Edmund George CottingtonAge: 781914–1993
- Name
- Edmund George Cottington
- Given names
- Edmund George
- Surname
- Cottington
| Birth | 29 June 1914 Lewes R D, Sussex, England |
| History | 1914 Note: The Great War (World War I). |
| History | 1916 (Age 18 months) Note: Easter Rising in Dublin. |
| History | 1917 (Age 2) Note: Russian Revolution. |
| History | 1918 (Age 3) Note: All men over 21 and women over thirty enfranchised. |
| History | 1922 (Age 7) Note: Irish Free State established. |
| History | 1928 (Age 13) Note: Equal Franchise Act grants right to vote to women over 21 (as well as men). |
| History | 1936 (Age 21) Note: Spanish Civil War. |
| History | 7 July 1937 (Age 23) Note: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War). |
| History | 1938 (Age 23) Note: Chamberlain cedes Czech territory to Hitler at Munich. |
| History | 1 September 1939 (Age 25) Note: The German invasion of Poland. |
| History | 3 September 1939 (Age 25) Note: France and Britain declared war on Germany . |
| History | 10 June 1940 (Age 25) Note: Italy declares war on Britain and France. |
| History | 22 June 1941 (Age 26) Note: German attack on the USSR. |
| History | 7 December 1941 (Age 27) Note: Japan attacks America without any declaration of war (Pearl Harbour). |
| History | 8 December 1941 (Age 27) Note: America declares war on Japan. |
| History | 11 December 1941 (Age 27) Note: Germany and Italy declare war on America. |
| History | 8 September 1943 (Age 29) Note: Italy surrenders. |
| History | 13 October 1943 (Age 29) Note: Italy declares war on Germany. |
| History | 19 April 1945 (Age 30) Note: German forces in Italy surrender. |
| History | 8 May 1945 (Age 30) Note: Germany surrenders (VE Day, Victory in Europe Day). |
| History | 2 September 1945 (Age 31) Note: Japan surrenders (VJ Day, Victory over Japan Day). |
| Death | March 1993 Age: 78 Eastbourne R D, Sussex, England |