101 years ago today 6/6/1915: Private William Henry Buckley (Age 25) 5th Bn. Spoilbank Cemetery, Belgium. Son of George and Annie Buckley, of 236, London Rd., Northwich, Cheshire.

100 years ago today 6/6/1916: Serjeant JH Wheeldon 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.             

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1943: Private Alfred Harold Evans (Age 26) 4th Bn. Ellesmere Port (Overpool) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Samuel and Annie Evans, of Ellesmere Port; husband of Violet Mary Evans, of Ellesmere Port.

1944: Private Robert Wilfred Hargreaves (Age 33) 2nd Bn. Bayeux War Cemetery, France. Son of Ernest Sawyer Hargreaves and Laura Hargreaves, of Stockport, Cheshire.

VC Winner…

1855: George Symons of Royal Regiment of Artillery in Crimea, Inkerman, Crimea.

1900: John Mackenzie of Seaforth Highlanders in Third Ashanti Expedition, Dompoassi, Ashanti.

1944: Stanley Hollis of Green Howards in WW2, Normandy, France.

1944: Hanson Turner of West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales’s Own) in WW2, Ningthoukhong, India.

Also…

1859 – Queensland established as a separate colony

1918 – Battle of Belleau Wood

1944 – D-Day landings in Normandy (Operation Neptune)

Happy birthday…

1868 – Robert Falcon Scott (of the Antarctic)