100 years ago today 25/5/1916:

Private GA Bennett 10th Bn. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Lance Serjeant J Miller 11th Bn. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Private J Hudson 1st/6th Bn. Brown’S Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, France.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1940: Private Frederick Leary (Age 19) 4th Bn. Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, France. Son of Edwin and Maud Leary, of Scarrington, Nottinghamshire.

VC Winner…

1915: Leonard Keyworth of London Regiment in WW1, Givenchy, France.

happy birthday…

1889 – Günther Lütjens (captain of Bismarck)