Brief Life History of Harold Frank
When Harold Frank Dorman was born on 10 December 1913, in England, United Kingdom, his father, Albert George Dorman, was 37 and his mother, May Ethel Ellis, was 35. He married Hilda Shipley in 1941, in Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom in 1939. He died on 9 January 1992, in England, United Kingdom, at the age of 78.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Harold Frank Dorman - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Harold Frank Dorman
- Dorman, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Harold Frank, "United Kingdom, Royal Air Force Service Records, 1912-1945"
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1914
Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.
1914 · Britain Enters the Great War
After Germany declared war Russia, Britain entered The Great War and declared war on Germany on August 4, 1914. The war ended on November 11, 1918, as Germany signed an armistice that brought fighting to a halt.
1939 · Britain Enters World War II
Britain entered the Second World War as war was declared on Germany on September 3, 1939. World War II came to an end after the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, which killed 140,000 people. Less than a week later, the Japanese surrendered and the war officially ended on August 15, 1945.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Dearman . This surname became established in Ireland in the 17th century; it is sometimes found as a variant of Dornan .
Americanized form of German Dormann: occupational name for a doorkeeper or gatekeeper or topographic name for someone who lived by the gate of a town or city. Compare Dorer , Dorwart .
Hungarian (Dormán): from the old personal name Dormán.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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