R. G. L. Read, b: -

^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on moon}
^{1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl}
^{1989 Berlin wall falls}

^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}

^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}
^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}


		^{Alexander Francis Read}^{b.1865 d.1913}

	^{George R. S. Read}^{b.1910 d.1984}	^{Sophia Broderson}^{b.1869 d.1949}

^{R. G. L. Read}^{b. d.}

	^{Irene Morton}^{b.1911 England. d.1999 Australia}





^{E. K. S. Bates}^{b. d.}