101 years ago today 8/4/1915: Private A Astbury 5th Bn. Spoilbank Cemetery, Belgium.

100 years ago today 8/4/1916: Private WJ Jones 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

Private Robert Metcalfe (Age 34) 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq. Son of Joseph and Ann Metcalfe, of Liverpool Rd., Neston, Birkenhead.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1945: Private John Hayes (Age 31) 1st Bn. Hanover War Cemetery, Germany. Son of Robert Wills Hayes and Sarah Ann Hayes; husband of Florence Elizabeth Hayes, of Chester.

Private Christopher Murphy (Age 31) 1st Bn. Hanover War Cemetery, Germany. Son of David and Ellen Murphy, of Fethard, Co. Tipperary, Irish Republic.

Private Harry Trevor (Age 22) 1st Bn. Hanover War Cemetery, Germany.

VC Winner…

1879: Peter Brown of Cape Mounted Riflemen in Basuto War, Morosi’s Mountain, South Africa.

1879: Robert Scott of Cape Mounted Riflemen in Basuto War, Morosi’s Mountain, South Africa.

1944: John Harman of Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment in WW2, Kohima, India.

1945: Anders Lassen of Special Air Service in WW2, Lake Comacchio, Italy.

1940: Gerard Roope of HMS Glowworm in WW2, Norwegian Sea, off Trondheim.

Also…

1942 – rail link to Leningrad re-opened

1942 – Bataan falls