101 years ago today 27/6/1915: Private A Eastwood (Age 38) 1st Bn. Stalybridge (St. Paul) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Husband of Annie Eastwood, of 59, Kenworthy St., Stalybridge.

100 years ago today 27/6/1916: Private S Jones 3rd Bn. Bebington Cemetery, United Kingdom.  

Private F Nash 10th Bn. Berneuil Communal Cemetery, France.  

Lance Corporal P Rowlinson 10th Bn. Berneuil Communal Cemetery, France.       

Serjeant AE Pye (Age 23) 5th Bn. Hebuterne Military Cemetery, France. Son of Mrs. Kate Florance Pye, of 51, Paradise St., Northwich, Cheshire.

Corporal E Wharton (Age 23) 5th Bn. Hebuterne Military Cemetery, France. Son oThomas Wharton, of Birkenhead.

Serjeant Joseph Henry Bunkall (Age 32) 8th Bn. Mhow New Cemetery, India. Husband of Alice M. Burgess (formerly Bunkall), of 17, Post Office Place, Northwich, Cheshire.

Meanwhile in World War 2:  

1942: Private Ernest Lloyd (Age 32) 2nd Bn. El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. Husband of Muriel Eliza Lloyd, of Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire.

1944: Captain Thomas Joseph Kennedy (Age 34) DCM Bari War Cemetery, Italy. Husband of Catherine Kennedy, Of Ranelagh, Dublin, Irish Republic.

VC Winner…

1942: Adam Wakenshaw of Durham Light Infantry in WW2, Mersa Matruh, Egypt.

Also…

1743 – Battle of Dettingen (note: 22nd Foot (aka Cheshire Regiment) save King George II from be captured, and they now wear oak leaves in presence of royalty. At Dettingen it won the distinction of wearing the oak leaf whilst parading for Royalty and also on certain Regimental days. The story is that the 22nd protected the king, who was commanding the field, from being taken prisoner by the French. The king picked a sprig of oak from a nearby tree and presented it to them – borrowed from www.cheshiremilitarymuseum.co.uk/regimental-histories/the-22nd-(cheshire)-regiment.aspx

Happy Birthday 

1838 – Paul Mauser

1880 – Helen Keller