• 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

• 1944: "D-Day" landings in France

• 1945: End of 2nd World War

GLYNDE

SUDDEN DEATH

Mr Mark Burgess, who is well-known in Glynde, died very suddenly on Monday afternoon. He was 77 yeas of age, and although he had been very poorly for some time, he had managed to keep about. On Monday, about 4.30 in the afternoon, he went out into the backyard, where he fell down and expired immediately. Mr Burgess was a native of Wilmington, but had lived in Glynde between 30 and 40 years. He had two sisters, one living in Alfriston and the other in Lewes, and a brother in Kent. Mrs Burgess only pre-deceased her husband by about three weeks. As the doctor had recently attended Mr Burgess, an inquest was deemed unnecessary.