101 years ago today 6/8/1915:

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100 years ago today 6/8/1916: Private D H McKeever 1916 2nd Garrison Bn. Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Egypt

Private John Harry Shepherd (Age 23) 11th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery France Son of Harry and Fanny Shepherd, of Bunbury, Cheshire. Native of Bunbury.

Lance Corporal E Salmon (Age 27) 16th Bn. Stoke-On-Trent (Hanley) Cemetery United Kingdom

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

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VC Winner…

1917: William Butler of Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) in WW1, Lempire, France.

1916: William Short of Green Howards in WW1, Munster Alley, France.

1944: Sidney Bates of Royal Norfolk Regiment in WW2, Sourdeval, France.

Also…

1926 – Gertrude Ederle first woman to swim the English Channel

1945 – Hiroshima atomic bomb dropped (“Little Boy”) – I have to say, better than invading the Home Islands

1985 – I passed my driving test

 

Happy birthday…

1891 – Bill Slim

 1902 – Dutch Shultz

1911 – Lucille Ball

1937 – Barbara Windsor