100 years ago today 26/12/1915: Remembering Private Joseph Brassey 9th Bn. Merville Communal Cemetery, France. Son of Joseph Brassey, of Thornton Hough, Birkenhead.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

26/12/1941: Lance Corporal Frank Connor (Age 28) 2nd Bn. Khayat Beach War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)    .

26/12/1943: Corporal Francis Richardson (Age 32) 30th Bn. Radstock (St. Nicholas) Churchyard Extension, United Kingdom. Son of Francis and Elizabeth Maud Richardson; husband of Gwendoline May Richardson, of Radstock.

“A devoted husband and father. Gone but not forgotten.”

also today…

1943 – Scharnhorst sunk off Norway

1944 – Bastogne releived

happy birthday….

1887 – Arthur Percival British General of WW2….survived first day of battle of the Somme (1/7/1916), went on to command troops in Singapore in 1941, in time to surrender.