102 years ago today 26/8/1914: Corporal James W. Roberts (Age 20) 1st Bn. La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, France. Son of Mrs, Rose Hannah Williams (Formerly Roberts), of 30, Grasscroft St., Stalybridge, Cheshire.

 

101 years ago today 26/8/1915: Private G Daly 1st/4th Bn. Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

Private W Lewney 9th Bn. Neuve-Chapelle British Cemetery, France.

 

100 years ago today 26/8/1916: Private J Gilligan 16th Bn. Abbeville Communal Cemetery, France.

Private H Cundiff (Age 22) 8th Bn. Basra War Cemetery, Iraq. Son of Susannah Cundiff, of Church View, Lane Ends, Sutton, Macclesfield, and the late Thomas Cundiff.

Corporal J Banner 10th Bn. Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, France.

Lance Corporal R Clarke 10th Bn. Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, France.

Private H S Thomas (Age 19) 13th Bn. Forceville Communal Cemetery and Extension, France. Son of Henry Samuel and Esther Matilda Thomas, of 33, Bessemer Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool.

Private L Hadfield 1st/6th Bn. Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France.

Private J G Chambers 16th Bn. Londonthorpe (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard, United Kingdom.

Private John Smith (Age 26) “C” Coy. 6th Bn. Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille, France. Son of James Edwin and Esther Ann Smith, of 3, Gould St., Denton, Manchester.

Private Theodore Archer Wright (Age 25) 13th Bn. Puchevillers British Cemetery, France. Son of Theodore and Ann Stevenson Wright, of 80A, New Chester Rd., New Ferry, Cheshire.

Private Charles Aquilla Butterworth 13th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Serjeant Paul Forrester (Age 29) 13th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Robert Paul Forrester, of 2, Croft Rd., Merton, London, and the late Fanny Forrester.

Private John Ollier 13th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Herbert Taylor (Age 20) 13th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Thomas and Alathea Taylor, of 68, Surrey St., Glossop.

Private Joseph Thomas 13th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Corporal James Wilday 13th Thiepval Memorial, France.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:  

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VC Winner…

1914: Charles Yate of King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) in WW1, Le Cateau, France

1914: Frederick Holmes of King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) in WW1, Le Cateau, France

1914: Douglas Reynolds of Royal Field Artillery in WW1, Le Cateau, France

1914: Frederick Luke of Royal Field Artillery in WW1, Le Cateau, France

1914: Job Drain of Royal Field Artillery in WW1, Le Cateau, France

1917: Sidney Day of Suffolk Regiment in WW1, Hargicourt, France

1918: Bernard Gordon of 41st Battalion, AIF in WW1, Bray, France

1918: Charles Rutherford of 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles in WW1, Monchy, France

1918: Reginald Judson of New Zealand and Australian Division in WW1, Bapaume, France

1918: Henry Weale of Royal Welsh Fusiliers in WW1, Bazentin-le-Grand, France

 

Also…

1346 – Battle of Crecy

1768 – Captain Cook sets sail on HMS Endeavour (I wonder what he will find)

1914 – Battle of Le Cateau (“a stopping blow”)

Happy birthday…

1819 – Prince Albert

1910 – Mother Teresa