101 years ago today 1/1/1915: Private Arthur Barber (Age 29) 1st Bn. Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France. Son of Mr. I. and Mrs. H. Barber; husband of Lottie Lee (formerly Barber), of 9, New Bridge Lane, Stockport.

100 years ago today 1/1/1916: Private William Tinsley (Age 52) 2nd Bn.   Birkenhead (Flaybrick Hill) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of John and Jane Tinsley; husband of Ellen Smith (formerly Tinsley), of 22, Shepherd St., Preston. Born at Wigan.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1/01/1945: Private John White Edwards (Age 28) 6th Bn. Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Edward and Hilda Bertha Edwards, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; husband of Betty Rose Edwards, of High Wycombe.

1/01/2004: Sergeant Norman Patterson (Age 28) Cheshire; Two British soldiers were killed in a road traffic accident in Baghdad in the early hours.

VC Winners….

1889: John Crimmin of Bombay Medical Service in British rule in Burma, Karenni, Burma.

1945: George Thompson of No. 9 Squadron RAF in WW2, Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany.