101 years ago today 3/8/1915: Lance Corporal Alfred Long (Age 23) 3rd Bn. Birkenhead (Flaybrick Hill) Cemetery United Kingdom Son of Robert and Jane Long, of 16, Brook St., Crewe.

Private Robert Davidson 1st/4th Bn. Helles Memorial Turkey (including Gallipoli)

100 years ago today 3/8/1916: Private George Frederick Inskip (Age 21) No. 2. Coy, 13th Bn. Bertrancourt Military Cemetery France Son of William and Martha Inskip, of Birkenhead.

Private Thomas Baines (Age 22) 1st/6th Bn. Brown’S Road Military Cemetery, Festubert France Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Baines, of 17, Heald St., Stockport.

Lance Corporal James Henry Turner (Age 24) “B” Coy. 1st/6th Bn. Loos Memorial France Husband of Gertrude Elizabeth Simpson (Formerly Turner), of 119, Northgate Rd., Edgeley, Stockport.

Private Albert Walker (Age 18) 1st/6th Bn. Loos Memorial France Son of Edward and Charlotte Walker, of 1, David St., Reddish, Stockport.

Private E H Dominick 6th Bn. Quarry Cemetery, Montauban France

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1942: Private Bert O’Connor (Age 36) 2nd Bn. Caserta War Cemetery, Italy. Son of John Patrick and Rose O’Connor; Husband of Elsie Lucretia O’Connor, of Brynmill, Swansea.

VC Winner…

1915: George Boyd-Rochfort of Scots Guards in WW1, Cambrin, France.

Also…

1914 – Germany declare war on France

1936 – Jessie Owens wins in Berlin

1958 – USS Nautilus goes under Artic ice cap

Happy birthday…

1867 – Stanley Bawldwin

1970 – Gina G (robbed in Eurovision 1996)