100 years ago today 10/5/1916: Private Edwin Proudlove (Age 16) 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Son of Alick and Annie Winifred Proudlove, of Bromley Farm, Congleton, Cheshire.

Private JJ Comerford 6th Bn. Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France. 

Private John Thomas Halford (Age 25) 6th Bn. Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France. Son of the late William and Isabella Halford.

Serjeant Albert Victor Reid (Age 20) 6th Bn. Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France. Son of Eliza Reid, of 3, Meadow Lane, Dukinfield, Cheshire.

Private Edgar Cooper (Age 23) 13th Bn. Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France. Son of Thomas and Annie Cooper.

Private J. Ward Oldham (Age 40) 3rd Bn.                Stockport Borough Cemetery, United Kingdom. Husband of Elizabeth Oldham, of 12, St. James St., Newbridge Lane, Stockport.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1940: Private Thomas Edward Connell (Age 21) 4th Bn. Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, France.

Private Mark Garnett (Age 19) 4th Bn. Dunkirk Memorial, France. Son of John William and Edith Annie Garnett.

Corporal James O’Neil (Age 33) 4th Bn. Dunkirk Memorial, France. Son of James and Elizabeth O’Neil; husband of Mary O’Neil, of Byker, Northumberland.

1941: Private Albert Blay (Age 34) Maidenhead Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Frederick and Louisa Blay, of Maidenhead; Husband of Phyllis Ida Blay, of Maidenhead.

1942: Private Stephen Scholey (Age 25) 1st Bn. Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Son of Stephen and Isabella Scholey, of Oldham, Lancashire.

Also…

1857 – Sepoys mutiny begins

1940 – German’s attack the Low Countries; oh…and Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister

1941 – Rudolf Hess lands in Scotland

Happy birthday…

1838 – John Wilkes Booth

1890 – Alfred Jodl