100 years ago today 11/5/1916: Lance Serjeant Frank Dodd 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, France.      

Private J Greenwood 2nd Garrison Bn. Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.      

Private H McDonald (Age33) 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Husband of Margaret McDonald, of 10, Midland St., Birkenhead, Cheshire.

Serjeant JJ McNally 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France.   

Private JH Ward (Age 26) 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Son of Hugh and Annie Ward, of County Armagh, Ireland.

Private  AE Brock (Age 31) 1st Bn. Haslington (St. Matthew) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Husband of Maud Brock, of 12, Bold St., Haslington.

Private  F Johnson 14th Bn. Marthall (All Saints) Churchyard, United Kingdom.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1940: Second Lieutenant Denis Barrett 7th Bn. O.-L.-V.-Lombeek Churchyard, Belgium.  

1943: Private Frederick Oakes (Age 22) 30th Bn. Pelton Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Frederick and Margaret Oakes, of Pelton.

 

VC Winner…

1855: Thomas Hamilton of 68th Regiment of Foot in Crimea, Sevastopol, Crimea.

1857: John Buckley of Commissariat Department in Indian Mutiny, Delhi, India.

1857: George Forrest of Bengal Veterans Establishment in Indian Mutiny, Delhi, India.

1857: William Raynor of Bengal Veterans Establishment in Indian Mutiny, Delhi, India.

 

Also…

1945 – USS Bunker Hill hit by 2 kamikazes, killing 346 sailors (the ship survived)

1949 – Israel joins UN (I bet they wonder why they bothered!)

1960 – Mossad agents capture Adolf Eichmann in Argentina (well done lads)

1985 – Bradford City FC fire….

1987 – Klaus Barbie trial

 

happy birthday…

1875 – Harriet Quimby (see April 16th)

1904 – Salvador Dali