Henry William Bedford (1916–1985) • FamilySearch

Henry William Bedford

20 July 1916–6 February 1985 (Age 68)
Greenwich, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Henry William

When Henry William Bedford was born on 20 July 1916, in Greenwich, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry William Bedford, was 41 and his mother, Florence Hannah Harris, was 35. He died on 6 February 1985, in Bexley, Kent, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 68.

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Henry William Bedford

1875–1969

Florence Hannah Harris

1880–1974

Florence Ivy Bedford

1901–1985

May Caroline Bedford

1910–

Henry William Bedford

1916–1985

Parents and Siblings

Henry William Bedford

Male1875–1969Male

Florence Hannah Harris

Female1880–1974Female

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Florence Ivy Bedford

Female1901–1985Female

May Caroline Bedford

Female1910–Female

Henry William Bedford

Male1916–1985Male

World Events (8)

1918
Age 2

WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.

1921 · British Unemployment Reaches Post-War High
Age 5

British unemployment reached a post-war high in July 1921 of 2.5 million people.

1939 · Britain Enters World War II
Age 23

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

Bedford

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William

English: habitational name from the county seat of Bedfordshire, or a smaller place of the same name in Lancashire. Both are named with the Old English personal name Bēda + Old English ford ‘ford’. The name is now very common in Yorkshire as well as Bedfordshire.

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