Philip H SMERDON, b: 1910 - Merthyr Tydfil, Wales

^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on moon}
^{1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl}
^{1989 Berlin wall falls}

^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}

^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}
^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}


		^{Charles Henry SMERDON}^{b.1863 Skewen, Wales d.1951 Gelligaer, Wales}

	^{Thomas John SMERDON}^{b.1886 Ferndale, wales d.1965}	^{Mary Ann THOMAS}^{b.1863 Tredegar, Wales d.1950 Thomas Street, Wales}

^{Philip H SMERDON}^{b.1910 Merthyr Tydfil, Wales d.1968}

	^{Catherine Mary OWEN}^{b.1890 Wales d.1958 Gelligaer, Wales}





^{Mary H SELWOOD}^b.1918 d.