101 years ago today 18/4/1915: Private H Moore 3rd Bn. Barnton Cemetery, United Kingdom.   

Private I Littlemore 1st Bn. Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium.  

Serjeant Thomas Edward Bebbington (Age 32) 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Hannah Bebbington, of 51, Martin St., Crewe; husband of Marcella Bebbington, of 34, Sandbach St., Crewe, Cheshire.

Private Thomas Gibson 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.  

100 years ago today 18/4/1916: Private G French 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq.

Private D Guiray 8th Bn. Basra Memorial Iraq

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1942: Warrant Officer Class II Arthur Jones MM (Age 48) Knutsford Cemetery, United Kingdom. Husband of Annie Jones, of Knutsford.

VC Winner…

1916: Edward Baxter of King’s (Liverpool Regiment) in WW1, Blairville, France.

Also…

1942 – Doolittle Raid

1943 – Admiral Yamamoto shot down by US fighters

1945 – RAF 1000 bomber raid against Heligoland (including my Uncle Peter, a flight engineer on Canadian crewed Halifax. Below is the shot taken from his aircraft on that night)

1954 – Nasser seizes power in Egypt