| 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states 1939 - 1945 World War II 1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima) 1950 Korean War begins 1964 - 1973 Vietnam War  | 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy 1899 Boer War begins 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage 1914 - 1918 World War I  | 1830 French Revolution 1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne 1854 Crimean War with Russia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal 1871 Franco - Prussian War  | 
![]()  |  Joseph Briggs b. d.1973 Hall Green, Birmingham  | |||||||
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![]()  | ![]()  |  Samuel Pocklington b.1827 Newark, Notts. d.1891  | ||||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Frank Pocklington b.1858 Newark, Notts. d.1941 Burton Joyc, Nottingham.  |  Eliza Ellen Shaw b.1832 Nottingham d.1888  | |||||
![]()  |  Edith Jane Pocklington b.1882 Newark d.1956 Hall Green, Birmingham  | ![]()  |  James Hooton b. d.  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Jane Hooton b.1859 d.  |   | |||||
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