101 years ago today 12/10/1915: Private William Curran (Age 34) 13th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Son of Patrick Curran, of Birkenhead.

Private Charles Henry Mclaren (Age 43) 14th Bn. Chester (Overleigh) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of William and Mary Mclaren.

 

100 years ago today 12/10/1916: Private F Darlington 10th Bn. Contay British Cemetery, Contay, France.

Private George Duckworth (Age 35) 13th Bn. Contay British Cemetery, Contay, France. Husband of Annie Duckworth, of 1, Hammersley Cottages, Chapel Street, Glossop, Derby.

Private C Crump 10th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, France.

Private G Houghton 10th Bn. Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France.

Private Abraham Worrall (Age 20) 9th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Abraham and Elizabeth Worrall, of East Bank, Frodsham, Warrington.

Private S Bratt 10th Bn. Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

NIL

 

VC Winner…

1854: Francis Wheatley Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) Crimea Sevastopol, Crimea

1917: Clarence Jeffries 34th Battalion, AIF WW1 Passchendaele, Belgium

1917: Albert Halton King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) WW1 Poelcapelle, Belgium

1918: Frank Lester Lancashire Fusiliers WW1 Neuvilly, France

 

Also…

1915 – Edith Cavell executed

1984 – Brighton Bombing

1988 – Walsh Street police shootings, Victoria

Happy birthday…

1966 – Ramsay McDonald