Brief Life History of Richard Frederick
When Richard Frederick Elsom was born on 11 May 1930, in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John William Elsom, was 31 and his mother, Selina Maria Eldridge, was 30. He died on 10 August 1982, in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 52, and was buried in Orton Waterville, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Richard Frederick Elsom, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
- Fred R (Richard Frederick) Elsom in household of Unknown, "England and Wales National Register, 1939"
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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.
1940
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.
1945
The UK becomes a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Elsham in Lincolnshire, which was named in Old English as ‘the estate (hām) of a man called Elli’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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