101 years ago today 22/8/1915: Private G A White (Age 21) 5th Bn. Corbie Communal Cemetery, France. Son of N. and J. White, of 130, Boughton, Chester.

Corporal Thomas Arthur Beckett 1st/4th Bn. Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli).

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

Serjeant William West (Age 24) 1st/7th Bn. Hill 10 Cemetery, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Son of John and Eliza West, of The Lodge, Holly Rd., Wilmslow, Cheshire; Husband of Mary West, of Pexhill, Henbury, Macclesfield.

Serjeant Tom Penney (Age 22) 4th Bn. Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Son of Frederick and Mary Penney, of 4, Glover St., Birkenhead.

Private J Plant (Age 27) 8th Bn. Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Plant, of Weston Point, Runcorn, Cheshire.

 

100 years ago today 22/8/1916: Serjeant Herbert Bostock (Age 31) 9th Bn. Birkenhead (Flaybrick Hill) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Robert and Jesse Bostock, of Pine Tree Grove, Moreton, Birkenhead.

Private W Hughes 10th Bn. Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, France.

Private Robert Johnson (Age 32) 10th Bn. Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, France. Son of Robert Johnson, of 94, Leicester St., Northwich, Cheshire, and the late Ann Johnson.

Private W H Jones 10th Bn. Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, France.

Private O Whitehead (Age 38) 19th Bn. Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, France. Nephew of Alice Martin, of 293, Bolton Rd., Edgworth, Bolton. Native of Edgworth.

 

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:  

1943: Private Ronald Williams Craven (Age 25) 6th Bn. Tripoli War Cemetery, Libya. Son of George Thomas Craven and Annie Craven; husband of Betsy Craven.

 

VC Winner…

1917: Filip Konowal of 47th Battalion, CEF in WW1, Lens, France

1918: George Onions of Devonshire Regiment in WW1, Achiet-le-Petit, France

2013: Joshua Leakey of Parachute Regiment in War in Afghanistan, Helmand Province, Afghanistan

 

Also…

1485 – Battle of Bosworth Field (“a horse, a horse….my kingdom for a horse” Richard III)

1941 – start of Siege of Leningrad

1962 – OAS attempt to assassinate Charles De Gaulle as Petit-Clamart (as seen in ‘The Day of the Jackal’)

1985 – Manchester Air Disaster (my first trip to Preston)