100 years ago today 30/11/1915: Remembering Private JH Little (Age 19) 13th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Son of John and Ellen Little, of 21, Lee Rd., Hoylake, Cheshire.

Private George Eaton (Age 30) 8th Bn. Kensal Green (All Souls’) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Lewis and Fanny Eaton, of The Old Cottage, Navigation Rd., Altrincham, Cheshire.

1934 – The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph. (thanks Wikipedia)

(always reminds me of my dad and his model railway)

100 years ago today 29/11/1915: Remembering Private TE Perry 1st/4th Bn. Lala Baba Cemetery, Turkey (including Gallipoli).

WW2:

29/11/1940: Private John Nugent, Carlisle (Dalston Road) Cemetery, United Kingdom.

Private  Victor Henry Turner 8th (H.D.) Bn. Leeds (Lawnswood) Cemetery, United Kingdom.

29/11/1944: Private Harold Hooper (Age 26) 6th Bn. Ancona War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Joshua and Annie Hooper, of Stalybridge, Cheshire.

97 years ago today 28/11/1918 – so 17 days after the armistice, men are still being lost:

Remembering Private E Rustige, Hale Cemetery, United Kingdom.

Private Edward Thomas Hovell 16th Bn. Peterborough Old (Broadway) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Serjeant C Pearson (Age 23) 12th Bn. Rumney (St. Augustine) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Son of Mary A. Phillips (formerly Pearson), Of 2, The Green, Rumney, and the late Charles Pearson. Born at Newport.

Lieutenant John Kelvin Edwards (Age 32) 5th Bn. Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery, France. Son of The Rev. John Edwards and Mrs. Ellen Edwards, of Maes Llwyn, Old Colwyn, Denbighshire. Born at Llanfachraeth, Anglesey.

WW2: 28/11/1940: Private John Dare (Age 20) Guilden Sutton (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Son of David and Margaret Dare, of Guilden Sutton.

28/11/1941: Private William Henry Harry (Age 40) 8th (H.D.) Bn. Tumble (Bethania) Congregational Chapelyard, United Kingdom. Son of David Harry and Jane Harry, of Tumble.

100 years ago today 27/11/1915: Remembering Private Frederick Brierley 8th Bn. Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli).

Private FW Aimson Depot Northwich Cemetery, United Kingdom

alos today in 1944 explosion at RAF Fauld, Staffordshire killing 70 people.

100 years ago today 26/11/1915: Remembering Private J Wiggett 1st/4th Bn. Lala Baba Cemetery, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Son of Mr. G. C. Wiggett, of Brook Farm, South Lopham, Diss, Norfolk.

Private George G Dunn (Age 24) 13th Bn. Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Thomas and Mary Emma Dunn, of “The Stoops”, Rainhill, Liverpool. Native of Durham.

100 years ago today 25/11/1915: Remembering Private James Poole (Age 22) 9th Bn. Abbeville Communal Cemetery, France. Son of Walter and Mary Poole, of Warrington, Lancs.

Lance Corporal Eugene Burns 8th Bn. Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli).

Private James Webster Scott (Age 21) “A” Coy. 11th Bn. London Rifle Brigade Cemetery, Belgium. Son of James and Margaret Scott, of 4, Munster St., Birkenhead; husband of the late Henrietta Louisa Scott.

WW2: Private Frank Cheetham (Age 32) 2nd Bn. Ancona War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Charles Edward and Bertha Cheetham, of Milnrow, Lancashire.

Private  Arthur James Bass, Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery, United Kingdom

100 years ago today 24/11/1915: Remembering Lance Corporal  T Pedley 1st/7th Bn. East Mudros Military Cemetery, Greece.

The 7th battalion was raised in Macclesfield, Cheshire (as was I); serving in Gallipoli, part of Suvla Bay landings in August 1915. Here are a couple of photos from the war memorial in Macclesfied. If you visit, why not pop along to The Treacle Tap on Sunderland Street for a Belgian beer.

98 years ago today 24/11/1917: Remembering Private Joseph Flowers (Age 22) 15th Bn. Son of Elizabeth Flowers, of 11, Patmos Rd., Brixton, London. Born at Marylebone, London.

Private George Hopkins 15th Bn.

Private John Jackson (Age 24) 15th Bn. Son of John and Annie Jackson, of 325, Hale Rd., Hale Barns, Altrincham.

All commemorated at Cement House Cemetery, Belgium

Private Ernest Hunt (Age 26) 15th Bn. Son of David and Mary Ellen Hunt, of 6, Twickenham St., Anfield, Liverpool.

Private Walter McNulty (Age 27) 15th Bn. Son of James Mcnulty, of 10, Earl St., Burnley Lane, Colne Rd., Burnley.

Private Stanley Reed (Age 31) 15th Bn. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Reed, of Hudds Hill Rd., St. George, Bristol.

All commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

A photo I took on Tyne Cot in 2004, with cows…

World War Two: Remembering Serjeant Louis Ashworth (Age 33) 2nd Bn. Ancona War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Louie and Elizabeth Ashworth, of Manchester.

Private Leonard Sharples Acton (Age 36) 2nd Bn. Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands. Son of Leonard Wade Acton and Emily Acton, of Stockport, Cheshire; husband of Ethel Acton, of Heaton Chapel, Stockport.

Another one for ‘the island’ near Nijmegen, Holland…

also today…

• 1943: HMS Rawalpindi sunk by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau
• 1943: Tarawa falls to US forces (well done lads)
• Death of Cornelius Ryan (1974)

WW1: 101 years ago today 20/11/1915: Remembering Private John Robert Haughton 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Private Edward Marshall (Age 18) 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Edward and Ellen Marshall, of 82, Leyland Rd., Burnley.

Cambrai day today…. start of the battle in 1917.