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Personal data Walter Nigel (Walter Nigel ) Elwy-Jones (Group Capt. R.A.F.) 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4
  • First name Walter Nigel .
  • He was born on August 6, 1912 in The Cottage, Llanishen, Cardiff, Wales (UK).Sources 1, 3, 4
  • Profession: in the year 1927 Apprenticeship with The Great Western Railway. Studied Mechanical Engineering at Loughborough College. in Lougborough, England (UK).
  • (Funeral) in the year 1936 in London, England (UK): Walter was invited to attend King George V Funeral..
  • He died December 2000 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England (UK), he was 88 years old.Source 3
  • A child of Walter Nigel- Elwy Jones and Adelaide Dalton "Addie" Elcock

Household of Walter Nigel (Walter Nigel ) Elwy-Jones (Group Capt. R.A.F.)

He is married to Marjorie Lewis Scott Dowdeswell.

They got married on February 16, 1934 at Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales (UK), he was 21 years old.Source 2


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Sources

  1. UK, Railway Employment Records, 1833-1956, Ancestry.com, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Collection: Great Western Railway Company: Staff Records; Class: RAIL264; Piece: 285 / Ancestry.com
  2. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005, Ancestry.com, General Register Office; United Kingdom; Marriage Register Indexes / Ancestry.com
  3. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday August 6, 1912

  • The temperature on August 6, 1912 was between 8.6 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
    • April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
    • April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
    • May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
    • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
    • December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.

Day of marriage February 16, 1934

  • The temperature on February 16, 1934 was between 0.5 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The 8.0 Mw  Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.
    • March 24 » United States Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
    • April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
    • June 30 » The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
    • July 2 » The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
    • July 20 » Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven.


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