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1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne
1854 Crimean War with Russia
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
1871 Franco - Prussian War
1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy
1798 Irish revolt against English rule
1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor
1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed
1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat
1830 French Revolution
1762 Catherine II becomes Czarina/Russia
1770 Cook discovers New South Wales
1776 America declares independence
1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president
1789 French Revolution begins
 John Screech
 b.1767 Colebrooke, England
 d.         
 William Screech
 b.1804 Colebrooke, England
 d.         
 Mary Ellis
 b.1768 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.         
 Samuel Screech
 b.1839 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.         
 William Wright
 b.1781 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.1820 Crediton , Devon, England
 Florence Screech
 b.1886 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.         
 Sarah Wright
 b.1806 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.         
 Sarah Dart
 b.1776 Molland, Devon, England
 d.1851
 Ethel Screech
 b.1891 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.         
 Frederick Mark Screech
 b.1893 Bridestowe, England
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 Fanny Alford Dawe
 b.1856 Crediton , Devon, England
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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
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 Samuel Screech
 b.1839 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.         
 Frederick Mark Screech
 b.1893 Bridestowe, England
 d.         
 Fanny Alford Dawe
 b.1856 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.         
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 William John Drew
 b.1875 Nymet Rowland, England
 d.1950
 Edith Drew
 b.1900 Lapford, Devon, England
 d.         
 Elizabeth Ann Cann
 b.1876 Sandford, Devon, England
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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
 Samuel Screech
 b.1839 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.         
 Frederick Mark Screech
 b.1893 Bridestowe, England
 d.         
 Fanny Alford Dawe
 b.1856 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.         
 Private 
 b.         
 d.         
 William John Drew
 b.1875 Nymet Rowland, England
 d.1950
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 b.         
 d.         
 Edith Drew
 b.1900 Lapford, Devon, England
 d.         
 Elizabeth Ann Cann
 b.1876 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
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1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on moon
1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1914 - 1918 World War I
1922 USSR formed by Soviet states
1939 - 1945 World War II
1854 Crimean War with Russia
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
1871 Franco - Prussian War
1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy
1899 Boer War begins
 Tom Metters
 b.1904 Germiston, South Africa
 d.1974 Devonport, England
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 Private 
 b.         
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 William Drew
 b.1849 Colebrooke, England
 d.         
 William John Drew
 b.1875 Nymet Rowland, England
 d.1950
 Elizabeth Nicholls
 b.1851 Meshaw, Devon, England
 d.         
 Ethel Drew
 b.1901 Otterham, England
 d.1981 Plymouth, England
 Samuel Cann
 b.1854 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 Elizabeth Ann Cann
 b.1876 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 Mary Garnsworthy
 b.1859 Stoodleigh, England
 d.