| 1914 - 1918 World War I 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states 1939 - 1945 World War II 1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima) 1950 Korean War begins | 1871 Franco - Prussian War 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy 1899 Boer War begins 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage | 1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat 1830 French Revolution 1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne 1854 Crimean War with Russia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal |
![]() | Sam Farrant b.1880 d. | |||||||
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![]() | ![]() | Simon Coombe b.1816 Okehampton, England d.1870 Okehampton, England | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | John Coombe b.1854 Okehampton, England d.1945 Burlington, Canada | Ann Fey b.1819 Colebrooke, England d.1899 Bristol, England | |||||
![]() | Mabel R Coombe b.1883 Westbury, England d.1955 | ![]() | John Wood b.1829 Colyton, Devon, England d. | |||||
![]() | ![]() | Elizabeth Mary Wood b.1854 Sidbury, Devon, England d.1931, Canada | Ann Banks b.1832 Northleigh, England d. | |||||
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