1940-1950 Second World War
1940-1950 Second World War is in 20th Century Events.
3rd Millennium, 20th Century Events, 1940-1950 Second World War, Second World War
On 30 May 1940 Frederick Cambridge (age 32) was killed during the World War Two.
Battle of Dunkirk
In 1940 Oswald Phipps 4th Marquess Normanby (age 27) was captured at the Battle of Dunkirk.
Battle of Wytschaete
On 27 May 1940 George Coventry 10th Earl Coventry (age 39) was killed in action during the Battle of Wytschaete at La Bassée. His son George William Coventry 11th Earl Coventry (age 6) succeeded 11th Earl Coventry.
First Battle of El Alamein
On 17 Jul 1942 Peter Fortescue (age 21) was killed in action at the First Battle of El Alamein. He was unmarried. There is a memorial at the Church of St Paul, Filliegh: "In proud and ever-loving memory of Hugh Peter, Viscount Ebrington, only son of the Fifth Earl and Countess Fortescue, Lieutenant Royal Scots Greys, who was born on 9 December 1920 and killed near El Alamein on 17 July 1942. He leaves a white unbroken glory, a gathered radiance, a shining peace"
2nd Battle of El Alamein
In 1942 William Legge (age 29) was killed in action at El Alamein during the 2nd Battle of El Alamein.
Dunbeath Air Crash
On 25 Aug 1942 Prince George Windsor 1st Duke Kent (age 39) died in a plane crash at Dunbeath. His son Edward Windsor 2nd Duke Kent (age 6) succeeded 2nd Duke Kent.
Michael Strutt (age 28) was also killed.
Battle of the Mareth Line
On 17 Mar 1943 Nicholas Townshend Durham was killed in action at the Battle of the Mareth Line.
3rd Millennium, 20th Century Events, 1940-1950 Second World War, Wedding of William Cavendish and Kathleen Kennedy
On 06 May 1944 William Cavendish (age 26) and Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy (age 24) were married. Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 49) was present. Joseph Patrick Kennedy (age 28) was the only member of her family present. She the daughter of Joseph Patrick Kennedy (age 55) and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (age 53). He the son of Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 49) and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 48).
3rd Millennium, 20th Century Events, 1940-1950 Second World War, Transistor First Demonstrated
On 23 Dec 1947 Walter Brattain and H. R. Moore demonstrated the first working transistor; the commencement of the Computer Age.