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