Colin Tilbrook

(Herbert Colin Tilbrook)

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Born	24 APR 1926 , Redhill, Surrey, England
Died	14 JUN 1988 , Gillingham, Dorset, England
Parents	Tracey Philip Tilbrook (Father) Family Ruth Emma Mills (Mother) Family

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George V

Birth

24 Apr 1926

Born at Redhill, Surrey, England
Newborn

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age 2

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 2

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age 3

Oct 1929

Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
Age 4

5 Oct 1930

R101 airship disaster
Age 9

20 Jan 1936

Accession of Edward VIII
Age 10

2 Nov 1936

BBC begins the world's first regular television service
Age 10

11 Dec 1936

Accession of George VI

Reigned 1936–1952
Age 10

11 Dec 1936

Edward VIII abdicates
Age 10

12 Apr 1937

Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
Age 13

1939–1945

Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
Age 14

26 May 1940

Dunkirk evacuation begins
Age 14

10 Jul 1940

Battle of Britain begins
Age 14

1940–1941

The Blitz
Age 16

23 Oct 1942

Battle of El Alamein
Age 16

1 Dec 1942

Beveridge Report published
Age 18

6 Jun 1944

D-Day landings
Age 18

3 Aug 1944

Education Act creates free secondary schooling
Age 19

8 May 1945

VE Day
Age 19

15 Aug 1945

VJ Day
Age 21

15 Aug 1947

India and Pakistan become independent
Age 22

22 Jun 1948

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
Age 22

5 Jul 1948

National Health Service launched
Age 22

29 Jul 1948

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 24

1950–1953

Korean War begins
Age 25

6 Feb 1952

Accession of Queen Elizabeth II

Reigned 1952–2022
Age 26

5 Dec 1952

Great Smog of London
Age 26

31 Jan 1953

North Sea flood
Age 26

28 Feb 1953

Crick and Watson announce the structure of DNA
Age 27

29 May 1953

Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
Age 27

2 Jun 1953

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Age 28

6 May 1954

Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
Age 28

4 Jul 1954

Food rationing ends
Age 29

22 Sep 1955

ITV launches
Age 30

5 Jul 1956

Clean Air Act
Age 30

29 Oct 1956

Suez Crisis
Age 31

4 Oct 1957

Sputnik 1 launched: the Space Age begins
Age 31

6 Feb 1958

Munich air disaster

Eight Manchester United players among the dead.
Age 32

9 Jun 1958

Gatwick Airport officially opened

In Sussex.
Age 33

25 Jul 1959

First hovercraft crosses the Channel
Age 36

5 Oct 1962

The Beatles release their first single
Age 36

1962–1963

The Big Freeze

One of the coldest winters on record.
Age 37

22 Nov 1963

President Kennedy assassinated
Age 38

24 Jan 1965

Sir Winston Churchill dies
Age 39

8 Nov 1965

Death penalty for murder suspended
Age 40

30 Jul 1966

England win the World Cup
Age 40

21 Oct 1966

Aberfan disaster
Age 41

27 Oct 1967

Abortion Act
Age c. 43

1969

Father Tracey Philip died
Age 42

2 Mar 1969

First flight of Concorde
Age 43

20 Jul 1969

First Moon landing
Age 44

15 Feb 1971

Decimal Day
Age 46

1 Jan 1973

Britain joins the European Economic Community
Age c. 50

1976

Mother Ruth Emma died
Age 49

21 Jan 1976

Concorde enters passenger service
Age 50

Jun 1976

The heatwave and drought of summer 1976
Age 51

7 Jun 1977

Queen's Silver Jubilee
Age 52

25 Jul 1978

Louise Brown, the first IVF baby, is born
Age 53

4 May 1979

Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister
Age 54

8 Dec 1980

John Lennon shot dead
Age 55

29 Jul 1981

Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
Age 55

2 Apr 1982

Falklands War
Age 57

1984–1985

Miners' strike
Age 59

13 Jul 1985

Live Aid
Age 60

26 Apr 1986

Chernobyl disaster
Age 60

29 Oct 1986

M25 motorway completed

It circles London through Surrey.
Age 60

6 Mar 1987

Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster
Age 61

16 Oct 1987

The Great Storm

Hurricane-force winds hit Surrey and Sussex especially hard.
Age 61

18 Nov 1987

King's Cross fire
Age 62

14 Jun 1988

Died at Gillingham, Dorset, England