100 years ago today 8/5/1916: Lance Corporal George William Rowarth (Age 34) 2nd Bn. Doiran Memorial, Greece. Son of George William and Johanna Rowarth, of Hadfield, Derbyshire.

Private Llewelyn Johnson Mountfield Bateson (Age 20) “A” Coy. 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Son of George Edwin and Annie Bateson. Born at Barnton, Nr. Northwich, Cheshire.

Private A Walker 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France.       

Private John Ward (Age 26) 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Son of Mary Ward, of 11, Wiverns Place, Runcorn, Cheshire.

Serjeant M Wood (Age 21) 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Son of Joseph and Martha Wood, of 92, Churchgate, Stockport; husband of S. E. Wood, of 1, The Fold, Luthwood Rd., Bayston Hill, Salop.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1942: Private Thomas Edwards (Age 22) 1st Bn. Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Son of Frederick Arthur and Martha Edwards, of Boughton, Chester.

Private Henry Owen Lodwick (Age 25) 1st Bn. Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Owen Lodwick; Husband of Marjorie Lodwick, of Little Sutton, Cheshire.

1945: Private Walter Henry Henshaw (Age 44) Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of James and Eliza Jane Henshaw, of Grimsby; husband of Edith Mary Henshaw, of Grimsby.

Private Robert Raymond Skuce (Age 20) 1st Bn. Hamburg Cemetery, Germany.  

VC Winner…

1918: William Beesley of Prince Consort’s Own (Rifle Brigade) in WW1, Bucquoy, France.

happy birthday….

1901 – Australian Labor Party (ALP)