101 years ago today 8/3/1915: Captain Ivor John Douglas Philipps 16th Bn. Edinburgh (Dean Or Western) Cemetery, United Kingdom.

Private  Charles Jones (Age 32) 1st Bn. Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate, Belgium. Son of George and Hannah Jones, of Rake Lane, Helsby, Cheshire.

Private  Samuel Brown 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

VC Winner…

1917: George Cates of Prince Consort’s Own (Rifle Brigade) in WW1, Bouchavesnes, France.

1917: Oswald Reid of King’s (Liverpool Regiment), WW1, Dialah River, Mesopotamia.

1918: Charles Robertson of Royal Fusiliers in WW1, Polderhoek Chateau, Belgium.

1916: George Stringer of Manchester Regiment in WW1, Es Sinn, Mesopotamia.