The Leicestershire Ancestors Leicestershire and Rutland Timeline.
The L & R Timeline contains all-sorts of useful information. National events, local events, changes in the law, local history in fact anything that could have affected how you have had a lightbulb moment! |
1900
1901 Victorian Age ends in 1901 Large families were becomming a thing of the past! Birth Control more common Population of England and Wales 32.5 million 1902 170,000 sent to prison (52,000 females) 1905 Aliens Act 1905 1908 The Drill Hall, Loughborough, was Headquarters of the 5th battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment, from its creation in 1908 until the 1950s. 1909 Pensions introduced by Liberal Government 1st Jan 1909 1910 1911 Population of England and Wales 36.1 million Society of Genealogists started National Insurance Act 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 Royal Commission on the Housing of the Population 1918 1919 Forestry Commission created in 1919 1920 The 1st Battalion was involved in the Irish War of Independence 1920 - 1922 1921 1922 1923 1925 Pensionable age reduced to 65 1930 1940 1946 In 1946 the regiment was granted "royal" status, becoming the Royal Leicestershire Regiment 1950 The 1st Battalion served in the Korean War from 1951 to 195219511952 1960 1964 The Royal Anglian Regiment (R ANGLIAN) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queen's Division. The regiment was formed on 1 September 1964 |