101 years ago today 23/4/1915: Serjeant CE Johnson 1st Bn. Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, France.

Private C Boote 1st Bn. Tuileries British Cemetery, Belgium.         

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

Private John Burns 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.           

Private Charles Henry Walker (Age 30) 2nd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Mrs. C. Salisbury, of Wiltwood, Willington, Tarporley, Cheshire.

 

100 years ago today 23/4/1916: Serjeant Harry Street (Age 33) “D” Coy. 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Son of the late Charley Street; husband of Mary Street, of 49, Morton St., Oldham.

Private L Cope (Age 20) 8th Bn. Basra War Cemetery, Iraq. Son of Arthur Hooper Cope and Edith Cope, of 22, Moreton Rd., Holyhead.

 

VC Winner…

1915: Frederick Hall of 8th Battalion, CEF in WW1, Ypres, Belgium.

1917: Arthur Henderson of Princess Louises’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) in WW1, Fontaine-lès-Croisilles, France.

1917: David Hirsch of Green Howards in WW1, Wancourt, France.

1943: John Anderson of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise’s) in WW2, Longstop Hill, Tunisia.

1943: Willward Sandys-Clarke of Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) in WW2, Guiriat El Atach, Tunisia.

 

Also…

St George’s Day

1918 – Zeebrugge Raid

1942 – Baedeker Raid

1961 – Algiers Putsch by French Army

happy birthday…

1861 – Edmund Allenby

1939 – Lee Majors (Bionic!)