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Christopher Walter Bulford

Christopher Walter Bulford

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Born 1880 , Sydenham
Died 1941 , Vancouver, Canada
Parents Walter Bulford (Father) Family
Emily Eliza Westerman (Mother) Family
Marriage Florence Elizabeth Fowler Family Page
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of Queen Victoria
  • Birth
    1880
    Born at Sydenham
  • Age c. 2
    19 Apr 1882
    Charles Darwin dies
  • Age c. 2
    29 Aug 1882
    England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
  • Age c. 4
    Dec 1884
    Third Reform Act
  • Age c. 8
    17 Apr 1888
    The Football League is founded
  • Age c. 8
    7 Dec 1888
    John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
  • Age c. 16
    2 Jun 1896
    Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
  • Age c. 18
    1898
    Daughter Florence May born
  • Age c. 19
    1899–1902
    Second Boer War
  • Age c. 21
    22 Jan 1901
    Accession of Edward VII
    Reigned 1901–1910
  • Age c. 21
    22 Jan 1901
    Queen Victoria dies
  • Age c. 23
    17 Dec 1903
    The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
  • Age c. 27
    17 Jun 1907
    Brooklands motor circuit opens
    At Weybridge, Surrey.
  • Age c. 28
    13 Jul 1908
    London hosts the Olympic Games
  • Age c. 29
    1 Jan 1909
    First old age pensions paid
  • Age c. 29
    25 Jul 1909
    Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
  • Age c. 30
    6 May 1910
    Accession of George V
    Reigned 1910–1936
  • Age c. 30
    13 Aug 1910
    Florence Nightingale dies
  • Age c. 31
    18 Aug 1911
    Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
  • Age c. 31
    16 Dec 1911
    National Insurance Act
  • Age c. 32
    Mar 1912
    Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
  • Age c. 32
    15 Apr 1912
    Titanic sinks
  • Age c. 33
    8 Jun 1913
    Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
  • Age c. 34
    1914–1918
    Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
  • Age c. 35
    25 Apr 1915
    Gallipoli landings
  • Age c. 35
    7 May 1915
    Lusitania sunk
  • Age c. 36
    24 Apr 1916
    Easter Rising in Dublin
  • Age c. 36
    5 Jun 1916
    Lord Kitchener lost at sea
  • Age c. 36
    1 Jul 1916
    Battle of the Somme begins
    About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
  • Age c. 37
    31 Jul 1917
    Battle of Passchendaele begins
  • Age c. 38
    6 Feb 1918
    Some women get the vote
    Representation of the People Act.
  • Age c. 38
    1918–1919
    Spanish flu pandemic
  • Age c. 38
    11 Nov 1918
    Armistice ends the First World War
  • Age c. 39
    14 Jun 1919
    Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
  • Age c. 43
    28 Apr 1923
    First FA Cup final at Wembley
  • Age c. 44
    22 Jan 1924
    First Labour government
  • Age c. 46
    26 Jan 1926
    John Logie Baird demonstrates television
  • Age c. 46
    3 May 1926
    General Strike begins
  • Age c. 48
    2 Jul 1928
    Women get the vote on equal terms with men
  • Age c. 48
    Sep 1928
    Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
  • Age c. 49
    Oct 1929
    Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
  • Age c. 50
    5 Oct 1930
    R101 airship disaster
  • Age c. 56
    20 Jan 1936
    Accession of Edward VIII
  • Age c. 56
    2 Nov 1936
    BBC begins the world's first regular television service
  • Age c. 56
    11 Dec 1936
    Accession of George VI
    Reigned 1936–1952
  • Age c. 56
    11 Dec 1936
    Edward VIII abdicates
  • Age c. 57
    12 Apr 1937
    Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
  • Age c. 58
    1938
    Mother Emily Eliza died
  • Age c. 59
    1939
    Father Walter died
  • Age c. 59
    1939–1945
    Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
  • Age c. 60
    26 May 1940
    Dunkirk evacuation begins
  • Age c. 60
    10 Jul 1940
    Battle of Britain begins
  • Age c. 60
    1940–1941
    The Blitz
  • Age c. 61
    1941
    Died at Vancouver, Canada