July 22, 1903 — Born in Acton, West London
1919 — Attends the Eastbourne School of Art, East Sussex
1922 — Awarded a scholarship to the Royal College of Art
1925 — Elected to the Society of Wood Engravers
1927 — Illustrates Nicholas Breton’s The Twelve Moneths; exhibits with Edward Bawden and Douglas Percy Bliss at St George’s Gallery, London
1928 — Commissioned with Bawden to paint a mural for Morley College
February 1930 — Stanley Baldwin unveils Morley College murals; Ravilious marries Tirzah Garwood on July 5
1932 — Designs Twelfth Night for Golden Cockerel Press; moves to Brick House, Great Bardfield, Essex
1933 — Makes engravings for The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta, murals for Midland Railway Hotel in Morecambe, Lancashire, and, in November, stages a one-man exhibition at Zwemmer’s Gallery, London
1934 — Rents Bank House, Castle Hedingham, Essex
1936 — Designs Edward VIII Coronation Mug for Wedgwood
1937 — Engravings for The Country Life Cookery Book; designs exhibit and catalogue for British Pavilion, Paris International Exhibition
1938 — Illustrates Nonesuch Press edition of The Natural History of Selborne
December 1939 — Appointed Official War Artist attached to the Admiralty
1940 — Working at Chatham, Sheerness, Whitstable and Grimsby, May–June, with HMS Highlander to Norway; drawings for submarine interiors at Portsmouth
1941 — Submarine lithographs exhibited at Leicester Galleries, London
1942 — Spring, with the RAF in Yorkshire, Essex and Hertfordshire; August 28 posted to RAF Kaldadarnes, Iceland
September 2, — 1942 — Reported missing