When Edna Darlington was born on 26 March 1899, in Kearsley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Darlington, was 29 and her mother, Emma Gregory, was 32. She married Cecil Ernest Hardy Jones in 1922, in Bolton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter.
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The East Lancashire Royal Engineers was a group of volunteers in a unit of Britian's Royal Engineers. They were started in Manchester in 1901. They fought on the western front during WWI and were part of the Dunkirk Evacuation during WWII.
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister. British fighter pilots repel German air attacks in the Battle of Britain. London and other cities badly damaged in German bombing raids.
English: habitational name from Darlington in County Durham, recorded in c. 1040 as Dearthingtun, from Old English Dēornōthingtūn ‘settlement (Old English tūn) associated with Dēornōth’, a personal name composed of the elements dēor ‘dear’ + nōth ‘daring’. The surname was present in Scotland from an early period.
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