100 years ago today 14/2/1916: Private T Horan 3rd Bn.  Birkenhead (Flaybrick Hill) Cemetery, United Kingdom.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1946: Warrant Officer Class I John Stewart Steele (Age 41) 7th Bn. Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of John Stewart Steele and Mary Ann Steele; Stepson of Mary Florence Steele, of Seacombe, Wallasey.

VC Winner…

1855: William Lendrim of Corps of Royal Engineers in Crimea, SevaVstopol, Crimea.

1916: Eric McNair of Royal Sussex Regiment in WW1, Hooge, Belgium.

1942: Thomas Wilkinson of HMS Li Wo in WW2, Java Sea, Malaya.

Also…

Valentines day……..

1779 – James Cook killed in Hawaii

1929 – St Valentines Day massacre in Chicago

happy birthday….

1913 – Jimmy Hoffa