101 years ago today 5/6/1915: Private Frank Bridge (Age 18) “D” Coy. 6th Bn. Glossop Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Fred and Martha Alice Bridge, of 22, High St., Newport, Salop. Born at Glossop.

Private Stephen Jellicoe (Age 20) 4th Bn. attd. 5th Bn. Spoilbank Cemetery, Belgium. Son of William and Sarah A. Jellicoe, of 25, Railway Rd., Rock Ferry, Cheshire.

Private R Bridge 2nd Bn.                St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France.        

Private Thomas Henry Westwell (Age 24) 1st Bn.                Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of the Late William and Anne Westwell.

 

100 years ago today 5/6/1916: Private A Steadman 8th Bn. Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

Second Lieutenant Arthur Cecil Burrows 14th Bn. Delhi Memorial (India Gate), India (Buried Karachi Cem. A/D. N. 14.).

Private JH Brooks 1st Bn. Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France.   

Private George Jeffs 1st Garrison Bn. Gibraltar (North Front) Cemetery, Gibraltar.

Private W Corrigan 16th Bn. Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture, France.

 

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1942: Lance Corporal George Hatfield (Age 29) 2nd Bn. Alamein Memorial, Egypt. Son of Sidney and Elisebeth Hatfield; husband of M. Hatfield, of Crumlin, Monmouthshire.

Lieutenant William Richard Ferdinand Thomas Barnston (Christ Church) Churchyard, United Kingdom.

 

VC Winner…

1879: Edmund Hartley of Cape Mounted Riflemen in Basuto War, Morosi’s Mountain, South Africa.

1917: John Craig of Royal Scots Fusiliers in WW1, Egypt

1915: George Moor of Hampshire Regiment in WW1, Gallipoli, Turkey.

1942: Quentin Smythe of Royal Natal Carabineers in WW2, Alem Hamza, Egypt.

 

Also…

1944 – D-Day postponed (bad weather) – spare a thought for Group Captain James Stagg, Eisenhower’s chief weatherman, who got D-Day postponed by 24 hours…..no pressure!

1963 – Profumo Affair (John resigns)

1967 – 6 Day War starts

1968 – RFK shot

Happy birthday…

1920 – Cornelius Ryan