Charles Bristow

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Born	12 JUL 1884 , Penge
Died	1941
Parents	Edwin Bristow (Father) Family Emma Butler (Mother) Family
Marriage	Alice Louisa Spilling Family Page

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of Queen Victoria

Birth

12 Jul 1884

Born at Penge
5 months

Dec 1884

Third Reform Act
Age 3

17 Apr 1888

The Football League is founded
Age 4

7 Dec 1888

John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
Age 11

2 Jun 1896

Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
Age 15

1899–1902

Second Boer War
Age 16

22 Jan 1901

Accession of Edward VII

Reigned 1901–1910
Age 16

22 Jan 1901

Queen Victoria dies
Age 19

17 Dec 1903

The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
Age 22

17 Jun 1907

Brooklands motor circuit opens

At Weybridge, Surrey.
Age c. 24

1908

Father Edwin died
Age 24

13 Jul 1908

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 24

1 Jan 1909

First old age pensions paid
Age 25

25 Jul 1909

Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
Age 25

6 May 1910

Accession of George V

Reigned 1910–1936
Age 26

13 Aug 1910

Florence Nightingale dies
Age 26

16 Apr 1911

Daughter Doris Annie born
Age 27

18 Aug 1911

Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
Age 27

16 Dec 1911

National Insurance Act
Age 27

Mar 1912

Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
Age 27

15 Apr 1912

Titanic sinks
Age 28

8 Jun 1913

Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
Age 30

1914–1918

Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Age 30

25 Apr 1915

Gallipoli landings
Age 30

7 May 1915

Lusitania sunk
Age 31

24 Apr 1916

Easter Rising in Dublin
Age 31

5 Jun 1916

Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age 31

1 Jul 1916

Battle of the Somme begins

About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
Age 33

31 Jul 1917

Battle of Passchendaele begins
Age 33

6 Feb 1918

Some women get the vote

Representation of the People Act.
Age 33

1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic
Age 34

11 Nov 1918

Armistice ends the First World War
Age 34

14 Jun 1919

Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Age 37

21 Oct 1921

Daughter Evelyn Gladys born
Age 38

28 Apr 1923

First FA Cup final at Wembley
Age 39

22 Jan 1924

First Labour government
Age 41

26 Jan 1926

John Logie Baird demonstrates television
Age 41

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age c. 44

1928

Mother Emma died
Age 43

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 44

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age 45

Oct 1929

Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
Age 46

5 Oct 1930

R101 airship disaster
Age 51

20 Jan 1936

Accession of Edward VIII
Age 52

2 Nov 1936

BBC begins the world's first regular television service
Age 52

11 Dec 1936

Accession of George VI

Reigned 1936–1952
Age 52

11 Dec 1936

Edward VIII abdicates
Age 52

12 Apr 1937

Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
Age 55

1939–1945

Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
Age 55

26 May 1940

Dunkirk evacuation begins
Age 55

10 Jul 1940

Battle of Britain begins
Age 56

1940–1941

The Blitz
Age c. 57

1941

Died