101 years ago today 26/5/1915: Private J Carter 2nd Bn. Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, France.

100 years ago today 26/5/1916: Private R Orritt 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

Private  T Richards 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

Private  J Brown 16th Bn. St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, France.

Also…

1940 – start of Operation Dynamo

happy birthday…

1650 – John Churchill

1867 – Mary of Teck

1907 – John Wayne

1909 – Sir Matt Busby