99 years ago today 30/1/1917: Private MP Crayton (Age 40) Leicester (Gilroes) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Husband of Agnes Crayton, of 62, Peel St., Burslem, Staffs.

Private Colin Stanley Moore (Age 26) 9th Bn. Puchevillers British Cemetery, France. Son of Edwin and the late Jessie Moore, of Castle Northwich, Cheshire.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1945: Private John Fredrick Morrall (Age 18) Redditch (Abbey Road) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of G. H. Morrall and Edith M. Morrall, Of Redditch.

also…

1649 – Charles 1 beheaded

1933 – Adolf Hitler bcomes German Chancellor (mmmmm….wonder how that will work out?)

1945 – the German ship ‘The Wilhelm Gustloft’ torpedoed in Blatic, killing 9,500 (worst maritime disaster)

1968 – Tet offensive launched in VietNam

1972 – Bloody Sunday in Derry, Northern Ireland (British Paras fire on marchers)

happy birthday…

58BC – Liva (poor lass, blamed for everything) http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/

1882 – FDR

1912 – Barbara Tuchman (writer of the excellent ‘Guns of August’)

1915 – Joachim Peiper SS officer

101 years ago today 29/1/1915: Private William Wilde (Age 18) 10th Bn.  Bournemouth East Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of William James and Martha Wilde, of 9, Osborne Rd., Denton, Manchester.

Private W Newsham 6th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery Rouen, France.

100 years ago today 29/1/1916: Second Lieutenant William Edward Davies (Age 26) 1st/5th Bn. Chipilly Communal Cemetery, France. Son of S. Percy and Charlotte Davies, of “Riverwood”, Curzon Park, Chester.

Serjeant Frederick William Randall (Age 26) 9th Bn. Merville Communal Cemetery, France. Son of George and Jane Louise Randall, of 6, Sandmere Rd., Bedford Rd., Clapham, London. Native of Battersea, London.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1941: Private Frank M. Balmforth (Age 30) Northwich Cemetery, United Kingdom, Son of Samuel Maurice and Martha Balmforth, of Northwich; husband of Florence Balmforth, of Lostock Gralam, Northwich.

Private Thomas Herbert Ellis 1st Bn. Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

Private Ronald Stubbs (Age 24) 4th Bn. Ipswich Old Cemetery, United Kingdom.

1944: Lieutenant Edward Roderick Barnett (Age 29) Anzio War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Ernest Roderick and Elizabeth Barnett; husband of Meryll C. Barnett, of Edinburgh.

Lance Serjeant Joseph Bowness (Age 21) 6th Bn. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of William and Sarah Jane Bowness, of Liverpool.

Malaysia: 29-Jan-60: Private EJ FLIERTY (1st Battalion & Cameronians – attached Army Air Corps). Killed in air accident. Failed to return from Gemas. Auster Mk9. WZ 728 Found 2nd May 60 Pilot: Sgt McCammont

also…

1856 – Queen Victoria issues warrent to establish Victoria Cross

101 years ago today 28/1/1915: Serjeant J Goddard 6th Bn. Dranouter Churchyard, Belgium.

VC Winners….

1881: John Doogan of 1st King’s Dragoon Guards in First Boer War, Laing’s Nek, South Africa.

1881: Alan Hill of Northamptonshire Regiment in First Boer War, Laing’s Nek, South Africa.

1901: William Hardham of 4th New Zealand Contingent in 2nd Boer, Naauwpoort, South Africa.

1918: Geoffrey White of HMS E14 in WW1, Dardanelles, Turkey.

alos…

1547 – death of Henry VIII

1986 – space shuttle Challanger explodes just after take off (all aboard killed)

101 years ago today 27/1/1915: Private G Goodier (Age 22) 14th Bn. Runcorn Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of George and Elizabeth Goodier, of Lancaster Gardens, Halton Rd., Runcorn.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1944: Private William John Whapshott (Age 36) 7th Bn. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Husband of Ada Whapshott, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

VC Winners….

1917: Edward Mott of Border Regiment in WW1, Le Transloy, France.

also…

1944 – siege of Leningrad lifted

1945 – Auschwitz-Birkenau liberated by Red Army

1974 – Brisbane flood

happy birthday….

1859 – Kaiser Wilhelm II

and today we lost Abe Vigoda (94)…great as Tession in the Godfather…

101 years ago today 26/1/1915: Private A Asquith 6th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Nord, France.

Serjeant W West 6th Bn. Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belgium.

100 years ago today 26/1/1916: Private H Gregory 3rd Bn. Dukinfield Cemetery, United Kingdom.

Also….Happy Australia Day!!!!!

1788 – first fleet arives in Sydney 🙂

1907 – SMLE (Short Magazine Lee Enfield) mkIII introduced into British Army

1945 – Audie Murphy in action, will win Congressional Medla of Honour for it

happy birthday…

1880 – Douglas MacArthur

101 years ago today 25/1/1915: Serjeant Samuel Crawford (Age 22) 1st Bn. R.E. Farm Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Samuel and Sarah Jane Crawford, of Chapel House, Minshull Vernon, Crewe.

Lieutenant MW Hand 1st Bn. R.E. Farm Cemetery, Belgium.

100 years ago today 25/1/1916: Private T Mitchell 2nd (Garr.) Bn. Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery, United Kingdom.

VC Winners….

1917: Edward Henderson of Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) in WW1, River Hai, Mesopotamia.

1917: Robert Phillips of Royal Warwickshire Regiment in WW1, Kut, Mesopotamia.

Also…

1533 – Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn

happy brthday…

1882 – Virginia Woolf

98 years ago today 24/1/1918: Private J Hammond 12th Bn. Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1944: Private Albert Grindey (Age 24) 7th Bn. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Ernest William and Isabell May Grindey, of Upper Hulme, Staffordshire.

VC Winners….

1865: Hugh Shaw of 18th Regiment of Foot in Second Taranaki War, Nukumaru, New Zealand.

also…

41 – Caligula assassinated

1972 – Sgt. Yokoi of Japanese Army found hiding in Guam (left over from WW2)

happy birthday…

76 – Emprorer Hadrian

1891 – Field Marshal Walter Model

1941 – Neil Diamond

99 years ago today 23/1/1917: Private JF Pink 13th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord. France.

Private  F Thompson 13th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord. France.

Private  E Morgan (Age 21) 6th Bn. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Mr. J. Morgan, of 1, Woodhouse Lane, Horsehay, Salop.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1941: Private Albert Edward Watkins 4th Bn. Manchester Southern Cemetery, United Kingdom.

1944: Serjeant Albert Edwin Cunliffe (Age 25) 7th Bn. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of James Percy and Charlotte Elizabeth Cunlilfe, of Stockport, Cheshire; husband of Marjorie Cunliffe, of Stockport.

Lance Serjeant Frederick James Dodd (Age 23) 7th Bn. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Joseph and Frances Elizabeth Dodd, of Winsford, Cheshire.

VC Winners….

1945: Eric Harden of Royal Army Medical Corps in WW2, Brachterbeek, the Netherlands

1944: George Mitchell of London Scottish in WW2, Damiano Ridge, Italy

Also….

1900 – Battle of Spion Kop (Boer War)

1967 – Milton Keynes!!

Happy birthday….

1919 – Bob Paisley (Liverpool manager)

100 years ago today 22/1/1916: Private James Harrison 2nd Garrison Bn. Birkenhead (Flaybrick Hill) Cemetery, United Kingdom.

Private Harry Goodwin (Age 21) 1st Bn. Chipilly Communal Cemetery, France. Son of Francis William and Lydia Goodwin, of Chesterfield.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1940: Private Ralph Marsh (Age 39) 8th (H.D.) Bn. Leigh Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Richard and Esther Marsh; husband of Mary Marsh, of Leigh.

VC Winners…Zulu War (of course)

1879: Nevill Coghill of 24th Regiment of Foot, Battle of Isandlwana, Zululand

1879: Teignmouth Melvill of 24th Regiment of Foot, Battle of Isandlwana, Zululand

1879: Samuel Wassall of 80th Regiment of Foot, Battle of Isandlwana, Zululand

1879: William Allan of 24th Regiment of Foot, Battle of Rorke’s Drift, Natal Colony

1879: Gonville Bromhead of 24th Regiment of Foot, Battle of Rorke’s Drift, Natal Colony

1879: John Chard of Royal Engineers of Battle of Rorke’s Drift, Natal Colony

1879: James Dalton of Commissariat Department, Battle of Rorke’s Drift, Natal Colony

1879: Frederick Hitch of 24th Regiment of Foot, Battle of Rorke’s Drift, Natal Colony

1879: Alfred Hook of 24th Regiment of Foot, Battle of Rorke’s Drift, Natal Colony

1879: Robert Jones of 24th Regiment of Foot, Battle of Rorke’s Drift, Natal Colony

1879: William Jones of 24th Regiment of Foot, Battle of Rorke’s Drift, Natal Colony

1879: James Reynolds Army Medical Department, Battle of Rorke’s Drift, Natal Colony

1879: Christian Schiess 3rd Natal Native Contingent, Battle of Rorke’s Drift, Natal Colony

1879: John Williams of 24th Regiment of Foot, Battle of Rorke’s Drift, Natal Colony

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