101 years ago today 28/6/1915: Lance Corporal B Cunnah Masham (St. Mary) Churchyard, United Kingdom.

 

100 years ago today 28/6/1916: Private Charles Belsham 10th Bn. Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:  

1942: Private Arnold Cross (Age 25) 2nd Bn. Alamein Memorial, Egypt.

1942: Lieutenant Gordon Francis Elliott (Age 24) 2nd Bn.                Alamein Memorial, Egypt. Son of Harold Graham Elliott and Gladys Elliott, of Hove, Sussex.

1942: Corporal Henry Ernest Granby (Age 27) 2nd Bn. Alamein Memorial, Egypt. Son of Charles Frederick and Margaret Iris Granby; husband of Eliza Jane Granby, of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.

1942: Private William Reay (Age 30) 2nd Bn. Alamein Memorial, Egypt.   

1942: Lance Corporal Arthur William Smith 2nd Bn. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya.

 

VC Winner…

1918: Phillip Davey of 10th Battalion, AIF in WW1, Merris, France.

1916: James Hutchinson of Lancashire Fusiliers in WW1, Ficheux, France.

1915: Herbert James of Worcestershire Regiment in WW1, Gallipoli, Turkey.

1917: Frank Wearne of Essex Regiment  WW1 in June, Loos, France.

1945: Leslie Starcevich of 2/43rd Battalion, AIF in WW2, Beaufort, Borneo.

 

Also…

1838 – Queen Victoria’s coronation

1914 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie shot dead in Sarajevo…effectively starting WW1

1919 – Treaty of Versailles signed….thus ending WW1

1969 – Stonewall riots

 

Happy birthday…

1491 – Henry VIII

1577 – Peter Rubens

1926 – Mel Brooks