101 years ago today 16/5/1915: Private JW Scott 3rd Bn. Dukinfield Cemetery, United Kingdom.

Private Jordan Bradbury (Age 28) 2nd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Husband of Eliza J. Bradbury, of 5, Stanyford St., Hadfield, Manchester.

100 years ago today 16/5/1916: Private WE Capper 13th Bn. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France.    

Private W Caton (Age 20) 13th Bn. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Son of Mary Caton, of 55, Cambridge Rd., Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1940: Lance Corporal George Hayes (Age 37) 2nd Bn. Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension, Belgium. Son of James and Sarah Alice Hayes, of Stockport, Cheshire.

1945: Lieutenant John Newby Craddock (Age 21) Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany. Son of Reginald Walter and Margaret Eva Craddock, of Darlington, Co. Durham.

VC Winner…

1901: Frederick Bell of West Australian Mounted Infantry in 2nd Boer War, Transvaal, South Africa.

1915: Frederick Barter of Royal Welsh Fusiliers in WW1, Festubert, France.

1915: Joseph Tombs of King’s (Liverpool Regiment) in WW1, Rue du Bois, France.

1943: Guy Gibson of No. 617 Squadron RAF in WW2, Möhne Dam, Germany –  Dam Buster.

1944: Francis Jefferson of Lancashire Fusiliers in WW2, Monte Cassino, Italy.

Also…

1943 – Warsaw ghetto uprising ends

1966 – Cultural Revolution begins in China