101 years ago today 7/4/1915: Captain Walter Colby Earle (Age 54) Chester (Overleigh) Cemetery United Kingdom. Son of Henry Earle; husband of Eliza Julia Earle, of Ovey’S Farm, Cookham, Berks.

100 years ago today 7/4/1916: Company Serjeant Major S Trueman 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

Private Thomas Chapman (Age 21) 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq. Son of Arthur and Eliza Chapman, of 20, Water St., Audenshaw, Manchester.

Private Michael Roache 8th Bn. Basra Memorial Iraq

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1943: Corporal Stanley Morris (Age 23) 2nd Bn. Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia. Son of Ernest and Annie Eleanor Morris, of Blackpool, Lancashire.

VC Winner…

1917: James Newland of 12th Battalion, AIF in WW1, Bapaume, France.

1918: Percy Storkey of 19th Battalion, AIF in WW1, Hangard Wood, France.

also…

1994 – Rwandan genocide