100 years ago today 8/7/1916 (19): Private Herbert Stanley Wild (Age 25) 11th Bn. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. Son of John Henry and Harriet E. Wild, of 121, Royds St., Milnrow, Rochdale.

Private Robert Duff McNicol (Age 33) 13th Bn. Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe, France. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Mcnicol; husband of Mary Mcnicol, of 88, Poulton Rd., Fleetwood Lancs. Native of Bacup.

Serjeant Percy Edward Wilcox (Age 26) 13th Bn. Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe,, France. Son of Charles Edward and Elizabeth Anna Wilcox, of “Home Lea”, Manor Lane, Wallasey Cheshire.

Private G Brown (Age 31) 10th Bn. Puchevillers British Cemetery France  Son of George and Jane Brown, of 3, Hampson St., Sale Moor, Cheshire.

Private Ernest Godwin (Age 21) 13th Bn.                Puchevillers British Cemetery, France. Son of John and Eleanor Godwin, of 12, Glyn Rd., Wallasey, Cheshire. Native of Liverpool.

Private Frederick Bew (Age 19) 9th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Brother of Herbert Bew, of 7, Lowther St., Birkenhead.

Private Arthur Brooks 9th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.             

Private Harold Cookson 9th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.         

Private Ernest Goddard 9th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Mr. Henry Goddard, of 15, Chester Avenue, Stalybridge, Cheshire.

Second Lieutenant Alfred Eric Hampson (Age 24) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of the late Rev. Herbert Hampson, M.A., and Alice Ada Hampson, of Old St. George’S Vicarage, Stalybridge, Cheshire.

Private John Riding (Age 31) 9th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Husband of Emma Riding, of 55, Gillibrand St., Darwen, Lancs.

Private Reuben Ruffler (Age 31) 9th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of William Ruffler, of 28, Mersey Rd., Rock Ferry, Cheshire.

Private Robert Smith (Age 26) 9th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Henry Edward and Henrietta Smith, of 103, Cholomondeley St., West Bank, Widnes, Lancs.

Private David Stockton 9th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.           

Private George Williamson 9th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.   

Private F Brown 13th Bn. Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France.             

Lance Corporal W Edwards (Age 36) 10th Bn. Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Edwards, of New Town, Montgomeryshire; husband of Phoebe Edwards, of 154, London Rd., Northwich.

Serjeant George Thomas Lee (Age 21) 1st Coy. 13th Bn. Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Ann Lee, of Wallasey.

Lance Corporal E Maynard 9th Bn. Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France.           

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1942: Private Thomas Johnston Harbinson (Age 21) 2nd Bn. Khayat Beach War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Son of William and Ellen Harbinson, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

1944: Private Ronald Harry Baker (Age 21) 2nd Bn. Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville, France. Son of Harry and Rose Clara Baker; husband of Gladys Irene Baker, of Ipswich, Suffolk.

1944: Corporal David Reginald Barker (Age 25) 2nd Bn. Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery, France. Son of William Reginald and Elsie Marion Barker, of Heswall, Cheshire.

 

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