100 years ago today 14/5/1916: Private Andrew Dillon (Age 29) 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, France. Son of James Dillon, of 34, Bromborough Rd., Lower Bebington, Cheshire; husband of the late Florence Gore Dillon.

Private James Donnelly (Age 25) 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, France. Son of Thomas and Catherine Donnelly, of 60, Roslyn St., Lower Tranmere, Birkenhead.

Private Rowland Gaukroger (Age 34) 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, France. Brother of Miss Gaukroger, of 10, Joseph St., Littleborough, Manchester.

Private  J Coyle 13th Bn. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France.            

Private Robert Norris (Age 31) 13th Bn. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Son of Richard and Margaret Norris, of 77, Towson St., Liverpool.

Private Harold (Age 26) “D” Coy. 1st/4th Bn. Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Son of Joseph and Hannah Jane Saxon.

Corporal Fredrick Brown (Age 24) 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Son of Mrs. E. Brown, of Liverpool.

Private  P Carey (Age 39) 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Son of Catherine Huntington, of 34, Fair View Avenue, Liscard, Cheshire.

Second Lieutenant Arthur Edmund Gould (Age 31) 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Son of James George and Alice Mary Gould, of “Rocklands,” 109, Crouch Hill, London.

Private A Thayer 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Nephew of Joseph Jackson, of 166, Brook St., Birkenhead, Cheshire.

Lance Corporal GH Watson 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France.   

Private Albert Oliver Williams (Age 25) 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Williams, of Liverpool.

Private R Irwin 13th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, France.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1940: Lance Corporal Thomas Gavin (Age 31) 2nd Bn. Huldenberg Churchyard, Belgium. Son of Patrick and Mary Gavin; husband of Christina Gavin, of Sutton Leach, St. Helens, Lancashire.

1944: Second Lieutenant John Christopher Gribble (Age 22) 4th Bn. St. Austell Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Leslie E. C. Gribble and Phyllis Gribble, Of St. Austell.

Also…

1607 – Jamestown, VA settled

1796 – first smallpox inoculation given by Edward Jenner

1973 – Skylab launched

happy birthday…

1926 – Eric Morecombe

1940 – Col. H Jones VC