101 years ago today 1/8/1915: Lance Corporal G McColgin 8th Bn. Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Egypt

Private Robert Thomas Jones (Age 38) 2nd Bn. Wimereux Communal Cemetery France Son of Abram and J. Jones, of Waen, Trefnant, Bodfari, Denbighshire.

100 years ago today 1/8/1916: Private A E Lloyd 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery Iraq

Private Arthur Ernest Halliwell (Age 21) Depot Bebington Cemetery United Kingdom Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Halliwell, of 29, Mossley Rd., Tranmere, Birkenhead.

Private C F Platt 6th Bn. Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-Le-Sec France

Private Noah Jepson (Age 32) 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial France Son of Samuel and Margaret Jepson; Husband of Ada Mary Jepson, of 1, John St., Ditchcroft, Millbrook, Stalybridge, Cheshire.

Private John Temple 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial France

Private Harold Woodward (Age 25) 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial France Son of Walter and Fanny Woddward, of 5 Court, 2, House, Parsonage St., Macclesfield.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

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VC Winner…

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Also…

1834 – slavery abolished in British Empire

1911 – Harriet Quimby takes pilot test

1944 – Warsaw uprising starts

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