The Brown Tree » William Henry CASWELL (± 1895-1940)
Personal data William Henry CASWELL
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4- He was born about 1895 in Swinton, Lancashire, England.Sources 2, 4
- Alternative: He was born July 1896 in Swinton, Lancashire, England.
- Resident:
- on April 2, 1911: Southport, Lancashire, England.Source 4
- England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland.Source 3
- He died on July 26, 1940.Source 2
- He is buried in Repulic of Ireland.Source 2
- A child of Ernest CASWELL and Susan Gertrude LANDLESS
Household of William Henry CASWELL
Timeline William Henry CASWELL
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Sources
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- UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947, Ancestry.com, Peter Singlehurst; The War Dead of the Commonwealth Cemeteries and Churchyards in the Republic of Ireland
- British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920, Ancestry.com
- 1911 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG14; Piece: 22880 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Day of death July 26, 1940
- The temperature on July 26, 1940 was between 8.9 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
- February 16 » World War II: Altmark incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMSCossack. 299 British prisoners are freed.
- June 10 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions in his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
- June 21 » World War II: Italy begins an unsuccessful invasion of France.
- September 12 » Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
- November 5 » World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser, HMSJervis Bay, is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.
- November 8 » Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.
Same birth/death day
- 1930 » Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian and academic (b. 1849)
- 1932 » Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company (b. 1876)
- 1934 » Winsor McCay, American cartoonist, animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1871)
- 1941 » Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician and academic (b. 1875)
- 1942 » Roberto Arlt, Argentinian author and playwright (b. 1900)
- 1951 » James Mitchell, Australian politician, 13th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
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Wesley Brown, "The Brown Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/the-brown-tree/P5313.php : accessed January 30, 2026), "William Henry CASWELL (± 1895-1940)".