101 years ago today 22/3/1915: Private Charles Mayes (Age 23) 2nd Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Son of James and Mary Ann Mayes, of 31, Avon St., Oldham.

Private A Edwards 1st Bn. Tuileries British Cemetery, Belgium.

Private GA Wakefield 1st Bn. Tuileries British Cemetery, Belgium.

Private Frank Bates 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1941: Private Robert Watson (Age 34) Wharton (Christ Church) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Son of John and Fanny Watson, of Winsford.

1942: Private Brian Wood (Age 25) 2nd Bn. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya. Son of John Richard and Annie Wood, of Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire.[Note: I have Brian’s medals – lest we forget]

1943: Serjeant William Foy (Age 32) 2nd Bn. Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia. Son of William and Christina Foy; Husband of Dorothy Grace Foy, Of Cemaes Bay, Anglesey.

Private George Edward Howard (Age 23) 2nd Bn. Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia. Son of William John Howard, and of Minnie Howard, of Felpham, Bognor Regis, Sussex.

Serjeant Jack Hulme (Age 23) 2nd Bn. Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia. Son of May Hulme; husband of Dorothy Hulme.

Private Thomas Edmund Larvor (Age 21) 2nd Bn. Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia. Son of Charles Edmond and Henrietta Larvor, of Edge Hill, Liverpool.

Private Thomas David Salisbury 2nd Bn. Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia.

Private  Norman Thorley (Age 28) 2nd Bn. Medjez-El-Bab Memorial, Tunisia.

 

VC Winner…

1855: George Gardiner of 57th Regiment of Foot in Crimea, Sevastopol, Crimea

1855: Alexander Wright of 77th Regiment of Foot in Crimea, Sevastopol, Crimea

1918: John Collings-Wells of Bedfordshire Regiment in WW1, Marcoing, France

1918: Herbert Columbine of Machine Gun Corps in WW1, Hervilly Wood, France

1918: Harold Jackson of East Yorkshire Regiment in WW1, Hermies, France

1918: Cecil Knox of Corps of Royal Engineers in WW1, Tugny, France

1918: Frank Roberts of Worcestershire Regiment in WW1, Pargny, France

1945: Reginald Rattey of 2/525th Battalion, AIF in WW2, Bougainville, Solomon Islands