101 years ago today 19/4/1915: Private F Sidebottom (Age 24) “A” Coy. 1st Bn. Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Sidebottom, of 70, Set St., Stalybridge.

100 years ago today 19/4/1916: Private Harry Davies 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq.          

Private Enoch Kinsella 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq.        

Private William Edward Palin (Age 21) 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq. Son of James and Margaret Palin, of 20, Stafford St., Crewe.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1942: Private Henry Livingstone (Age 32) 1st Bn. Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Son of William H. Livingstone and Harriet Ann Livingstone, of Bebington, Cheshire.

VC Winner…

1855: Henry MacDonald of Corps of Royal Engineers in Crimea, Sevastopol, Crimea.

1855: John Park of 77th Regiment of Foot in Crimea, Alma, Crimea.

1917: Ernest Sykes of Northumberland Fusiliers in WW1, Arras, France.

1943: Chhelu Ram of 6th Rajputana Rifles in WW2, Djebel Garci, Tunisia.

Also…

1770 –  Captain James Cook sights Australian coast….I’m glad he did

1839 – Treaty of London guarantees Belgian neutrality (see 1914…”the scrap of paper”)

1943 – Warsaw Ghetto uprising begins

1987 – first episode of The Simpsons (on Tracey Ullman show)

 1989 – gun turret on USS Iowa killing 48

happy birthday….

1917 – Sven Hassel