102 years ago today 3/9/1914:

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101 years ago today 3/9/1915: Private H Wilkinson 8th Bn. East Mudros Military Cemetery, Greece.

Private James Cameron (Age 26) 8th Bn. Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Husband of Mary Cameron, of 45. Bamford St., Stockport.

Private William Cooke 1st/7th Bn. Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli).

Private Harold Smith Livsey 1st/4th Bn. Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli).

Private Harold Warren 1st/7th Bn. Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli).

 

100 years ago today 3/9/1916: Private F Dodd 11th Bn. Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, France.

Private John William Thackwray (Age 22) 10th Bn. Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, France. Son of George and Eliza Thackwray, of 15, Olive Rd., Neston, Birkenhead.

Private George Vernon (Age 34) 11th Bn. Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, France. Son of Charles Vernon; Husband of Elizabeth Vernon, of Baddiley Villa, Baddiley, Nantwich, Cheshire.

Private W J Edwards 1st Bn. Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France.

Second Lieutenant Charles Victor Blain (Age 29) 1st Bn. Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, France. Son of Annie Butterworth (Formerly Blain), and the late Charles Blain.

Private F Robinson 1st Bn. Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, France.

Corporal Edmund Staniforth 1st Bn. London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval, France.

Private W E F Davies (Age 23) 1st Bn. Quarry Cemetery, Montauban, France. Son of Joseph and Eliza Ann Davies of 101, Shaw Street, Runcorn Cheshire.

Private L Lord 1st Bn. Quarry Cemetery, Montauban, France.

Private John William Armitage (Age 28) 1st/5th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Jabez and Mary Maria Armitage, of 5, Moss Rd., Northwich, Cheshire.

Private Fred Chadwick 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Austin Drinkwater 11th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Herbert Hamer 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Harry Hockenhull (Age 22) “B ” Coy. 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Sarah Elizabeth Hockenhull, and the late Richard Hockenhull; Husband of Mary Jane Hatton (Formerly Hockenhull), of 57, Moss Lane, Alderley Edge, Cheshire.

Private Percy Douglas Matthews (Age 22) 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Chas. Wilson Matthews, of 2, Palace Terrace, Douglas, Isle of Man.

Private Joe Mcdonald (Age 22) 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Husband of Margaret J. Pryar (Formerly Mcdonald), of 33, Mountain St., Carnarvon.

Private Joseph Measham 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Ernest Stapleton 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private William Sutherland (Age 19) 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Benjamin and Margaret Sutherland. of 22, Thomson St. North, Ardwick, Manchester.

Company Serjeant Major Thomas Williams 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private John Willie Woodward (Age 29) 1st Bn. formerly 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Peter and Ellen Woodward. Enlisted Aug., 1914.

Private Wilfrid Yates (Age 21) 1st Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of the late Thomas and Catherine Yates.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1939: Corporal Harry Kenneth Barnes (Age 28) 1st Bn. Khartoum War Cemetery Sudan

1942: Corporal James Hitchen (Age 29) 6th Bn. El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt Son of George Arthur and Alice Hitchen, of Cheadle, Cheshire; Husband of Eunice Ethel Hitchen, of Cheadle.

1942: Private Alfred William Niblett (Age 28) 6th Bn. El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt Son of Ernest V. and Alice Niblett, Of Totterdown, Bristol.

1942: Private Robert Stubbert (Age 32) 6th Bn. Alamein Memorial Egypt

1942: Corporal Jack Arthur Yates 6th Bn. El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt

 

VC Winner…

1915: Wilbur Dartnell Royal FusiliersRoyal Fusiliers WW1 3 Maktau, Kenya

1916: Thomas Hughes Connaught Rangers WW1 3 Guillemont, France

1916: David Jones King’s (Liverpool Regiment) WW1 3 Guillemont, France

1916: John Holland Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment WW1 3 Guillemont, France

1916: William Allen Royal Army Medical Corps WW1 3 Mesnil, France

1918: John McNamara East Surrey Regiment WW1 3 Lens, France

 

Also…

1939 – Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand declare war on Germany