100 years ago today 9/5/1916: Private W Bowyer 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.     

Private GE Cottingham (Age 18) 10th Bn. Le Treport Military Cemetery, France. Son of George Graham and Frances Cottingham, of Altrincham, Cheshire.

Corporal LC Emery 2nd/6th Bn. Stockport Borough Cemetery, United Kingdom.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1942: Private Leonard Harvey (Age 31) 1st Bn. Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta.   

Private Lindon Lever (Age 25) 1st Bn. Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta.      

Corporal Thomas Patrick Maloney (Age 35) 1st Bn. Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Son of Thomas and Cathrine Maloney, of Ballinagore, Co. West Meath, Irish Republic.

Private  Raymond Small (Age 23) 1st Bn. Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Son of Leonard and Edith Elizabeth Lucy Small, of Alvaston, Derby. His brother Leonard also died on Service.

1943: Private Frederick Francis Snape (Age 21) 6th Bn. Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia.

 

VC Winner…

1918: Rowland Bourke of Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in WW1, Ostend, Belgium.

1918: Victor Crutchley of HMS Vindictive in WW1, Ostend, Belgium.

1918: Geoffrey Drummond of Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in WW1, Ostend, Belgium.

1915: David Finlay of Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in WW1, Rue du Bois, France.

1915: John Ripley of Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in WW1, Rue du Bois, France.

1915: Charles Sharpe of Lincolnshire Regiment in WW1, Rouges Bancs, France.

1915: James Upton of Sherwood Foresters in WW1, Rouges Bancs, France.

Also…

1092 – Lincoln  Cathedral consecrated

1941 – Royal Navy capture U-110 with her Enigma machine

1945 – Soviet VE Day (lets not forget the men and women of the Red Army)

 

happy birthday…

1874 – Howard Carter

1930 – Joan Sims

1949 – Billy Joel