101 years ago today 1/6/1915: all commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium –

Private George Brown 1st Bn.                    

Private Harry Cohen 1st Bn.

Private William Farrington Cookson 1st Bn.

Private Peter Dean (Age 18) 1st Bn. Son of Mrs. Emily Dean, of 13, Snow Hill, Sutton, Macclesfield, Cheshire, and the late Pte. Peter Dean (4Th Bn. Cheshire Regt.).

Serjeant Percy Ernest Humphries 1st Bn. Husband of Elsie Gibbons (formerly Humphries), of 85, Arley Rd., Saltley, Birmingham.

Private James Ryder 1st Bn.

Private Thomas Christopher Sanders 1st Bn.

Private Robert Wildig 1st Bn.

100 years ago today 1/6/1916:

Private J Logan (Age 33) 17th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Son of Robert and Jane Logan of Liverpool.

Private George Slattery 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France.            

Private H Parr 15th Bn. Merville Communal Cemetery, France. Husband of M. Parr, of 18, Boardman St., Rochdale Rd., Manchester.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1940: Private Frederick Samuel Deakin (Age 29) 2nd Bn. Hondschoote Communal Cemetery, France. Son of Samuel and Sarah Ann Deakin.

Corporal James Dickinson 2nd Bn. Stockport Borough Cemetery, United Kingdom.

1942: Private James Hennerley 2nd Bn. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya.      

Private William Kivell (Age 31) 2nd Bn. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya. Son of Michael and Elizabeth Hannah Kivell, of Stockport, Cheshire.

Corporal Walter Sharp (Age 31) 2nd Bn. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma    Libya      Son of William and Margaret Sharp, Of Kirkdale, Liverpool; Husband of Mary Catherine Sharp, Of Kirkdale.

1944: Private John Auger (Age 24) 7th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of John Samuel Auger, and of Catherine Mary Auger, of Banthan, Devon.

Private Leonard Thomas Price (Age 25) 7th Bn. Rome War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Richard and Frances Elizabeth Price, of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.  His Brother Richard also died on Service.

Also…

1533 – Anne Boleyn crowned queen

1879 – Prince Louis Napoleon killed in Zululand

1962 – Adolf Eichmann hanged

happy birthday…

1907 – Frank Whittle

1928 – Bob Monkhouse

1946 – Brian Cox (a very good Hannibal Lecter)