101 years ago today 10/3/1915: Private R Hunt 1st Bn. Spoilbank Cemetery, Belgium.

100 years ago today 10/3/1916: Private Thomas Wilkinson (Age 33) 3rd Bn. Balby (St. John The Divine) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Son of Edward and Catherine Wilkinson; husband of Emily Hunt (formerly Wilkinson), of 2, King’S Crescent, New Edlington, Doncaster. Born at Crewe.

Private H Davies (Age 29) 8th Bn. Basra War Cemetery, Iraq. Son of William Davies, of The Brow, Frodsham Bridge, Cheshire.

Private J Marsh 16th Bn. Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France.

Private GR Wile 16th Bn. Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France.

Serjeant Wilfred Clover (Age 25) 17th Bn. Oldham (Greenacres) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Husband of Miriam Clover, of 48, Hanson St., Oldham.

VC Winner…

1915: William Buckingham of Leicestershire Regiment in WW1, Neuve Chapelle, France.

1915: Gobar Negi of 39th Garhwal Rifles in WW1, Neuve Chapelle, France.

1917: Archibald Smith of Royal Naval Reserve in WW1, Atlantic Ocean.

1918: Harold Whitfield of King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) in WW1, Burj El Lisaneh, Egypt.