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:  

NIL

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