Elsie Mary Knight

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Born	28 OCT 1883 , Wandsworth, Surrey
Died	1 JUL 1952 , Nelson Hospital Merton
Parents	Harry Knight (Father) Family Eliza Jane Baxter (Mother) Family

Occupation & Residence

Type	Date	Detail
Occupation		Librarian
Occupation		Ladies Companion in China for many years
Occupation		Ladies Companionto Mrs Campbell of Tunbridge Wells after China
Residence	1891	17 Bective Road

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of Queen Victoria

Birth

28 Oct 1883

Born at Wandsworth, Surrey
Age 1

Dec 1884

Third Reform Act
Age 4

17 Apr 1888

The Football League is founded
Age 5

7 Dec 1888

John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
Age c. 8

1891

Residence

17 Bective Road
Age 12

2 Jun 1896

Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
Age 15

1899–1902

Second Boer War
Age 17

22 Jan 1901

Accession of Edward VII

Reigned 1901–1910
Age 17

22 Jan 1901

Queen Victoria dies
Age 20

17 Dec 1903

The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
Age 23

17 Jun 1907

Brooklands motor circuit opens

At Weybridge, Surrey.
Age 24

13 Jul 1908

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 25

1 Jan 1909

First old age pensions paid
Age 25

25 Jul 1909

Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
Age 26

6 May 1910

Accession of George V

Reigned 1910–1936
Age 26

13 Aug 1910

Florence Nightingale dies
Age 27

18 Aug 1911

Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
Age 28

16 Dec 1911

National Insurance Act
Age 28

Mar 1912

Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
Age 28

15 Apr 1912

Titanic sinks
Age 29

8 Jun 1913

Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
Age 30

1914–1918

Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Age 31

25 Apr 1915

Gallipoli landings
Age 31

7 May 1915

Lusitania sunk
Age 32

24 Apr 1916

Easter Rising in Dublin
Age 32

5 Jun 1916

Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age 32

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 34

6 Feb 1918

Some women get the vote

Representation of the People Act.
Age 34

1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic
Age 35

11 Nov 1918

Armistice ends the First World War
Age 35

14 Jun 1919

Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Age 39

28 Apr 1923

First FA Cup final at Wembley
Age 40

22 Jan 1924

First Labour government
Age 42

26 Jan 1926

John Logie Baird demonstrates television
Age 42

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age 44

26 Nov 1927

Father Harry died
Age 44

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 44

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age 46

Oct 1929

Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
Age 46

5 Oct 1930

R101 airship disaster
Age 52

20 Jan 1936

Accession of Edward VIII
Age 52

13 Jul 1936

Mother Eliza Jane died
Age 53

2 Nov 1936

BBC begins the world's first regular television service
Age 53

11 Dec 1936

Accession of George VI

Reigned 1936–1952
Age 53

11 Dec 1936

Edward VIII abdicates
Age 53

12 Apr 1937

Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
Age 55

1939–1945

Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
Age 56

26 May 1940

Dunkirk evacuation begins
Age 56

10 Jul 1940

Battle of Britain begins
Age 56

1940–1941

The Blitz
Age 58

23 Oct 1942

Battle of El Alamein
Age 59

1 Dec 1942

Beveridge Report published
Age 60

6 Jun 1944

D-Day landings
Age 60

3 Aug 1944

Education Act creates free secondary schooling
Age 61

8 May 1945

VE Day
Age 61

15 Aug 1945

VJ Day
Age 63

15 Aug 1947

India and Pakistan become independent
Age 64

22 Jun 1948

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
Age 64

5 Jul 1948

National Health Service launched
Age 64

29 Jul 1948

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 66

1950–1953

Korean War begins
Age 68

6 Feb 1952

Accession of Queen Elizabeth II

Reigned 1952–2022
Age 68

1 Jul 1952

Died at Nelson Hospital Merton