101 years ago today 27/7/1915:

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100 years ago today 27/7/1916: Private S H Janion 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

Private J Brady 11th Bn. Bertrancourt Military Cemetery, France.

Private Harry Dowd 1st. Bn. Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France. Son of Mrs. Mary Ann Dowd, of 4, Canning St., Ashton-Under-Lyne.

Private G Latimer (Age 21) 1st Bn. Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France. Son of George Latimer, of Capetown, South Africa.

Private L Ingham 10th Bn. Couin British Cemetery, France. Son of Mr. J. Ingham, of the Crescent, Disley, Cheshire.

Private R Parsons 1st Bn. Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France.

Private J Potts 1st Bn. Dernancourt Communal Cemetery, France.

Private W J Green 15th Bn. La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, France. Son of Mr. W. Green, of Chatburn, Nr. Clitheroe, Lancs.

Private Frederick James McMichael (Age 27) 3rd Bn. Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of the Late William and Eleanor McMichael.

Private E L Jones 3rd Bn. Preston (New Hall Lane) Cemetery, United Kingdom.

Private Joseph Arnold 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Archibald Victor Bate (Age 25) 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Samuel and Victoria Horne, of 25, Macclesfield St., Burslem, Staffs.

Private Joseph Bebbington (Age 29) 1st Bn Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Mrs. Martha Ann Bebbington, of 23, Duke St., Chester.

Private Horace Bernard Branscombe (Age 21) 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Philip and Margaret Mostyn Branscombe, of 113, Borough Rd., Birkenhead.

Corporal George Carter 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Lance Corporal William Carter (Age 19) 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Sam and Jane Carter, of Goostrey, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire.

Private Thomas Chadwick (Age 35) 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of William Chadwick, of 25, Devonshire Place, Everton, Liverpool, and the Late Margaret Chadwick. Served in the South African Campaign.

Private Wilfred Crowe (Age 19) 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Thomas and Harriet Crowe, of Kirk Andrea, Ramsey, Isle of Man.

Private James Derbyshire 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Ernest Gamble (Age 20) 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Percy Hilton 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Cephas Howard 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Percy Jinks (Age 20) 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Richard Bowden Jinks and Jane Martha Jinks, of 458, Hempshaw Lane, Stockport.

Serjeant Ernest Jones 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Brother of Harold Jones, of 7, Church Rd., Seaforth, Liverpool.

Private Ernest Nancarrow 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Thomas Ogden (Age 38) 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Mrs. Alice Ogden, of 9, William St., Oldham; Husband of Elizabeth Ellen Ogden.

Serjeant Christopher Proudman 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private George William Rayner 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Harold Rushton (Age 19) 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Orlando and Martha Rushton, of 54, Walton Lane, Nelson, Lancs.

Private Robert Smith 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Robert Sparkes (Age 20) 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of John Sparkes, of 9, Granville Terrace, Green Lane, Wallasey, Cheshire.

Private Hugh Stanton 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Frank Thompson D C M 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Percy Chadwick Wilkinson (Age 24) 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of John and Emma Wilkinson, of Burleydam, Whitchurch, Salop.

Private James Williamson 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1942: Private Stanley Lewis (Age 22) 2nd Bn. Alamein Memorial, Egypt.

1942: Lieutenant Mark Antony Elston Lomas (Age 29) 2nd Bn. El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. Son of Lt.-Col. A. D. Lomas, T.D., F.S.I., and of Jane Steward Lomas (nee Linaker). Chartered Accountant.

1942: Private Bernard Sidney B S Majilton (Age 27) MID 2nd Bn. El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. Son of Theresa Majilton, of Birkenhead.

1943: Lance Corporal Frank Cooper (Age 25) 2nd Bn. Tripoli War Cemetery Libya Son of Joseph and May Cooper, of Plumstead Common. London.

 

VC Winner…

1880: James Collis of Royal Horse Artillery in 2nd Afghan War, Maiwand, Afghanistan.

1880: Patrick Mullane of Royal Horse Artillery in 2nd Afghan War, Maiwand, Afghanistan.

1917: Thomas Barratt of South Staffordshire Regiment in WW1, Ypres, Belgium.

1916: Albert Gill of King’s Royal Rifle Corps in WW1, Delville Wood, France.

2006: Bryan Budd of Parachute Regiment War in Afghanistan, Sangin, Afghanistan.

Also…

1794 – Robespierre arrested

1890 – van Gogh kills himself