James William Gale

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Born	18 JUL 1902 , Waddon, Surrey
Died	SEP 1975
Parents	William Alfred Gale (Father) Family Alice Maud Potter (Mother) Family
Marriage	Alice Rose Harfield Family Page

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of Edward VII

Birth

18 Jul 1902

Born at Waddon, Surrey
Age 1

17 Dec 1903

The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
Age 4

17 Jun 1907

Brooklands motor circuit opens

At Weybridge, Surrey.
Age 5

13 Jul 1908

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 6

1 Jan 1909

First old age pensions paid
Age 7

25 Jul 1909

Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
Age 7

6 May 1910

Accession of George V

Reigned 1910–1936
Age 8

13 Aug 1910

Florence Nightingale dies
Age 9

18 Aug 1911

Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
Age 9

16 Dec 1911

National Insurance Act
Age 9

Mar 1912

Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
Age 9

15 Apr 1912

Titanic sinks
Age 10

8 Jun 1913

Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
Age 12

1914–1918

Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Age 12

25 Apr 1915

Gallipoli landings
Age 12

7 May 1915

Lusitania sunk
Age 13

24 Apr 1916

Easter Rising in Dublin
Age 13

5 Jun 1916

Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age 13

1 Jul 1916

Battle of the Somme begins

About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
Age 14

24 Jan 1917

Mother Alice Maud died
Age 15

31 Jul 1917

Battle of Passchendaele begins
Age 15

6 Feb 1918

Some women get the vote

Representation of the People Act.
Age 15

1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic
Age 16

11 Nov 1918

Armistice ends the First World War
Age 16

14 Jun 1919

Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Age c. 18

1920

Son John Henry born
Age 20

28 Apr 1923

First FA Cup final at Wembley
Age 21

22 Jan 1924

First Labour government
Age c. 23

1925

Daughter Rose Mary born
Age 23

26 Jan 1926

John Logie Baird demonstrates television
Age 23

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age 25

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 26

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age 27

Oct 1929

Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
Age 28

5 Oct 1930

R101 airship disaster
Age 33

20 Jan 1936

Accession of Edward VIII
Age 34

2 Nov 1936

BBC begins the world's first regular television service
Age 34

11 Dec 1936

Accession of George VI

Reigned 1936–1952
Age 34

11 Dec 1936

Edward VIII abdicates
Age 34

12 Apr 1937

Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
Age 35

18 Jan 1938

Son Ronald James born
Age 37

1939–1945

Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
Age 37

26 May 1940

Dunkirk evacuation begins
Age 37

10 Jul 1940

Battle of Britain begins
Age 38

1940–1941

The Blitz
Age 40

23 Oct 1942

Battle of El Alamein
Age 40

1 Dec 1942

Beveridge Report published
Age 41

6 Jun 1944

D-Day landings
Age 42

3 Aug 1944

Education Act creates free secondary schooling
Age 42

8 May 1945

VE Day
Age 43

15 Aug 1945

VJ Day
Age 44

21 Mar 1947

Father William Alfred died
Age 45

15 Aug 1947

India and Pakistan become independent
Age 45

22 Jun 1948

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
Age 45

5 Jul 1948

National Health Service launched
Age 46

29 Jul 1948

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 47

1950–1953

Korean War begins
Age 49

6 Feb 1952

Accession of Queen Elizabeth II

Reigned 1952–2022
Age 50

5 Dec 1952

Great Smog of London
Age 50

31 Jan 1953

North Sea flood
Age 50

28 Feb 1953

Crick and Watson announce the structure of DNA
Age 50

29 May 1953

Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
Age 50

2 Jun 1953

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Age 51

6 May 1954

Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
Age 51

4 Jul 1954

Food rationing ends
Age 53

22 Sep 1955

ITV launches
Age 53

5 Jul 1956

Clean Air Act
Age 54

29 Oct 1956

Suez Crisis
Age 55

4 Oct 1957

Sputnik 1 launched: the Space Age begins
Age 55

6 Feb 1958

Munich air disaster

Eight Manchester United players among the dead.
Age 55

9 Jun 1958

Gatwick Airport officially opened

In Sussex.
Age 57

25 Jul 1959

First hovercraft crosses the Channel
Age 60

5 Oct 1962

The Beatles release their first single
Age 60

1962–1963

The Big Freeze

One of the coldest winters on record.
Age 61

22 Nov 1963

President Kennedy assassinated
Age 62

24 Jan 1965

Sir Winston Churchill dies
Age 63

8 Nov 1965

Death penalty for murder suspended
Age 64

30 Jul 1966

England win the World Cup
Age 64

21 Oct 1966

Aberfan disaster
Age 65

27 Oct 1967

Abortion Act
Age 66

2 Mar 1969

First flight of Concorde
Age 67

20 Jul 1969

First Moon landing
Age 68

15 Feb 1971

Decimal Day
Age 70

1 Jan 1973

Britain joins the European Economic Community
Age 73

Sep 1975

Died