101 years ago today 7/3/1915: Corporal A Martin (Age 34) 1st Bn. Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, Belgium. Husband of Mary Martin, of 10, Powell St., Clayton, Manchester.

Private  Christopher William Price (Age 34) 1st Bn. Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate, Belgium. Husband of Annie E. Price, of 98, Gladstone Rd., Wallasey, Cheshire.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1942: Private James Rogers (Age 31) 2nd Bn. Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt.

1943: Private John William Hill 30th Bn. Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial, United Kingdom.

1944: Serjeant Robert Thomas Benson (Age 30) 6th Bn. Cassino Memorial, Italy. Son of Robert and Laura Benson, of Woolwich, London; husband of Doreen Benson, of Marylebone, London.

Private John Evans (Age 26) 6th Bn. Cassino Memorial, Italy. Son of Edward and Jane Evans, of Stockport, Cheshire.

VC Winner…

1917: Jack White of King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) in WW1, Dialah River, Mesopotamia.

Also…

1945 – US troops capture bridge at Remagen

happy birthday…

1904 – Reinhard Heydrich SS officer assassinated in Prague (chaired Wanness conference)

1952 – Viv Richards

1958 –  Rick Mayall