101 years ago today 20/5/1915: Private W Minnis 1st/4th Bn. Birkenhead (Flaybrick Hill) Cemetery, United Kingdom.

Private  G Munt 2nd Bn. Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany.

Private E Evans 2nd Bn. Gent City Cemetery, Belgium.

 

100 years ago today 20/5/1916: Private H C Beacall 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. 

Private  A Clarke 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

Private Charles Conley (Age 23) 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Son of Charles and Julia Conley.

Private J Smith 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.          

Private  E Cooke 10th Bn. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France.          

Private Thomas Page (Age 19) No. 3 Depot Chester (Overleigh) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son Of the late Thomas and Catherine Page.

Lance Corporal WJ Ainsworth (Age 20) 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Son of William and Martha Ainsworth, of Lostock Gralam, Cheshire.

Private J Burgess 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France.       

Private William Arthur Dutton (Age 29) 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Son of William and Mary Elizabeth Dutton, of Runcorn, Cheshire.

Private Walter Hodkinson (Age 22) 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Grandson of Annie Wilding, of 9, Station Rd., Winsford, Cheshire.

Serjeant J Hunt 10th Bn.                Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France.

Private H Jacks (Age 32) “B” Coy. 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Son of Chas. and Eliza Jacks, of Marston, Cheshire.

Private Israel King (Age 25) 11th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Son of William and Margaret King, of Ellesmere Port, Birkenhead.

Private Charles Lambert (Age 26) 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Only Son of Annie Lambert, of 6, Renshaw’S Cottages, Roebuck Lane, Sale, Cheshire.

Lance Corporal A Watson 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France.      

Private Henry Frederick Astbury 10th Bn. Loos Memorial, France.              

Private Patrick Dair 10th Bn. Loos Memorial, France/      

Private  Joseph Foxley (Age 26) “B” Coy. 10th Bn. Loos Memorial, France. Son of John and Bertha Foxley, of 2, Station Rd., Lostock Gralam, Northwich.

Private Albert Thirlwall (Age 27) 10th Bn. Loos Memorial, France. Son of Frederick Stanley, and Alice Maud Thirlwall, of The Hough, Macclesfield Rd., Wilmslow, Cheshire.

Private Thomas Yoxall 10th Bn. Loos Memorial, France. 

Private Harry Lawton (Age 27) 1st/6th Bn. St. Venant Communal Cemetery, France. Son of George and Martha Lawton, of Stalybridge. Born at Stalybridge.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1940: Private Samuel Clews (Age 21) 4th Bn. Mouchin Communal Cemetery, France. Son of John and Mary Clews, of Stockport, Cheshire.

Private George Batty Shaw (Age 22) 4th Bn. Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, France. Son of Charles and Eliza Shaw, of Wallasey, Cheshire.

 

VC Winner…

1900: John MacKay of Gordon Highlanders in 2nd Boer War, Johannesburg, South Africa.

1915: Martin Nasmith of HMS E11 in WW1, Dardanelles, Turkey.

1941: Clive Hulme of 2nd Division, NZEF in WW2, Crete, Greece.

Also…

1884 – Cetshwayo becomes king of the Zulu

1940 – first arrivals at Auschwitz