101 years ago today 29/3/1915: Lance Corporal Robert Owen Jones (Age 23) 1st Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Son of Thomas and Catherine Jones, of 30A, Scholar St., Smithdown Rd., Liverpool.

Private Graham (Age 30) Chester (Overleigh) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Husband of S. J. Birtles (formerly Graham), of 34, Fitzclarence St., Everton Rd., Everton, Lancs.

Winner…

1855: William Coffey of 34th Regiment of Foot in Crimea, Sevastopol, Crimea.

1855: Frederick Elton of 55th Regiment of Foot in Crimea, Sevastopol, Crimea.

Also…

1879 – battle of Kambula (after struggling at Hlobane) in Zulu War

1942 – bombing of Lubeck by RAF, first major success (on the coast you see)

1951 – Rosenbergs convicted

1971 – Lt. William Calley convicted for My Lai

happy birthday…

1931 – Norman Tebbit

1943 – John Major

1946 – Richard Holmes

1960 – Jo Nesbo