The Brown Tree » Frank DARLING (1898-1979)
Personal data Frank DARLING
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8- He was born on August 23, 1898 in St Johns, Brighton, Sussex.Sources 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
- Resident:
- in the year 1914: .Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9
- on April 2, 1911: Brighton, Sussex, England.Source 2
- in the year 1901: Brighton, Sussex, England.Source 6
- (Attestation) July 1915 in BRIGHTON East Sussex England: Joining the Army General Service States he was 18 years Occupation Hairdresser.
- He died on September 20, 1979 in Southwick Brighton, he was 81 years old.Sources 1, 4, 8
- A child of Joseph DARLING and Ellen Jane Funnell
Household of Frank DARLING
He is married to NPL MAINSTONE.
They got married December 1921 at Brighton, Sussex, he was 23 years old.Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9
Notes about Frank DARLING
1 UID 208D5D8A857DA146B8447FE4E6606973FEBD 1 UID 423F929320C3CE4FA664326BAB4BBC0F0E3B
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Sources
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- 1911 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG14; Piece: 5098; Schedule Number: 280 / Ancestry.com
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com
- England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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- 1901 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG13; Piece: 923; Folio: 26; Page: 44 / Ancestry.com
- British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920, Ancestry.com, WO364; Piece: 936 / Ancestry.com
- England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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Historical events
Birthday August 23, 1898
- The temperature on August 23, 1898 was about 19.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
- April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
- May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
- June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
- July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
- September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
Day of death September 20, 1979
- The temperature on September 20, 1979 was between 9.0 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
- January 1 » Normal diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States.
- February 7 » Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
- June 3 » A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000m) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.
- October 6 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
- October 15 » Supporters of the Malta Labour Party ransack and destroy the Times of Malta building and other locations associated with the Nationalist Party.
- December 10 » Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
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