct 1987

The Great Storm

Hurricane-force winds hit Surrey and Sussex especially hard.
Age c. 80

18 Nov 1987

King's Cross fire

Death date unknown, so events are shown up to age 80.