Historical place archive

Uxbridge in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Uxbridge in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

8 records5 event labels7 people1922–1997

Historical events in Uxbridge

1922

30 August 1922
RAF Enlistment
Thomas Edward Lawrence of Arabia · Military

Enlists in the Royal Air Force under the name John Hume Ross.

1933

1933
Frays College
George Orwell · Literature

Teaches at Frays College after Down and Out is published.

1939

1939
Chain Home Radar Network
Hugh Dowding · World War, 2nd

Completes a national radar network linked to Fighter Command reporting centres.

1940

August 1940
Battle of Britain
Keith Park · World War, 2nd

Uses radar warning to direct No. 11 Group fighters.

15 September 1940
Battle of Britain
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 2nd

Observes Fighter Command committing its available squadrons against the raids.

15 September 1940
Battle of Britain
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 2nd

Visits No. 11 Group headquarters during the climactic daylight attacks.

1997

31 July 1997
Election
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair · Labour Party Government

The Conservatives increase their majority

31 July 1997
Election
William Hague · Conservative Party Government

The Conservatives increase their majority

Provenance

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