101 years ago today 25/7/1915: Private J Lebby 3rd Bn. Birkenhead (Flaybrick Hill) Cemetery, United Kingdom.

100 years ago today 25/7/1916: Lance Corporal R E Jones 10th Bn. Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France.

Serjeant Daniel Pendleton Walsh (Age 23) 16th Bn. Abbeville Communal Cemetery, France. Son of Edward and Catherine Walsh, of Phythian Street, Kensington, Liverpool.

Corporal William Kent Taylor (Age 43) 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery Iraq Son of Thomas Taylor, of 167, Stockport Rd., Marple; husband of Gertrude Mary Taylor, of 163, Stockport Rd., Marple, Cheshire.

Private P Conway 1st Bn. Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France.

Private J Harris (Age 17) 1st Bn. Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France. Son of William Benjamin and Annie Elizabeth Harris, of 4, Crown Terrace, Sandy Lane, Worksop, Notts.

Private William Morton Allan (Age 21) 15th Bn. Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Son of James and Janet Allan, of 9, Maryhall Street, Kirkcaldy; Late of Edinburgh.

Second Lieutenant Richard Powell Scholefield (Age 31) “W” Coy. 16th Bn. La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, France. Son of Henry Ernest and Elizabeth Scholefield, of Poulton Hey, Cheshire.

Private W Randles 16th Bn. Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, France.

Lance Corporal J Wilkinson 15th Bn. Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, France.

Private Walter Douglas Clague 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Thomas Higginson 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1943: Private John William McKechnie Stockport Borough Cemetery, United Kingdom. Husband of Fanny Mckechnie, of Portwood, Stockport.

VC Winner…

1915: Lanoe Hawker of No. 6 Squadron RFC in WW1, France.

Also…

1909 – Louis Bleriot flies over Channel

1978 – Louise Brown born

2000 – Air France Concorde crashes (the only lost Concorde and spells the end for Concorde, shame)