101 years ago today 5/7/1915: Second Lieutenant Thomas Stanley Newell (Age 19) 3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Son of Thomas Monk Newell and Jean Parlane Newell, of Westwood, Noctorum, Birkenhead. Born at Hull.

 

100 years ago today 5/7/1916: Private J Whitby 8th Bn.  Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

Private S Lees 10th Bn. Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, France.

Private W Shaw (Age 29) 5th Bn. Porte-De-Paris Cemetery, Cambrai, France. Son of Isaac J. and Mary E. Shaw, of 26, The Downs, Altrincham, Cheshire.

Private P Bousfield 11th Bn. Puchevillers British Cemetery, France.           

Private R Ward 11th Bn. Puchevillers British Cemetery, France.

Lance Corporal George Albert Tatler (Age 350 “B” Coy. 11th Bn. Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Husband of Elizabeth Tatler, of 8, Oakley St., Crewe.

Private F Wharmby 10th Bn. Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1942: Private John Arthur Dixon (Age 31) 2nd Bn. Tobruk War Cemetery Libya      Son of Edward Clayton Dixon and Florence Dixon, of Lancaster; Nephew of Mr. W. Dixon, of Lancaster.

 

VC Winner…

1900: Arthur Richardson of Strathcona’s Horse in 2nd Boer War, Wolwespruit, South Africa.

1916: Donald Bell of Green Howards in WW1, Somme, France.

1916: Thomas Wilkinson of Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in WW1, La Boiselle, France.

 

Also…

1946 – the Bikini …errr….revealed

 

Happy birthday…

1810 – PT Barnum

1853 – Cecil Rhodes