102 years ago today 25/8/1914: Lieutenant Kingdon Tregosse Frost 3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Wiheries Communal Cemetery Belgium.

 

101 years ago today 25/8/1915: Private J Neville 8th Bn. East Mudros Military Cemetery Greece.

Private George Wardle (Age 21) 1st/7th Bn. Helles Memorial Turkey (including Gallipoli). Son of Joseph Peter and Mary Wardle, of 88, Oxford Rd., Macclesfield, Cheshire.

Private A J Jones 1st/4th Bn. Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery Malta.

Private E Gilberts 1st/5th Bn. Suzanne Communal Cemetery Extension France.

 

100 years ago today 25/8/1916: Private T Bardsley (Age 20) “A” Coy. 11th Bn. Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood France. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Bardsley, of 56, Brinksway Rd., Heaton Norris, Stockport.

Private W White (Age 27) 10th Bn. Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. White, of 117, High St., Tarporley, Cheshire.

Private W Slack (Age 23) 9th Bn. La Laiterie Military Cemetery Belgium. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Slack, of 46, Geneva Rd., Winsford, Cheshire.

Private T Hickman 15th Bn. La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie France.

Private John Beech 13th Bn. Thiepval Memorial France.

Private Harry Mist 13th Bn. Thiepval Memorial France.

Private George Edward Williams 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial France.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:  

NIL

 

VC Winner…

1914: George Wyatt of Coldstream Guards in WW1, Landrecies, France

1918: Harold Colley of Lancashire Fusiliers in WW1, Martinpuich, France

 

Also…

1875 – Captain Webb swims Channel

1914 – University of Leuven burnt down by Germans

1944 – Paris liberated

2012 – Voyager 1 enters interstellar space

Happy birthday…

1530 – Ivan the Terrible

1930 – Sean Connery

1938 – Frederick Forsyth

1954 – Elvis Costello