101 years ago today 28/5/1915: Private J Dean 2nd Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.    

Private  W Wilson (Age 46) 3rd Bn. Coventry (London Road) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of George and Elizabeth Wilson of Coventry; husband of Rose Wilson, of 8, Bayley Lane, Coventry.

Private  JH Quinn 2nd Bn. Runcorn Cemetery, United Kingdom.  

 

100 years ago today 28/5/1916: Private J Kay 10th Bn. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension  , France.

Private Peter Hall 1st Garrison Bn. Gibraltar (North Front) Cemetery, Gibraltar.

 

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1940: Private Frederick George Barnhouse (Age 34) La Bernerie-En-Retz Communal Cemetery, France. Son of Thomas and Emily Jane Barnhouse, of Swansea; husband of Mary Ann Barnhouse, of Town Hill, Swansea.

Private Norman Bell (Age 21) 4th Bn. Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, France.

Private John Blackwell (Age 21) 4th Bn. Dunkirk Memorial, France.           

Private  Ernest Arthur Braithwaite (Age 34) 4th Bn. Ledringhem Churchyard, France. Husband of Winifred May Braithwaite, of Aslockton, Nottinghamshire.

Private Kenneth Fowden (Age 20) 4th Bn. Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, France. Son of Henry and Felicia Mary Fowden, of Burton, Cheshire.

Lieutenant Basil Thomas Robertson Glasspool (Age 24) 4th Bn. Ledringhem Churchyard, France. Son of Reginald Thomas Booth Glasspool and Frances Louisa Glasspool, of Street, Somerset.

Private Joseph William Hines (Age 20) 4th Bn. Dunkirk Memorial, France. Son of Joseph and Emily Hines.

Corporal Charles George Jones (Age 31) 4th Bn. Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, France. Son of Richard and Mary Hannah Jones, of Neston, Cheshire; husband of Kate Jones, of Neston.

Lance Corporal Arthur Kirby (Age 33) 4th Bn. Ledringhem Churchyard, France.    

Private Ronald Linegar (Age 19) 4th Bn. Dunkirk Memorial, France. Son of Harold and Jessie Linegar, of Castle, Northwich, Cheshire.

Private Charles Lockett (Age 20) 4th Bn. Esquelbecq Military Cemetery, France. Son of Charles and Rachel Lockett, of Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire. His brother also died on Service.

Private Henry Moffatt (Age 20) 4th Bn. Ledringhem Churchyard, France. Son of Robert George and Rose Moffatt, of Rock Ferry, Cheshire.

Lance Corporal Thomas McNally (Age 35) 4th Bn. Dunkirk Memorial, France.       

Private Claude William Parrish 7th Bn. Warneton (Waasten) Communal Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Parrish, of May Bank, Staffordshire.

Private Joseph Ernest Roberts (Age 21) 4th Bn. Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, France. Son of William and Ann Jane Roberts, of New Ferry, Cheshire.

Private Robert Smith (Age 29) 2nd Bn. Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension, Belgium.   

Corporal James Weston (Age 28) 4th Bn. Dunkirk Memorial, France. Son of Robert and Mary Weston, of New Ferry, Cheshire; husband of Ann Frances Weston, of New Ferry.

Serjeant Robert Weston (Age 29) 4th Bn. Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, France.       

 

VC Winner…

1982: Herbert Jones of Parachute Regiment in Falklands War, Goose Green, Falkland Islands.

 

 

Also…. 

1940 – massacre of British troops at  Wormhoudt by the SS (see above)

happy birthday…

1908 – Ian Fleming