101 years ago today 22/4/1915: Lance Corporal W Jared 1st Bn. Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, Belgium.       

Private Harold Whitfield (Age 23) 5th Bn. Spoilbank Cemetery, Belgium. Husband of Emmeline Whitfield, of 20, Cross St., Widnes, Lancs.

Lance Corporal  WH Matthews 1st Bn. Tuileries British Cemetery , Belgium.           

Private Walter Jackson 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.   

 

100 years ago today 22/4/1916: Second Lieutenant Frederick Alan Barrett (Age 22) 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq. Son of Arthur P. and Catherine M. Barrett, of The Drive, Sawbridgeworth, Herts. His Brother Arthur Lennard Barrett also fell.

Private Joseph Berry 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq.           

Second Lieutenant William Ernest Albert Clayton (Age 27) 9th Bn. Merville Communal Cemetery, France. Son of The Rev. William John Clayton (Methodist Minister), of Downpatrick, Co. Down.

 

VC Winner…

1855: Joseph Bradshaw of Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) in Crimea, Woronzoff Road, Crimea.

1855: Robert Humpston of Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) in Crimea, Woronzoff Road, Crimea.

1896: Frank Baxter of Bulawayo Field Force in Matabeleland Rebellion, Umguza, Rhodesia.

1900: Harry Beet of Derbyshire Regiment in 2nd Boer, Wakkerstroom, South Africa.

1903: William Walker of 4th Gurkha Rifles in Third Somaliland Expedition, Daratoleh, Somaliland.

1903: John Gough of Rifle Brigade in Third Somaliland Expedition, Daratoleh, Somaliland.

1903: George Rolland of 1st Bombay Grenadiers in Third Somaliland Expedition, Daratoleh, Somaliland.

1918: Edward Bamford of Royal Marine Light Infantry in WW1, Zeebrugge, Belgium.

1918: George Bradford of HMS Iris II (HMS Iris II) in WW1, Zeebrugge, Belgium.

1918: Alfred Carpenter of HMS Vindictive in WW1, Zeebrugge, Belgium.

1918: Percy Dean of Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in WW1, Zeebrugge, Belgium.

1918: Norman Finch of Royal Marine Artillery in WW1, Zeebrugge, Belgium.

1915: Frederick Fisher of 13th Battalion, CEF in WW1, Saint-Julien, Belgium.

1917: Reginald Graham of Princess Louises’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) in WW1, Istabulat, Mesopotamia.

1918: Arthur Harrison HMS Vindictive in WW1, Zeebrugge, Belgium.

1918: Albert McKenzie HMS Vindictive in WW1, Zeebrugge, Belgium.

1918: Richard Sandford HMS C3 in WW1, Zeebrugge, Belgium.

1943: Charles Lyell Scots Guards in WW2, Dj Bou Arada, Tunisia.

1950: James Carne of Gloucestershire Regiment in Korean War, Imjin River, Korea.

1950: Philip Curtis of Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry in Korean War, Imjin River, Korea.

 

happy birthday…

1870 – Vladimir Lenin

1937 – Jack Nicholson

1938 – Issey Miyake