100 years ago today 17/1/1916: Private  S Hankey 10th Bn. Rifle House Cemetery, Belgium

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1944: Lieutenant William Richard Morton (Age 29) 6th Bn. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of William and Jessie Morton, of Hyde, Cheshire. Chartered Accountant.

Private Albert Edward Tiltman (Age 29) 7th Bn. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Alfred Edward Tiltman, and of Violet Ethel Tiltman, of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.

VC Winners…

1858: David Spence of 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers in Indian Mutiny, Shunsabad, India.

1874: Reginald Sartorius of 6th Bengal Cavalry in First Ashanti Expedition, Abogu, Ashanti.

1885: Alfred Smith of Royal Regiment of Artillery in Sudan Campaign, Abu Klea, Sudan.

also….

1912 – Captain Robert Scott reaches South Pole…..one month after Amundsen

1945 – Raoul Wallenberg taken into custody by Soviets

happy birthday…

1863 – David Lloyd George

1871 – David Beatty

1899 – Al Capone

1942 – Muhammad Ali