TIME LINE:
1879 Rorkes Drift
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Approx 150 British soldiers successfully defended a supply station from some 4000 Zulu warriors.
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1911, The USS Arkansas, the largest U.S. battleship, was launched from the yards of NY Shipbuilding Company.
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1949 USSR tests atomic bomb
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William George Silsburyaka George Silsbury |
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Name | William George Silsbury |
Spouse | Rosanna Banks |
D.O.B. | 21-Oct-1879 |
Location | Oakfield, St.Helens, IOW |
Marriage Date | 29-July-1911 |
Location | Portland, Dorset |
Death Date | 1949 approx |
Location | Portland, Dorset |
Cause | Heart Disease |
Age at Death | 70 approx |
Vocation | Petty Officer / Royal Navy |
Father | Jacob Silsbury |
Mother | Elizabeth Tate |
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Three ships that William sailed on
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HMS Terrible |
HMS Good Hope |
HMS Superb |
Spooky Tale: William's wife who was nick-named Dolly, died several years before him. As he was laying in his bed one evening, his daughters heard him talking to his late wife, "Dolly, what are you doing here?", they heard him say. William died, that night. Had Dolly, (Rosanna), come back to get her husband?
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