101 years ago today 31/7/1915: Serjeant Thomas William Wheeler (Age 36) 6th Bn. Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France. Husband of Mary Elizabeth Wheeler, of Heaton Norris, Stockport, Cheshire.

 

100 years ago today 31/7/1916: Private R Rodger 9th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, France.

Private A Adshead 13th Bn. Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France.

Private R B Bainbridge 1st/6th Bn. Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France.

Private J T Brocklehurst 1st/6th Bn. Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France.

Lance Corporal S J Cosh 13th Bn. Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France.

Private W Francis 13th Bn. Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France.

Private Herbert Henry Preece (Age 20) 13th Bn. Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France. Son of Herbert and Elizabeth Preece, of 285, Alton St., Crewe.

Private Bertie Alfred Faragher 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

NIL

 

VC Winner…

1917: Harold Ackroyd Royal Army Medical Corps WW1 July 31 Ypres, Belgium

1917: Leslie Andrew Wellington Infantry Regiment WW1 July 31 La Basse Ville, Belgium

1917: Bertram Best-Dunkley Lancashire Fusiliers WW1 July 31 Wieltje, Belgium

1917: Robert Bye Welsh Guards WW1 July 31 Yser Canal, Belgium

1917: Clifford Coffin Corps of Royal Engineers WW1 July 31 Westhoek, Belgium

1917: Thomas Colyer-Fergusson Northamptonshire Regiment WW1 July 31 Bellewaarde, Belgium

1917: James Davies Royal Welsh Fusiliers WW1 July 31 Polygon Wood, Belgium

1917: Alexander Edwards Seaforth Highlanders WW1 July 31 Ypres, Belgium

1917: Dennis Hewitt Hampshire Regiment WW1 July 31 Ypres, Belgium

1915: John Liddell Princess Louises’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) WW1 July 31 Ostend, Belgium

1917: Tom Mayson King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) WW1 July 31 Wieltje, Belgium

1917: George McIntosh Gordon Highlanders WW1 July 31 Ypres, Belgium

1917: Ivor Rees South Wales Borderers WW1 July 31 Pilkem, Belgium

1917: Thomas Whitham Coldstream Guards WW1 July 31 Pilkem, Belgium

1945: Ian Fraser HMS XE3 WW2 July 31 Johore Straits, Singapore

1945: James Magennis HMS XE3 WW2 July 31 Johore Straits, Singapore

…..

1857: James Travers 2nd Bengal Native Infantry Indian Mutiny July Indore, India

 Also…

30BC – Battle of Alexandria

1932 – NSDAP win 38% of the vote

Happy birthday…

1886 – Fed Quimby

1919 – Primo Levi

1956 – Ernie Dingo

1959 – Andrew Marr

1965 – JK Rowling