101 years ago today 8/8/1915: Private E Pollitt (Age 25) 8th Bn. Ari Burnu Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Son of Elias and Elizabeth Pollitt, of Broadheath, Cheshire.

Private Arthur Chamberlain (Age 23) 8th Bn. Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Son of Edward and Sarah Chamberlain, of Adamshaw Fields, Wharton, Winsford, Cheshire.

Private Fred Sinker (Age 29) 8th Bn. Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Husband of Annie Turner (Formerly Sinker), of 25, Crossfield Grove, Wood’S Moor Lane, Stockport.

Private John William Woodcock (Age 19) 1st/4th Bn. Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Son of John and Janet Woodcock, of 28, Vulcan St., Birkenhead.

 

100 years ago today 8/8/1916: Private James Hornbuckle (Age 19) 6th Bn. Abbeville Communal Cemetery, France. Son of William and Lucy Hornbuckle, of 17, Lancaster St., Portwood, Stockport, Cheshire.

Private Alexander Robert Cash (Age 23) 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Son of Mr. W. H. and Mrs. E. Cash, of “Newlands,” Rosslyn Drive, Moreton, Cheshire.

Private Justin Collins 17th Bn. Bronington (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, United Kingdom.

Private E Waring 3rd/4th Bn. Eastham (St. Mary) Churchyard, United Kingdom.

Private Harold Bertram Ward (Age 19) 1st Bn. Manchester Southern Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Thomas and Nellie Ward, of 8, Fountain St., Higher Tranmere, Birkenhead.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1945: Private Albert Victor Aston (Age 32) 7th Bn. Celle War Cemetery, Germany. Son of Benjamin and Mary Elizabeth Aston, of Coventry; husband of Ella Eunice Aston, of Coventry.

1946: Private Bramwell Bulmer (Age 32) Spennymoor Cemetery United Kingdom, Son of Thomas Edward and Maria Bulmer, of Spennymoor; husband of Eva Bulmer of Spennymoor.

 

VC Winner…

1918: Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor of No. 84 Squadron RFC in WW1, France

1917: Charles Bonner of HMS DunravenHMS Dunraven (HMS Dunraven) in WW1, Bay of Biscay, Atlantic Ocean

1918: Jean Brillant of 22nd Battalion, CEF in WW1, Meharicourt, France

1916: Gabriel Coury of Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) in WW1, Arrow Head Copse, France

1918: John Croak of 13th Battalion, CEF in WW1, Amiens, France

1918: Alfred Gaby of 28th Battalion, AIF in WW1, Villers-Bretonneux, France

1918: Herman Good of 13th Battalion, CEF in WW1, Hangard Wood, France

1918: Harry Miner of 58th Battalion, CEF in WW1, Demuin, France

1917: Ernest Pitcher of HMS Dunraven (HMS Dunraven) in WW1, Bay of Biscay, Atlantic Ocean

1915: William Symons of 7th Battalion, AIF in WW1, Gallipoli, Turkey

Also…

1918 – start of Battle of Amiens

1963 – Great Train Robbery

 

Happy birthday…

 1929 – Ronnie Biggs (ironic since he was part of the Great Train Robbery – see above)