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)