101 years ago today 26/4/1915: Company Quartermaster Serjeant Charles Henry Fitter (Age 28) 2nd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Fitter, of 1B, 5, Harding St., Winson Green, Birmingham.

Private John Sarginson 2nd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. 

Private Michael Smyth (Age 31) 2nd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of John and Bridget Smyth, of Ballinafid, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.

Corporal John Francis Whaley (Age 26) 2nd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Francis and Ann Whaley, of 78, Oswald St., Blackburn.

Private Fred Wheelton (Age 23) 2nd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of William and Emily Wheelton, of 17, John St., Macclesfield, Cheshire.

 

100 years ago today 26/4/1916: Private Ernest Allen (Age 23) “D” Coy., 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Son of John Edmund and Clara Allen, of 128, Hall St., Stockport, Cheshire. Native of Dukinfield, Cheshire.

Private R Carroll 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France.         

Private J Laws (Age 20) 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Son of George and Harriet Laws, of Sunderland; Husband of Ada Laws, of 36, Fulwell Rd., Monkwearmouth, Sunderland.

Private John Horan (Age 29) “B” Coy. 1st Garrison Bn. Gibraltar (North Front) Cemetery, Gibraltar. Husband of Isabella Baker (formerly Horan), of 12, Bembridge St., Toxteth Park, Liverpool.

Private Thomas Bird (Age 33) 10th Bn. Loos Memorial, France. Husband of Elizabeth Wilson (formerly Bird), of 108, Robinson St., Stalybridge.

Private William Henry Jackson 10th Bn. Loos Memorial, France. 

Private William Loftus 10th Bn. Loos Memorial, France.

Private Edward Navin (Age 21) 10th Bn. Loos Memorial France. Son of Edward and Elizabeth Navin, of Smithy Yard, Marple Bridge, Stockport; husband of Ethel Fullerton (formerly Navin), of 10, Nelson St., Hyde Rd., West Gorton, Manchester.

Private James Shaw (Age 33) 10th Bn. Loos Memorial, France. Son of the late Eli and Mary Ann Shaw.

Private R Craven 14th Bn. Whitchurch Cemetery, United Kingdom.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1943: Private Walter Carley (Age 37) 2nd Bn. Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Son of William and Bridget Carley; husband of Catherine Carley, of Coventry.

 

VC Winner…

1915: William Cosgrove of Royal Munster Fusiliers in WW1, Gallipoli, Turkey.

1915: Charles Doughty-Wylie of Royal Welsh Fusiliers in WW1, Gallipoli, Turkey.

1918: James Hewitson of King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) in WW1, Givenchy, France.

1915: Mir Dast of 55th Coke’s Rifles (Frontier Force) in WW1, Wieltje, Belgium.

1915: William Rhodes-Moorhouse of No. 2 Squadron RFC in WW1, Kortrijk, Belgium.

1915: Issy Smith of Manchester Regiment in WW1, Saint-Julien, Belgium.

1915: Garth Walford of Royal Artillery in WW1, Gallipoli, Turkey.

1944: Norman Jackson of No. 106 Squadron RAF in WW2, Schweinfurt, Germany.

Also…

1933 – The Gestapo founded…. 

happy birthday…..

1894 – Rudolf Hess