February 29th

Leap Year Day…

96 years ago today 29/2/1920: Private Thomas Henry Salt (Age 22) 1st Bn. Liverpool (Allerton) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of John and Clara Salt, of Wolverhampton.

 

VC Winner…

1884: William Marshall of 19th Hussars in Sudan Campaign, El Teb, Sudan.

1884: Arthur Wilson of HMS Hecla in Sudan Campaign, El Teb, Sudan.

 

Once again thanks to the wonderfully accessible www.cwgc.org  (Commonwealth War Graves Commission) and Wikipedia.

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