102 years ago today 11/10/1914: Company Serjeant Major H Rossington 1st Bn. Mons (Bergen) Communal Cemetery, Belgium.

 

101 years ago today 11/10/1915: Private R Waring 1st Bn. Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt, France.

Private Frank Spencer (Age 25) 1st Bn. Corbie Communal Cemetery, France. Son of Edwin and Elizabeth Spencer, of Burland, Nantwich, Cheshire; Husband of Mrs. S. E. Spencer, of 71, St. Kilda St., Belfast.

Lance Corporal R Harding 2nd Bn. Phalempin Communal Cemetery, France.

 

100 years ago today 11/10/1916: Private S H Baynton 2nd Bn. Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.

Captain Henry Maxwell (Age 22) 13th Bn. Courcelette British Cemetery, France. Son of Thomas Henry Maxwell, K.C., and Isabella Maxwell (Nee Pollock), of Springfield Lodge, Foxrock, Co. Dublin.

Second Lieutenant Robert James Roberts (Age 22) 14th Bn. attd. 13th Bn. Courcelette British Cemetery, France. Son of John and Anne Roberts, of Fferam Gorniog, Pentraeth, Menai Bridge, Anglesey.

Private Patrick Burke 1st Bn. Peterborough Old (Broadway) Cemetery, United Kingdom.

Private James Wallace Beattie (Age 19) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of William Beattie, of 1, South Hill Rd., Birkenhead, and the late Sarah Jane Beattie.

Private J Rowlinson 11th Bn. Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

Private Robert Edward Gateley (Age 31) 7th Bn. Sangro River War Cemetery Italy Son of Richard and Elizabeth Gateley, Of Birkenhead; Husband of Esther Gateley, Of Birkenhead.

Private Fred Higgs (Age 24) 7th Bn. Sangro River War Cemetery Italy Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Higgs, Of Willenhall, Staffordshire.

Private James Hubert Howarth (Age 26) 7th Bn. Sangro River War Cemetery Italy Son of James Herbert and Edith Howarth, Of Knutsford, Cheshire; Husband of Violet Howarth, Of Knutsford.

Lieutenant Hugh Charles Lea-Wilson (Age 27) Minturno War Cemetery Italy Son of The Revd. Cuthbert Arthur Lea-Wilson, M.A., and Of Margaret Edith Annette Lea-Wilson, Of Kirk Michael, Isle Of Man.

 

VC Winner…

1855: William Rickard HMS Weser Crimea Sea of Azov, Crimea

1855: John Commerell HMS Weser Crimea Sea of Azov, Crimea

1915: John Raynes Royal Field Artillery WW1 Béthune, France

1918: Wallace Algie 1st Battalion, CEF WW1 Cambrai, France

Happy birthday….

1738 – Arthur Phillip

1957 – Dawn French