101 years ago today 13/4/1915: Private J Worral 1st Bn. Tuileries British Cemetery, Belgium.

100 years ago today 13/4/1916: Serjeant J Bailey 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.      

Private John Moore 1st Bn. Habarcq Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Son of the late John and Phoebe Moore, of Wolverhampton.

Serjeant WW Cooke 9th Bn. La Gorgue Communal Cemetery, France.     

Private WH Ellard 10th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France.

VC Winner…

1855: Samuel Evans of 19th Regiment of Foot in Crimea April, Sevastopol, Crimea.

1868: James Bergin of 33rd Regiment of Foot in Abyssinian War, Battle of Magdala, Abyssinia.

1868: Michael Magner of 33rd Regiment of Foot in Abyssinian War, Battle of Magdala, Abyssinia.

1941: John Edmondson of 2/17th Battalion, AIF in WW2, Tobruk, Libya.

Also…

1861 – Fort Sumter surrenders

1970 – “Houston…we have a problem” oxygen tank explodes on Apollo 13

happy birthday…

1570 – Guy Fawkes

1866 – Butch Cassidy

1892 – Sir Arthur “Bomber” Harris