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Peter Townsend

Yangon, 22 Nov 1914 – Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines, 19 Jun 1995

9 facts3 sources

Facts and their sources

  • Born22 Nov 1914, Yangonnot verified1 source
  • MarriedRosemary Pratt, Marchioness Camdennot verified1 source
  • Titlesquire, 1944–1952not verified1 source
  • Titlesquire, 1952–1953not verified1 source
  • Died19 Jun 1995, Saint-Léger-en-Yvelinesnot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 22 Nov 1914

    Born in Yangon

  2. 1944–1952

    Squire

  3. 1945

    A son is born

  4. 1952–1953

    Squire

  5. 19 Jun 1995

    Dies in Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines, aged 80

Family

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Partner

Children · 1

During his lifetime

He lived through 9 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Yangon.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1910s · Peter is born in Yangon

In the news1918

1918 Influenza Pandemic kills 60,000

The 1918 influenza pandemic, which arrived with soldiers returning from World War I, killed an estimated 60,000 people in Burma.

Getting around

Dim train lighting required portable candles

Trains were so dimly lit that passengers wanting to read had to bring their own portable candlesticks.

At the table

Tax-free home distillation privileges

Between 1875 and 1914, French peasants had a legal privilege to distill part of their own wine, cider, or fruit harvest into spirits without paying any taxes or needing declarations.

The First World War. From 1914 to 1918 the great powers fought in trenches across Europe and beyond; some 20 million people died. Brazil joined the Allies in 1917.Around the world · 1914–1918

The First World War. From 1914 to 1918 the great powers fought in trenches across Europe and beyond; some 20 million people died. Brazil joined the Allies in 1917.

Collection DocAnciens/docpix.fr · public domain

What people wore

Wartime fashion shifts for women

During World War I, the women's suit became an essential, functional wardrobe item for both shopping and the workforce, often paired with a blouse. Because of fabric shortages and the movement of women into new professions, skirts became straighter and shorter, and women even began wearing trousers for outdoor labor.

Music

Instruments of the Paris Bal Musette

In the early 20th century, the cabrette, a small bagpipe, was the signature instrument of Parisian bal musette, but it was gradually joined or replaced by the accordion introduced by Italian immigrants.

Daily life

Compulsory schooling and literacy

By 1900, free and compulsory primary education created a new generation of literate children who often acted as cultural mediators for their illiterate parents and grandparents.