101 years ago today 17/4/1915: Private Percy Edward Tiddy (Age 29) 5th Bn. Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate, Belgium. Son of Thomas and Hannah Elizabeth Tiddy, of 113, Foregate St., Chester. Master Draper. Volunteered for active service in Sept., 1914.

Private J Kelly 1st Bn. Tuileries British Cemetery, Belgium.            

Private Alexander Buchanan (Age 19) “A” Coy. 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Alexander and Mary Benjamin Buchanan, of “Tower View,” Gill’S Lane, Pensby, Birkenhead.

Private  M Burke 2nd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.             

Private Charles Robert Henry Griffiths (Age 23) 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Native of Birkenhead. Son of John F. and Elizabeth Griffiths, of 15, Washington St., Liverpool.

Lance Corporal Walter Rowland 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. 

Private John Thompson (Age 32) 2nd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Mrs. Hannah Haddock.

Private William Joseph Williams 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. 

100 years ago today 17/4/1916: Private Thomas Slack 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq.         

Private Samuel Hatton (Age 28) 9th Bn.  Merville Communal Cemetery, France. Husband of Sarah Alice Molloy (formerly Hatton), of 8, Bealey St., Crossley St., Gorton, Manchester.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1945: Private William Crook (Age 29) 1st Bn. Hamburg Cemetery, Germany. Husband of Annie Crook, of Pemberton, Lancashire.

VC Winner…

1855: Matthew Dixon of Royal Regiment of Artillery in Crimea, Sevastopol, Crimea.

1942: John Nettleton of No. 44 Squadron RAF in WW2, Augsberg, Germany.