101 years ago today 5/4/1915: Private T Lowe 1st Bn. Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany.

 

100 years ago today 5/4/1916: Private T Lowe 1st Bn. Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany. Private Fred Smith (Age 18) 15th Bn. Rue-Du-Bacquerot (13Th London) Graveyard, Laventie, France. Son of Mr. T. and Mrs. E. Smith, of 26, Bridge St., Hooley Hill, Manchester.

 

Commemorated on Basra Memorial, Iraq…

Company Serjeant Major William Moores 2nd Bn.

Private Wilfred Brough (Age 18) 8th Bn. Son of Frederick and Emily Brough, of 41, Buckley St., Macclesfield, Cheshire.

Lance Corporal Ernest Brown 8th Bn.

Lance Corporal Charles Carter 8th Bn.

Private Charles Richard Carter 8th Bn.

Private Edward Cheetham 8th Bn.

Private Joseph Charles Currie 8th Bn.

Corporal Sydney Davies 8th Bn.

Private Harry Dunn (Age 38) 8th Bn. Husband of Mary Dunn, of 53, Whalley Rd., Northwich, Cheshire.

Private Percy Flindle (Age 23) 8th Bn. Son of George and Margaret Flindle, of Daisy Bank, Latchford, Warrington.

Private C Garner 8th Bn.

Private N Hegerty 8th Bn.

Private James Horner (Age 23) 8th Bn. Son of the late William Horner, of 23, Wigan Rd., Westhead, Ormskirk, Lancs.

Private Joseph Jones (Age 18) 8th Bn. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, of Clatterbridge, Birkenhead.

Private Henry Kennedy 8th Bn.

Private Thomas Lloyd (Age 27) 8th Bn. Son of Thomas and Fanny Lloyd, of 111, Redhouse Lane, Bredbury, Stockport.

Private William Lowe 8th Bn.

Private Charles Myers (Age 28) 8th Bn. Son of Mrs. Catherine Myers, of 81, Southdale Rd., Rock Ferry, Cheshire.

Private Enoch Pace 8th Bn

Private George Phillips (Age 23) 8th Bn. Son of John Thomas and Elizabeth Alice Phillips, of 12, Lockside, Marple, Stockport.

Lance Serjeant John Pursglove 8th Bn.

Lance Corporal Harry Roscoe (Age 18) 8th Bn. Son of A. and Betsy Wosskow, of 146, Broad Lane, Sheffield.

Private Robert Arthur Rout (Age 34) 8th Bn. Son of John and Elizabeth Rout, of Sludge Hall, Billesdon, Leicester.

Private William Shaw 8th Bn.

Private George Sheers 8th Bn.

Private William Thomas 8th Bn.

Private Richard Williams 8th Bn.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

NIL

 

VC Winner…

1858: Alexander Thompson of 42nd Regiment of Foot in Indian Mutiny, Fort Ruhya, India

1916: Angus Buchanan of South Wales Borderers in WW1, Falauyah Lines, Mesopotamia

1917: William Gosling of Royal Field Artillery in WW1, Arras, France

1943: Lalbahadur Thapa of 2nd Gurkha Rifles in WW2, Rass-es-Zouai, Tunisia

 

happy birthday…

1891 – Arnold Jackson (runner and soldier) DSO + 3 bars!

1909 – Albert R. “Cubby” Brocccoli

1912 – John Le Mesurier