101 years ago today 29/4/1915: Private W Cole 5th Bn. Spoilbank Cemetery, Belgium.    

Private Thomas Feeney (Age 22) 5th Bn. Spoilbank Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Michael and Winifred Feeney, of 28, Steven St., Boughton, Chester.

Corporal S Thomas (Age 23) 5th Bn. Spoilbank Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Mrs. Lydia Thomas, of 34, Mobberley Rd., Knutsford, Cheshire.

Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium…

Private Walter Albinson 1st Bn.                 

Private Thomas Bagley (Age 38) 1st Bn. Son of Elizabeth Deegan (formerly Bagley, (nee Blackhurst) and William Bagley; husband of Florence Campbell (formerly Bagley), of 6, St. Thomas Place. Hillgate, Stockport.

Private Harry Bagwell 1st Bn.

Private Harry Bruckshaw (Age 24) 1st Bn. Son of Samuel and Harriet Bruckshaw, of 60, Northgate St., Stockport; husband of Lucy Hallam (formerly Bruckshaw), of 3, Second Avenue, Oozewood Rd., Royton, Oldham.

Private Thomas Dolan (Age 28) 1st Bn. Son of Mrs. Catherine Dolan, of 34, Hawkins St., South Reddish, Stockport.

Private David Gee 1st Bn.             

Private Joseph Henry Parry (Age 30) 1st Bn. Son of William and Elizabeth Parry, of 16, Nelson, Chester; husband of Ellen Parry, of 10, Peel St., Chester.

Lance Corporal Arthur Pearce (Age 16 1st Bn. Only son of George Edwin and Martha Pearce, of 71, Stovell Avenue, Longsight, Manchester.

Private Harry Plant (Age 38) 1st Bn. Husband of Lavina Plant, of 1, Souracre Fold, Stalybridge, Cheshire.

Private Robert Rogers 1st Bn.

Private John Tomkinson 1st Bn.

Private Patrick Walsh 1st Bn.

 

100 years ago today 29/4/1916: Private James Aaron Cartlidge (Age 26) 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, France. Son of the late Arthur and Hannah Cartlidge, of 21, Dane St., Congleton; husband of Elizabeth Ellen Cartlidge, of 28, Milk St., Congleton, Cheshire.

Private Joseph Habbajam Higgs (Age 40) 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, France. Son of Clara Higgs, of 4, Stone Grove, Steeton, Keighley, Yorks, and the late John Higgs. Enlisted 1914.

Private Patrick McDonald (Age 36) 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq. Son of Michael McDonald. Served in the South African Campaign with 1St Bn. South Lancashire Regt.

Lance Corporal HH Birch (Age 28) 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Birch, of Hesshall, Cheshire.

Private Arthur Cliffe (Age 20) 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Son of Samuel and Eliza Cliffe, of Astbury Village, Nr. Congleton, Cheshire.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1942: Corporal William Ernest Matthews (Age 36) 7th Bn. Birmingham (Witton) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Charles and Florence Priscilla Matthews, of Birmingham; husband of Jennie Matthews, of Broad, Birmingham.

1943: Corporal Ronald Alexander Williams (Age 30) 6th Bn. Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia. Son of Samuel Ralph Lewis Williams and of Gertrude Williams, of Bramhall, Cheshire.

1944: Major Samuel Thomas Smither MC and 2 Bar (Age 53) 30th Bn. Naples War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Samuel Thomas Smither and Jessie Smither; husband of Kathleen Ada Smither, of Wallasey, Cheshire.

1945: Private John Charles McGuire 7th Bn. Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany.

 

VC Winner…

1864: William Manley of Royal Artillery in Tauranga Campaign, Tauranga, New Zealand.

1864: Samuel Mitchell of HMS Harrier in Tauranga Campaign, Tauranga, New Zealand.

1917: Alfred Pollard of Honourable Artillery Company in WW1, Gavrelle, France.

1917: James Welch of Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment) in WW1, Oppy, Pas-de-Calais, France.

1941: Jack Hinton of 2nd Division, NZEF in WW2, Kalamai, Greece.

 Also…

1770 –  Captain James Cook arrives at Botany Bay

happy birthday…

1934 – General Sir Peter de la Billiere

1954 – Jerry Seinfeld

1955 – Kate Mulgrew (Captain Janeway)