• 1894: Manchester Ship Canal opened

• 1899: Boer War starts

• 1901: Queen Victoria dies

• 1903: 1st aeroplane flight by Wright Bros.

• 1905: Ragged Lands established

• 1909: Introduction of Old Age Pension

• 1912: Sinking of the Titanic

• 1914: Start of 1st World War

• 1916: Battle of the Somme

• 1918: End of 1st World War

• 1919: 1st trans-atlantic flight

• 1920: League of Nations founded

• 1922: Irish Free State founded

• 1924: Lenin dies

• 1926: General Strike

• 1928: Women get the vote

• 1934: Hitler assumes power in Germany

• 1936: Regular BBC TV broadcasts begin

• 1939: Start of 2nd World War

• 1940: Dunkirk evacuation

• 1941: Japanese attack Pearl Harbour

GLYNDE

KILLED

News has been received by Mr and Mrs Turner that their son, Private Victor Turner, had been killed at the front. A comrade found his body on the battlefield, and a letter in his pocket bore his parents' address. Deceased, previous to joining the Army, worked for Mr Lusted, wheelwright.

Victor Turner was born in Glynde in 1900, the son of Edwin, a labourer, and Jane. He was 18 years old when he died. The family lived at the house now known as Harveys. His older brother Ethelbert, born in 1888, also perished in the war.

He is pictured here with an unknown girlfriend.

Victor Turner with an unknown girlfriend