101 years ago today 26/3/1915: Private J Wright 1st Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Nord, France.

Private F Stokes 1st Bn.  Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium.

Private G Brandreth 1st/7th Bn. attd. 1st/5th Bn. Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Serjeant G Partin 5th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1941: Private Thomas Charles Hargreaves (Age 25) 1st Bn. Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece. Son of William Henry and Myra M. Hargreaves, of Southport, Lancashire.

1946: Major Clifford Sydney Philpott (Age 42) Burntwood (Christ Church) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Son of Francis Sydney and Helen Philpott; husband of Gwyneth Margaret Philpott, of Bude, Cornwall.

VC Winner…

1917: Percy Cherry of 26th Battalion, AIF in WW1, Lagnicourt, France.

1918: Albert Mountain of Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) in WW1, Hamelincourt, France.

1943: Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu of 28th Māori Battalion, NZEF in WW2, Tebaga Gap, Tunisia.

Also…

1982 – ground broken on wonderful Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, DC

happy birthday….

1931 – Leonard Nimoy