101 years ago today 2/5/1915: Private J Davies (Age 24) 2nd Bn. Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, Belgium. Son of John and Alice Davies, of Fronhyfrd, Groes Lwyd, Abergele, Denbighshire. Born at Rhyl, Flints.

Private F Morgan (Age 22) 4th Bn. attd. 5th Bn. Spoilbank Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Mrs. R. Morgan, Of 217, Peel St., Rock Ferry, Tranmere, Birkenhead.

Company Serjeant Major Alexander Warnock (Age 41) 5th Bn. Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France. Son of John and Rachel Warnock, of Birkenhead; husband of Lillian A. Warnock, of 7, Lancashire St., Newton Heath, Manchester.

Private Ernest Broome (Age 26) 2nd Bn.                Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Oswald and Ellen Broome, of 41, Dane Rd., Sale, Cheshire.

100 years ago today 2/5/1916: Private Arthur Margerison (Age 32) No. 3 Coy 13th Bn. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Son of Henry and Emily Jane Margerison, of 73, Bolton Rd., Port Sunlight, Cheshire.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1940: Private Gordon Thomas Hodgkinson (Age 19) 5th Bn. Chester (Overleigh) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of W. G. Hodgkinson and Dora Hodgkinson, of Huntington.

1941: Private Herbert Thomas (Age 28) Liverpool (Kirkdale) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Edwin and Eliza Thomas, of Waterloo, Liverpool.

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1915: John Lynn of Lancashire Fusiliers in WW1, Ypres, Belgium.