101 years ago today 19/3/1915: Private H Adkinson 7th Bn. attd. 5th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Nord                France.

Private J Oates 5th Bn. Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belgium.

100 years ago today 19/3/1916: Second Lieutenant Milton Gordon Girod (Age 23) MID 3rd Bn. Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Son of Ernest and Annie Girod (nee Pankhurst), of 52, Rue Servan. Paris. Born at Leeds.

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1858: William Bankes of 7th Queen’s Own Hussars in Indian Mutiny, Lucknow, India

1858: Robert Newell of 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers in Indian Mutiny, Lucknow, India

1858: David Rushe of 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers in Indian Mutiny, Lucknow, India

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1932 – Sydney Harbour Bridge opened

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1813 – David Livingstone

1848 – Wyatt Earp

1905 – Albert Speer

1905 – Adolf Eichmann

1921 – Tommy Cooper