| 1899 Boer War begins 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage 1914 - 1918 World War I 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states  | 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  | 
![]()  | ![]()  | ![]()  |  Thomas Pocklington b.1796 Doncaster, Yorks d.1856 Newark, Notts.  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Samuel Pocklington b.1827 Newark, Notts. d.1891  |  Fanny Myers b.1801 Retford d.1855 Newark, Notts  | |||||
![]()  |  Frederick Pocklington b.1852 Newark, Notts, Eng d.1886  | ![]()  |  George Shaw b. d.  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Eliza Ellen Shaw b.1832 Nottingham d.1888  |   | |||||
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![]()  |  Mary Hart b. d.  | |||||||
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