Gordon Thompson, 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}


		^{Samuel Henry Thompson}^{b.1868 Calverley, England d.}

	^{Cecil Howard Thompson}^{b.1895 Calverley, England d.}	^Kate Gordon^{b.1865 Weaverthorpe, England d.1941}

^{Gordon Thompson}^{b. d.}

	^{Hannah Maria Chambers}^{b. d.}





^{Marjorie Coates}^{b. d.}