101 years ago today 29/6/1915:

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100 years ago today 29/6/1916:

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100 years ago today 29/6/1920: Private F Shaw 3rd Bn. Newton (St. Mary) Churchyard, Hyde, United Kingdom.

Meanwhile in World War 2:  

1942: Private Cyril Demaine Hanson (Age 31) 2nd Bn. El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. Son of John William and Agnes Hanson; husband of Elizabeth Jane Hanson, of Warrington, Lancashire.

1942: Corporal Donald McMillian (Age 28) MM 2nd Bn. Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt. Son of William and Eliza McMillian; husband of Edna McMillian, of Lanchester, Co. Durham.

1947: Corporal H Loynes 2nd Bn. Tripoli War Cemetery, Libya.    

VC Winner…

1857: George Lambert of 84th Regiment of Foot in Indian Mutiny, Oonao, India.

Also…

1922 – France grants 1km2 of Vimy Ridge to Canada

Happy birthday…

1880 – Ludwig Beck

101 years ago today 28/6/1915: Lance Corporal B Cunnah Masham (St. Mary) Churchyard, United Kingdom.

100 years ago today 28/6/1916: Private Charles Belsham 10th Bn. Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Meanwhile in World War 2:  

1942: Private Arnold Cross (Age 25) 2nd Bn. Alamein Memorial, Egypt.

1942: Lieutenant Gordon Francis Elliott (Age 24) 2nd Bn.                Alamein Memorial, Egypt. Son of Harold Graham Elliott and Gladys Elliott, of Hove, Sussex.

1942: Corporal Henry Ernest Granby (Age 27) 2nd Bn. Alamein Memorial, Egypt. Son of Charles Frederick and Margaret Iris Granby; husband of Eliza Jane Granby, of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.

1942: Private William Reay (Age 30) 2nd Bn. Alamein Memorial, Egypt.   

1942: Lance Corporal Arthur William Smith 2nd Bn. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya.

VC Winner…

1918: Phillip Davey of 10th Battalion, AIF in WW1, Merris, France.

1916: James Hutchinson of Lancashire Fusiliers in WW1, Ficheux, France.

1915: Herbert James of Worcestershire Regiment in WW1, Gallipoli, Turkey.

1917: Frank Wearne of Essex Regiment  WW1 in June, Loos, France.

1945: Leslie Starcevich of 2/43rd Battalion, AIF in WW2, Beaufort, Borneo.

Also…

1838 – Queen Victoria’s coronation

1914 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie shot dead in Sarajevo…effectively starting WW1

1919 – Treaty of Versailles signed….thus ending WW1

1969 – Stonewall riots

Happy birthday…

1491 – Henry VIII

1577 – Peter Rubens

1926 – Mel Brooks

101 years ago today 27/6/1915: Private A Eastwood (Age 38) 1st Bn. Stalybridge (St. Paul) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Husband of Annie Eastwood, of 59, Kenworthy St., Stalybridge.

100 years ago today 27/6/1916: Private S Jones 3rd Bn. Bebington Cemetery, United Kingdom.  

Private F Nash 10th Bn. Berneuil Communal Cemetery, France.  

Lance Corporal P Rowlinson 10th Bn. Berneuil Communal Cemetery, France.       

Serjeant AE Pye (Age 23) 5th Bn. Hebuterne Military Cemetery, France. Son of Mrs. Kate Florance Pye, of 51, Paradise St., Northwich, Cheshire.

Corporal E Wharton (Age 23) 5th Bn. Hebuterne Military Cemetery, France. Son oThomas Wharton, of Birkenhead.

Serjeant Joseph Henry Bunkall (Age 32) 8th Bn. Mhow New Cemetery, India. Husband of Alice M. Burgess (formerly Bunkall), of 17, Post Office Place, Northwich, Cheshire.

Meanwhile in World War 2:  

1942: Private Ernest Lloyd (Age 32) 2nd Bn. El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. Husband of Muriel Eliza Lloyd, of Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire.

1944: Captain Thomas Joseph Kennedy (Age 34) DCM Bari War Cemetery, Italy. Husband of Catherine Kennedy, Of Ranelagh, Dublin, Irish Republic.

VC Winner…

1942: Adam Wakenshaw of Durham Light Infantry in WW2, Mersa Matruh, Egypt.

Also…

1743 – Battle of Dettingen (note: 22nd Foot (aka Cheshire Regiment) save King George II from be captured, and they now wear oak leaves in presence of royalty. At Dettingen it won the distinction of wearing the oak leaf whilst parading for Royalty and also on certain Regimental days. The story is that the 22nd protected the king, who was commanding the field, from being taken prisoner by the French. The king picked a sprig of oak from a nearby tree and presented it to them – borrowed from www.cheshiremilitarymuseum.co.uk/regimental-histories/the-22nd-(cheshire)-regiment.aspx

Happy Birthday 

1838 – Paul Mauser

1880 – Helen Keller

101 years ago today 26/6/1915: Private William Edgar Jones (Age 19) 1st Bn. Nottingham General Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Evan and Minnie Jones, of 7, Olinda St., New Ferry, Cheshire.

Lance Corporal Frederick Chesters 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

100 years ago today 26/6/1916:

Lance Corporal William Ellis Ratcliffe (Age 36) 19th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France. Son of John and Betty Ratcliffe, of 3, Warwick St., Haslingden; husband of Elizabeth H. Ratcliffe, of 12, Manchester Rd., Haslingden, Lancs.

Meanwhile in World War 2:  

1942: Private Frederick Alfred Charles Dinham (Age 25) 2nd Bn. Alamein Memorial, Egypt.            

1942: Private Frederick Moore (Age 26) 2nd Bn. Alamein Memorial, Egypt. Son of Arthur and Lily Moore.

1942: Private Alfred Rowbotham (Age 33) 2nd Bn. Alamein Memorial, Egypt. Son of Henry and Ellen Rowbotham; Husband of Edith Rowbotham, of Droylsden, Lancashire.

VC Winner…

1900: Charles Ward of King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in 2nd Boer War, Lindley, South Africa.

1944: Agansing Rai of 5th Gurkha Rifles in WW2, Bishenpur, India.

Also…

1963 – JFK is a break roll (Ich bin ein Berliner”)

Happy birthday…

1866 – George Herbert (5th Earl of Carnarvon) – found Tutankhamun

1898 – Willy Messerschmitt

1921 – Violette Szabo

1966 – Danny Boon

101 years ago today 25/6/1915: Private Robert Bower (Age 38) 6th Bn. Stalybridge (St. Paul) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Husband of Sarah Bower, of 5, Gerrard St., Stalybridge.

Private Fred Bailey (Age 24) 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Walter and Harriet Bailey, of 34, Peter St., Hazel Grove, Stockport.

100 years ago today 25/6/1916: Private F Owen 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

Meanwhile in World War 2:  

1940: Major Edmund Ivan Gore-Hickman (Age 41) 4th Bn. Brugge General Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Francis William and Elizabeth Browne Gore-Hickman, of Ballsbridge, Dublin, Irish Republic.

Lance Corporal Sydney Taylor (Age 24) 5th Bn. Northwich Cemetery, United Kingdom.

Lieutenant David Ronald Evans (Age 27) Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery, France. Son of D. Ernest and Hilda Evans, of Chester.

VC Winner…

1916: Arthur Batten-Pooll of Royal Munster Fusiliers in WW1, Colonne, France.

1916: William Jackson of 17th Battalion, AIF in WW1, Armentières, France.

1944: Netrabahadur Thapa of 5th Gurkha Rifles in WW2, Bishenpur, India.

Also…

1876 – Battle of the Little Big Horn

1947 – Ann Frank’s Diary published

1950 – Korean War begins

Happy birthday…

1900 – Louis Mountbatten

1903 – George Orwell

100 years ago today 24/6/1916: Private E O’Malley 1st Bn. Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany.

Private FO Hague 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

Meanwhile in World War 2:  

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VC Winner…

1900: Lewis Halliday of Royal Marine Light Infantry in Boxer Rising, Peking, China.

1917: John Dunville of 1st Royal Dragoons in WW1, Épehy, France.

1944: David Hornell of No. 162 Squadron RCAF in WW2, Faroes, Atlantic Ocean.

Also…

217BC – Battle of Lake Trasimene

1509 – Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon crowned

1916 – start of bombardment on Somme

1981 – Humber Bridge opens

1982 – 747 loses all 4 engines after flying through volcanic cloud

2010 – Julia Gillard becomes PM after knifing Kevin07

Happy birthday…

1850 – K of K Herbert Kitchener (of Khartoum)

1923 – Margaret Olley

1944 – Jeff Beck

101 years ago today 23/6/1915: Private W Hopley (Age 40) 2nd Bn. Audley (St. James) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Son of Levi and Ann Hopley; husband of Ada Ellen Hopley, of 15, Diglake St., Bignall End, Stoke-On-Trent.

Private Henry Jones 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.        

100 years ago today 23/6/1916:

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Meanwhile in World War 2:  

1942: Serjeant John Harold Crawford (Age 24) 2nd Bn. Caserta War Cemetery, Italy. Son of John James Crawford and Caroline Crawford; husband of Florence Annie Crawford, of Farnworth, Widnes, Lancashire.

1944: Private William Leslie Etherington (Age 21) 2nd Bn. Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery, France. Son of William John and Lily Etherington, of Liss, Hampshire.

Private Edwin Howarth (Age 36) 2nd Bn. Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery, France. Son of John Joseph and Edith Jane Howarth; husband of Doris Howarth, of Rochdale, Lancashire.

VC Winner…

1855: Charles McCorrie of 57th Regiment of Foot in Crimea, Sevastopol, Crimea.

1857: Stephen Garvin of 60th Rifles in Indian Mutiny, Delhi, India.

1857: John McGovern of 1st Bengal Fusiliers in Indian Mutiny, Delhi, India.

1944: Tul Pun of 6th Gurkha Rifles in WW2, Mogaung, Burma.

1944: Sefanaia Sukanaivalu of Fiji Infantry Regiment in WW2, Bougainville, Solomon Islands.

Also…

1314 – Battle of Bannockburn

1757 – Battle of Plassey (the reason the curry powder I use is called “Clive of India”)

Happy Birthday…

1912 – Alan Turing

1940 – Stuart Sutcliffe

101 years ago today 22/6/1915: Private Ashton Brown 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

100 years ago today 22/6/1916:

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Meanwhile in World War 2:  

1943: Private Charles William Rhodes 4th Bn. Horsley (St. Clement) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Son of Charles W. Rhodes and Jane S. Rhodes, of Kilburn.

VC Winner…

1916: John Erskine of Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in WW1, Givenchy, France.

1916: William Hackett of Corps of Royal Engineers in WW1, Givenchy, France.

Also…

1941 – Operation Barbarossa

1944 – Operation Bagration

1986 – hand of God (Diego Maradona)

Happy Birthday…

1898 – Erich Maria Ramarque

1903 – John Dillinger

1960 – Tim Russ

100 years ago today 21/6/1916: Corporal FW Haskins 3rd Bn. Grantchester (Ss. Andrew and Mary) Churchyard, United Kingdom.

Private  R Ollerhead 12th Bn. Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery. Greece.

Meanwhile in World War 2:  

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VC Winner…

1854: Charles Lucas of HMS Hecla in Crimea, Aland Islands, Finland. ——FIRST VC AWARDED

1864: John Murray of 68th Regiment of Foot in Tauranga Campaign, Tauranga, New Zealand.

Also…

1854 – first VC awarded (See above)

1942 – Japanese sub fires on US mainland (Fort Stevens, OR)

1964 – civil rights workers murdered in Mississippi

Happy Birthday…

1884 – Claude Auchinleck

1911 – Chester Wilmot

101 years ago today 20/6/1915: Private Albert John Williams 1st Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

Private Arthur Jenkins (Age 31) Thelwall (All Saints) Churchyard, Grappenhall, United Kingdom. Son of Peter Jenkins. Served in the South African Campaign.

Private Joseph Ardern (Age 20) 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Richard Thomas and Hannah Maria Ardern, of 22, Ellesmere Avenue, Marple, Cheshire.

Private Walter Long 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.        

100 years ago today 20/6/1916:

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Meanwhile in World War 2:  

1942: Lieutenant Harry Davies 1st Bn. Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta.

VC Winner…

1858: William Waller of 25th Bombay Light Infantry in Indian Mutiny, Gwalior, India.

Also…

1900 – Boxer rebellion, 55 days siege begins

1975 – Jaws released

Happy birthday…

1925 – Audie Murphy