William Joseph Brookes, b: 1888

^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on moon}
^{1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl}

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}

^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}
^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}



		^{Hector Brook}^b.1855 d.

	^{William Joseph Brookes}^{b.1888 Newburn, England d.1971 Beckenham, England}

^{William John Brooks}^{b.1914 South Lambeth, England d.1987 Poole, Dorset, England}

^Abel Brooks^b.1919 d.

^{Arthur Albert Brookes}^{b. d.}

	^{Eva May Harrison}^{b.1891 Albert Buildings, London d.1969 Beckenham, England}