100 years ago today 4/1/1916: Private George Alexander Jackson Payne (Age 20) 13th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Son of George and Jessie Jackson Payne, of 16, Lodge Lane, Port Sunlight, Cheshire.

Lance Corporal T Hankey (Age 45) Depot Moston (St. Joseph’S) Roman Catholic Cemetery, United Kingdom. Brother of Mrs. Martha Radley, of 69, Mulliner St., Liverpool.

Private Harry Shaw 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

There are 72,403 commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the missing. Harry is the 153rd (in order of date killed) and the 2nd from Cheshire Regiment. Have you seen this memorial? It is a hell of a thing, a large surface is required to fit that many names, each one a story to be told and remembered.

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This is from the wonderful Commonwealth War Graves Commision web site (www.cwgc.org )

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1872: Donald Macintyre of 2nd Gurkha Rifles in Looshai Expedition, Lalgnoora, India