101 years ago today 9/3/1915: Private H Dobson 1st Bn. Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate  Belgium.

Second Lieutenant Charles Richard Griffin Vance (Age21) 1st Bn. Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate, Belgium. Youngest Son of the late Venerable Joseph Vance, M.A. (Archdeacon of Limerick).

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1941: Private John Melia (Age 29) Stockport Borough Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Edward and Mary Melia, of Stockport.

Private Ronald John Screech (Age 27) 5th Bn. St. Stephen’S-By-Saltash (St. Stephen) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Son of John and Marion Kate Screech, of Saltash.

1942: Private William Eli Jones (Age 22) 1st Bn. Pembroke Military Cemetery, Malta. Son of Ernest and Elizabeth Jones, of Poulton, Wallasey, Cheshire.

VC Winner…

1858: Thomas Butler of 1st European Bengal Fusiliers in Indian Mutiny, Lucknow, India.

1858: Francis Farquharson of 42nd Regiment of Foot in Indian Mutiny, Lucknow, India.

Also…

1566 – David Rizzio (secretary of Mary Queen od Scots) murdered……this bit in the film with Ian Holm gave me nightmares as a kid!