97 years ago today 23/2/1919: Private David Tudor (Age 35) 51st Bn. Cardiff (Cathays) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of William and Mary Tudor, of 42, Heathfield Rd., Gabalfa, Cardiff.

Lance Corporal CP Price 23rd Bn. Hereford Cemetery, United Kingdom.

Private Albert Victor Wainwright (Age 26) 1st/5th Bn. Runcorn Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Samuel and Mary Anne Wainwright, of 10, Back Robert St., Runcorn.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1942: Private Albert Dawson 2nd Bn. Alamein Memorial, Egypt. Son of Thomas and Sarah Dawson; husband of Frances Mabel Dawson, of Waterloo, Liverpool.

VC Winner…

1858: James Innes of Bengal Sappers and Miners in Indian Mutiny, Sultanpore, India.

1900: Albert Curtis of East Surrey Regiment in 2nd Boer War, Onderbank Spruit, South Africa.

1917: George Wheeler of 9th Gurkha Rifles in WW1, Shumran, Mesopotamia.

1945: Edwin Swales of No. 582 Squadron RAF in WW2, Pforzheim, Germany.

1967: Peter Badcoe of Australian Army Training Team Vietnam in Vietnam War, Huong Tra, Vietnam.

Also…

1945 – flag riased on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima

happy birthday…

1915 – Paul Tibbets pilot of Enola Gay