101 years ago today 1/5/1915: Private Thomas Moss 1st Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.               

Private E Hampson 2nd Bn. Etretat Churchyard, France. 

Private JT Stockton (Age 19) 1st Bn. Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate, Belgium. Son of Thomas and Lucy Stockton, of Brindley Lea, Nantwich, Cheshire.

Private Edward Thomas 2nd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Private Harry Thompson (Age 20) 2nd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of John Thompson, of 8, Kertch St., Ancoats, Manchester.

 

100 years ago today 1/5/1916: Private GW Turner 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.    

Private E Wale 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.          

Private J Brown 8th Bn.  Basra War Cemetery, Iraq.          

Private J Lightfoot 1st/7th Bn. Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.      

Serjeant Richard Newport (Age 28) 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Son of John and Elizabeth Newport, of Halton, Nr. Runcorn, Cheshire. Formerly Assistant Schoolmaster. Enlisted September, 1914.

Private H Russell (Age 18) 1st Bn. Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France. Son of Charles and Harriett Corlett Russell, of 46, Princes St., Douglas, Isle of Man.

Private George William Hargraves (Age 18) 15th Bn. Rue-Des-Berceaux Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, France. Son of Harry and Agnes Hargraves, of 80, Wellington St., Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancs.

Private JW Taylor 15th Bn. Rue-Des-Berceaux Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, France.    

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1944: Private Walter Henry Birtles (Age 24) 7th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of Alfred and Florence Clarissa Birtles, of Wilmslow, Cheshire.

Major Hugh John Stephen McShane (Age 26) 7th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of Maj. Hugh Joseph McShane and Alice Maud McShane, of Twickenham, Middlesex.

Private Howell Jenkin Pickrell 1st Bn. Hamburg Cemetery, Germany.       

Private Charles Vaughan (Age 33) 1st Bn. Hamburg Cemetery, Germany. Son of Edward and Mary Ann Vaughan; husband of Mary C. Vaughan, of Valletta, Malta, G.C.

 

VC Winner…

1918: Robert Cruickshank of London Scottish Regiment in WW1, Jordan, Palestine.

1915: Edward Warner of Bedfordshire Regiment in WW1, Ypres, Belgium.

2004: Johnson Beharry of Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment in Iraq War, Al-Amarah, Iraq.

 

Also…

1759 – Wedgewood pottery founded by Josiah