Henry Frost

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Born	4 APR 1899 , Croydon
Died	28 JUN 1961
Parents	Arthur Frost (Father) Family Nell Maynard (Mother) Family
Marriage	Elsie Family Page

Occupation & Residence

Type	Date	Detail
Residence	1901	36 Neville Rd, Croydon

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of Queen Victoria

Birth

4 Apr 1899

Born at Croydon
6 months

1899–1902

Second Boer War
Age c. 2

1901

Residence

36 Neville Rd, Croydon
Age 1

22 Jan 1901

Accession of Edward VII

Reigned 1901–1910
Age 1

22 Jan 1901

Queen Victoria dies
Age 4

17 Dec 1903

The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
Age 8

17 Jun 1907

Brooklands motor circuit opens

At Weybridge, Surrey.
Age 9

13 Jul 1908

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 9

1 Jan 1909

First old age pensions paid
Age 10

25 Jul 1909

Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
Age 11

6 May 1910

Accession of George V

Reigned 1910–1936
Age 11

13 Aug 1910

Florence Nightingale dies
Age 12

18 Aug 1911

Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
Age 12

16 Dec 1911

National Insurance Act
Age 12

Mar 1912

Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
Age 13

15 Apr 1912

Titanic sinks
Age 14

8 Jun 1913

Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
Age 15

1914–1918

Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Age 16

25 Apr 1915

Gallipoli landings
Age 16

7 May 1915

Lusitania sunk
Age 17

24 Apr 1916

Easter Rising in Dublin
Age 17

5 Jun 1916

Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age 17

1 Jul 1916

Battle of the Somme begins

About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
Age 18

31 Jul 1917

Battle of Passchendaele begins
Age 18

6 Feb 1918

Some women get the vote

Representation of the People Act.
Age 18

1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic
Age 19

11 Nov 1918

Armistice ends the First World War
Age 20

14 Jun 1919

Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Age 24

28 Apr 1923

First FA Cup final at Wembley
Age 24

22 Jan 1924

First Labour government
Age 26

26 Jan 1926

John Logie Baird demonstrates television
Age 27

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age 29

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 29

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age 30

Oct 1929

Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
Age 31

5 Oct 1930

R101 airship disaster
Age 36

20 Jan 1936

Accession of Edward VIII
Age 37

2 Nov 1936

BBC begins the world's first regular television service
Age 37

11 Dec 1936

Accession of George VI

Reigned 1936–1952
Age 37

11 Dec 1936

Edward VIII abdicates
Age 38

12 Apr 1937

Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
Age 40

1939–1945

Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
Age 41

26 May 1940

Dunkirk evacuation begins
Age 41

10 Jul 1940

Battle of Britain begins
Age 41

1940–1941

The Blitz
Age 43

23 Oct 1942

Battle of El Alamein
Age 43

1 Dec 1942

Beveridge Report published
Age 44

18 Jan 1944

Mother Nell died
Age 45

14 Apr 1944

Father Arthur died
Age 45

6 Jun 1944

D-Day landings
Age 45

3 Aug 1944

Education Act creates free secondary schooling
Age 46

8 May 1945

VE Day
Age 46

15 Aug 1945

VJ Day
Age 48

15 Aug 1947

India and Pakistan become independent
Age 49

22 Jun 1948

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
Age 49

5 Jul 1948

National Health Service launched
Age 49

29 Jul 1948

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 51

1950–1953

Korean War begins
Age 52

6 Feb 1952

Accession of Queen Elizabeth II

Reigned 1952–2022
Age 53

5 Dec 1952

Great Smog of London
Age 53

31 Jan 1953

North Sea flood
Age 53

28 Feb 1953

Crick and Watson announce the structure of DNA
Age 54

29 May 1953

Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
Age 54

2 Jun 1953

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Age 55

6 May 1954

Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
Age 55

4 Jul 1954

Food rationing ends
Age 56

22 Sep 1955

ITV launches
Age 57

5 Jul 1956

Clean Air Act
Age 57

29 Oct 1956

Suez Crisis
Age 58

4 Oct 1957

Sputnik 1 launched: the Space Age begins
Age 58

6 Feb 1958

Munich air disaster

Eight Manchester United players among the dead.
Age 59

9 Jun 1958

Gatwick Airport officially opened

In Sussex.
Age 60

25 Jul 1959

First hovercraft crosses the Channel
Age 62

28 Jun 1961

Died