99 years ago today 14/1/1917: Private Herbert Lee 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq

VC Winner…

1881: John McCrea of 1st Cape Mounted Yeomanry in Basuto War, Tweefontein, South Africa.

Cyprus: 1958: Sergeant Charles Hector Brown Cheshire Constabulary (attached Cyprus Police). Killed in a road accident while seconded to the British Police Unit in Cyprus. Buried in the British Cemetery, Kyriacos Matsis St., Nicosia.

also….

1933 – Bodyline……Douglas Jardine is a naughty boy

1943 – Japanese sucessfully evacuate Guadalcanal

happy birthday…

83BC – Marc Anthony

1897 – Hasso von Manteuffel (German general….Battle of the Bulge)