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Gertie Saunders

Gertie Saunders

(Gertrude Irene Marie Saunders)
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Born 1891 , Devon
Died ABT MAR 1956
Marriage Jack Prikler — OCT 1916 at Fulham Family Page
Occupation & Residence
Type Date Detail
Occupation
Residence 1929 Fillebrooke Road, East London
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of Queen Victoria
  • Birth
    1891
    Born at Devon
  • Age c. 5
    2 Jun 1896
    Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
  • Age c. 8
    1899–1902
    Second Boer War
  • Age c. 10
    22 Jan 1901
    Accession of Edward VII
    Reigned 1901–1910
  • Age c. 10
    22 Jan 1901
    Queen Victoria dies
  • Age c. 12
    17 Dec 1903
    The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
  • Age c. 16
    17 Jun 1907
    Brooklands motor circuit opens
    At Weybridge, Surrey.
  • Age c. 17
    13 Jul 1908
    London hosts the Olympic Games
  • Age c. 18
    1 Jan 1909
    First old age pensions paid
  • Age c. 18
    25 Jul 1909
    Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
  • Age c. 19
    6 May 1910
    Accession of George V
    Reigned 1910–1936
  • Age c. 19
    13 Aug 1910
    Florence Nightingale dies
  • Age c. 20
    18 Aug 1911
    Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
  • Age c. 20
    16 Dec 1911
    National Insurance Act
  • Age c. 21
    Mar 1912
    Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
  • Age c. 21
    15 Apr 1912
    Titanic sinks
  • Age c. 22
    8 Jun 1913
    Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
  • Age c. 23
    1914–1918
    Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
  • Age c. 24
    25 Apr 1915
    Gallipoli landings
  • Age c. 24
    7 May 1915
    Lusitania sunk
  • Age c. 25
    24 Apr 1916
    Easter Rising in Dublin
  • Age c. 25
    5 Jun 1916
    Lord Kitchener lost at sea
  • Age c. 25
    1 Jul 1916
    Battle of the Somme begins
    About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
  • Age c. 25
    Oct 1916
    Married Jack Prikler at Fulham
  • Age c. 26
    11 Apr 1917
    Daughter Joan Ada Mabel born
  • Age c. 26
    31 Jul 1917
    Battle of Passchendaele begins
  • Age c. 27
    6 Feb 1918
    Some women get the vote
    Representation of the People Act.
  • Age c. 27
    1918–1919
    Spanish flu pandemic
  • Age c. 27
    11 Nov 1918
    Armistice ends the First World War
  • Age c. 28
    14 Jun 1919
    Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
  • Age c. 31
    Dec 1922
    Daughter Daphne M. born
  • Age c. 32
    28 Apr 1923
    First FA Cup final at Wembley
  • Age c. 33
    22 Jan 1924
    First Labour government
  • Age c. 33
    Mar 1924
    Daughter Pamela Anne born
  • Age c. 35
    26 Jan 1926
    John Logie Baird demonstrates television
  • Age c. 35
    3 May 1926
    General Strike begins
  • Age c. 37
    2 Jul 1928
    Women get the vote on equal terms with men
  • Age c. 37
    Sep 1928
    Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
  • Age c. 38
    1929
    Residence
    Fillebrooke Road, East London
  • Age c. 38
    Oct 1929
    Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
  • Age c. 39
    5 Oct 1930
    R101 airship disaster
  • Age c. 45
    20 Jan 1936
    Accession of Edward VIII
  • Age c. 45
    2 Nov 1936
    BBC begins the world's first regular television service
  • Age c. 45
    11 Dec 1936
    Accession of George VI
    Reigned 1936–1952
  • Age c. 45
    11 Dec 1936
    Edward VIII abdicates
  • Age c. 46
    12 Apr 1937
    Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
  • Age c. 48
    1939–1945
    Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
  • Age c. 49
    26 May 1940
    Dunkirk evacuation begins
  • Age c. 49
    10 Jul 1940
    Battle of Britain begins
  • Age c. 49
    1940–1941
    The Blitz
  • Age c. 51
    23 Oct 1942
    Battle of El Alamein
  • Age c. 51
    1 Dec 1942
    Beveridge Report published
  • Age c. 53
    6 Jun 1944
    D-Day landings
  • Age c. 53
    3 Aug 1944
    Education Act creates free secondary schooling
  • Age c. 54
    8 May 1945
    VE Day
  • Age c. 54
    15 Aug 1945
    VJ Day
  • Age c. 56
    15 Aug 1947
    India and Pakistan become independent
  • Age c. 57
    22 Jun 1948
    HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
  • Age c. 57
    5 Jul 1948
    National Health Service launched
  • Age c. 57
    29 Jul 1948
    London hosts the Olympic Games
  • Age c. 59
    1950–1953
    Korean War begins
  • Age c. 61
    6 Feb 1952
    Accession of Queen Elizabeth II
    Reigned 1952–2022
  • Age c. 61
    5 Dec 1952
    Great Smog of London
  • Age c. 62
    31 Jan 1953
    North Sea flood
  • Age c. 62
    28 Feb 1953
    Crick and Watson announce the structure of DNA
  • Age c. 62
    29 May 1953
    Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
  • Age c. 62
    2 Jun 1953
    Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
  • Age c. 63
    6 May 1954
    Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
  • Age c. 63
    4 Jul 1954
    Food rationing ends
  • Age c. 64
    22 Sep 1955
    ITV launches
  • Age c. 65
    Mar 1956
    Died