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…