When Mary E Handley was born on 23 October 1928, her father, Reginald Handley, was 33 and her mother, May Whittingham, was 31. She lived in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom in 1939.
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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.
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.
The death penalty for murder was abolished in England on November 8, 1965.
English and Irish: variant of Hanley .
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