101 years ago today 19/2/1915: Private Peter McGowan 2nd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Private Stanley Rule 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

100 years ago today 19/2/1916: Private John Holmes (Age 19) 1st/9th Bn. Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, France. Son of John Holmes, of 6, Hunt St., Brinksway, Stockport.

Private S Allen 9th Bn. Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, France.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1944: Private Angus Kennedy (Age 31) 6th Bn. Anzio War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Angus and Mary Jane Kennedy, of Rothesay, Buteshire.

Lance Corporal Harold Trevor Marshall (Age 25) 6th Bn.  Anzio War Cemetery, Italy. Son of George and Esther Pauline Marshall; husband of Doris Marshall, of Stockport, Cheshire.

1945: Private William Guy Mann (Age 39) Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany.Son of William Edward and Fanny Eunice Mann; husband of Evelyn Mann, of Shepherd’S Bush, London.

Also…

1915 – first naval attack starts at Dardanelles

1942 – Darwin, NT bombed by Japanese

1943 – Kesserine Pass, Tunisia

1945 – US Marines land on Iwo Jima

happy birthday…

1924 – Lee Marvin

1940 – Smokey Robinson

1955 – Jeff Daniels