101 years ago today 21/2/1915: Private R Hamlett 1st Bn. Dranouter Churchyard, Belgium.

Private A Quinn (Age 24) 2nd Bn. Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Private Thomas Edward Brittain (Age 35) “C” Coy. 1st Bn. Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Emma Brittain, of 23, Albert St., Crewe.

Private L Chapman 1st Bn. Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Mrs. M. Chapman, of 4, Marland St., Dukinfield.

Private  T Flannery 1st Bn. Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Private J McMahon 1st Bn. Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Mrs. Mcmahon, of 3, Weaver St., Chester.

Lance Serjeant Harry Ray Vickers (Age 27) “D” Coy. 2nd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Mrs. Jane Vickers, of Grange Cottages, Wybunbury, Nantwich, Cheshire.

Serjeant Charles Spencer Wycherley (Age 37) 2nd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of the late Andrew and Elizabeth Wycherley; husband of Lillie Wycherley, of Gamford Cottages, Rossett, Wrexham. Served in the South African Campaign.

100 years ago today 21/2/1916: Private Albert Edward Gaskell (Age 29) 2nd Bn. Birkenhead (Flaybrick Hill) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of James Henry and Sarah Gaskell, of 51, Baslow St., Beswick, Manchester.

Corporal John Charles Hulme (Age 32) Depot, Glossop (Or Whitfield) (St. James) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Husband of Elizabeth Hulme, of 32, Edward St., Glossop.

Private J Dickinson 9th Bn. Merville Communal Cemetery, France.

Private Thomas Littler (Age 30) 9th Bn. Merville Communal Cemetery, France. Son of Thomas and Katherine Littler, of Chester; husband of Eliza Ann Titman (formerly Littler), of 4, Davies Buildings, King St., Chester.

Also…

1848 – Communist Manifesto published (Marx and Engles)

1916 – Battle of Vurdun starts

1965 – Malcom X assassinated

happy birthday…

1910 – Douglas Bader