101 years ago today 28/7/1915: Corporal Wilfred Moores (Age 18) “C” Coy. 8th Bn. Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Son of William and Matilda Moores, of 62, Hyde Rd., Woodley, Stockport.

 

100 years ago today 28/7/1916: Private William James Spence (Age 38) 16th Bn. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery France Husband of Mary Ann Spence, of 15, Brougham St., Southwick, Sunderland.

Private W Chaisty 6th Bn. Chocques Military Cemetery France

Private Eric Kay (Age 20) 16th Bn. Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension France Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Kay, of 97, Mottram Road, Stalybridge, Manchester.

Private J Redfern (Age 36) “A” Coy. 1st Bn. Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz France Son of Joseph and Emily Redfern, of Stockport, Cheshire.

Second Lieutenant C J H Dickinson 15th Bn. Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz France

Private Frederick Joseph Thelwall (Age 23) 10th Bn. Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension France Son of Charles and Hannah Maria Thelwall, of Marple, Stockport; Husband of Annie Thelwall, of 9, Chapel St., Marple, Stockport.

Private Charles Coppenhall (Age 22) 9th Bn. Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe France Son of Philip and Hannah Coppenhall, of 1, St. Anne’S Rd., Middlewich, Cheshire.

Corporal E E Devall 10th Bn. Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart France

Private E T Hancock 10th Bn. Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart France

Private D J Kendrick (Age 24) 10th Bn. Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart France Son of Martha Jane Miller (Formerly Kendrick), of 152, St. James Rd., Orrell, Wigan, and the late David Kendrick.

Second Lieutenant William Ernest Longster (Age 22) 10th Bn. Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart France Son of Mr. I. W. and Mrs. A. E. Longster, of 20, Belle Vue Terrace, Malton, Yorks.

Private J Rutter 10th Bn. Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart France

Private D Dalton 16th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen France

Private William Campbell (Age 25) 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial France Son of the late William Campbell; Husband of the late Jeanie Campbell.

Private Harry Cyril Clarke (Age 19) 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial France Son of Walter Henry and Emily Cragg, of 3, Little Thames St., Leicester.

Private Samuel Davies (Age 50) 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial France Husband of Louisa Davies, of 44, George St., Birkenhead.

Second Lieutenant Bernard Duckworth 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial France

Private Frank Ernest Fox (Age 23) 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial France Son of Mrs. Charlotte Ann Fox; Husband of Florence Fox, of 16, Stringer St., Biddulph, Staffs.

Private Ben Hughes (Age 18) “W” Coy. 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial France Son of Thomas and Mary Hughes, of Bank House, Colemere, Ellesmere, Salop.

Private John Martin Kelly (Age 35) 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial France Son of John Martin Kelly and Mary Kelly, of 19, Edward St., Glossop; Husband of Lilly Kelly, of 17, Arundel St., Glossop, Derbyshire.

Private Sidney Kenrick (Age 33) 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial France

Lance Corporal Frank Kirby 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial France

Second Lieutenant William Thomas Prout 3rd Bn. attd 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial France

Private Harry Robertson 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial France

Private Joseph Rustage 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial France

Private Charles Sumnall 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial France

Private Walter Elvin Taylor (Age 18) 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial France Son of Walter Elvin Taylor and Sarah Jane Taylor, of Felmersham, Bedford.

Private George Turner (Age 30) 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial France Son of Frederick Turner of, 7, Garden Street, Kimpston, Hyde, Cheshire.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1943 Private John George J G Edwards 29 28 7th Bn. Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Italy Son of John George and Florence Edwards; Husband of Mary A. Edwards, Of Fazakerley, Liverpool.

1943 Private David D Rimmer 31 28 7th Bn. Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Italy Son of Thomas and Prudence Rimmer, Of Birkenhead; Husband of Annie Rimmer, Of Birkenhead.

 

VC Winner…

1916: Claude Castleton 5 Machine Gun Corps WW1 July 28 Pozières, France

Also…

1540 – Thomas Cromwell executed

1794 – Robespierre executed

1914 – Austria-Hungry declares war on Serbia

1943 – Operation Gomorrah (Hamburg firestorm)

 

Happy birthday…

1635 – Robert Hooke (I love Hooke’s Law)

1866 – Beatrix Potter

1936 – (Sir) Garfield Sobers (my dad met him at a petrol station just before I was born)

1947 – (Sir) Peter Cosgrove