Minnie Bristow

(Minnie Edith Bristow)

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Born	25 APR 1912 , 9 Common Road, Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey
Died	17 JUN 1948 , Oxted
Parents	Wilton George Bristow (Father) Family Kate Maynard (Mother) Family
Marriage	Alan Henry Corke — 14 SEP 1935 at St. John's Church, Hurst Green Family Page

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George V

Birth

25 Apr 1912

Born at 9 Common Road, Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey
Age 1

8 Jun 1913

Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
Age 2

1914–1918

Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Age 3

25 Apr 1915

Gallipoli landings
Age 3

7 May 1915

Lusitania sunk
Age 3

24 Apr 1916

Easter Rising in Dublin
Age 4

5 Jun 1916

Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age 4

1 Jul 1916

Battle of the Somme begins

About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
Age 5

31 Jul 1917

Battle of Passchendaele begins
Age 5

6 Feb 1918

Some women get the vote

Representation of the People Act.
Age 5

1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic
Age 6

11 Nov 1918

Armistice ends the First World War
Age 7

14 Jun 1919

Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Age 10

24 Nov 1922

Father Wilton George died
Age 11

28 Apr 1923

First FA Cup final at Wembley
Age 11

22 Jan 1924

First Labour government
Age 13

26 Jan 1926

John Logie Baird demonstrates television
Age 14

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age 16

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 16

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age 17

Oct 1929

Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
Age 18

5 Oct 1930

R101 airship disaster
Age 23

14 Sep 1935

Married Alan Henry Corke at St. John's Church, Hurst Green
Age 23

20 Jan 1936

Accession of Edward VIII
Age 24

2 Nov 1936

BBC begins the world's first regular television service
Age 24

11 Dec 1936

Accession of George VI

Reigned 1936–1952
Age 24

11 Dec 1936

Edward VIII abdicates
Age 24

12 Apr 1937

Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
Age 27

1939–1945

Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
Age 28

26 May 1940

Dunkirk evacuation begins
Age 28

10 Jul 1940

Battle of Britain begins
Age 28

1940–1941

The Blitz
Age 30

23 Oct 1942

Battle of El Alamein
Age 30

1 Dec 1942

Beveridge Report published
Age 32

6 Jun 1944

D-Day landings
Age 32

3 Aug 1944

Education Act creates free secondary schooling
Age 33

8 May 1945

VE Day
Age 33

15 Aug 1945

VJ Day
Age 35

15 Aug 1947

India and Pakistan become independent
Age 35

5 Mar 1948

Daughter Maureen born
Age 36

17 Jun 1948

Died at Oxted
Age 36

22 Jun 1948

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury