Happy Christmas……

100 years ago today 25/12/1915: Remembering Private J Jones 9th Bn. St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’avoue, France.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

25/12/1939: Private Johnston Frederick Reynolds (Age 49) 8th (H.D.) Bn. Elton (All Saints) Churchyard, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Son of Frederic Johnston Reynolds and Arabella Margaret Reynolds, of Elton, Bury; husband of Alice Reynolds, of Ainsworth.

25/12/1943: Corporal John Darlington (Age 25) 6th Bn. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Alexander and Eliza Darlington, of Sutton, St. Helens, Lancashire.

25/12/1943: Private Joseph Henry Johns (Age23) 6th Bn. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Thomas Reed Johns and Annie Johns; husband of Phyllis Rosalind Johns, of Tuckingmill, Cornwall.

25/12/1944: Corporal Maurice    M Cadden (Age 24) 2nd Bn. Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Joseph and Elsie Cadden, of Bury, Lancashire.

25/12/1944: Corporal Albert James Green (Age 24) 2nd Bn. Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Albert Edward and Mary Jane Green, of Monkseaton, Northumberland.