102 years ago today 14/10/1914: Private James Henry Cooper (Age 22) 1st Bn. Le Touret Memorial, France. Son of James Cooper, of Cricket St., Denton, Manchester; Husband of Nellie Moores (Formerly Cooper), of 34, Clarendon St., Hyde, Cheshire.

Private James Dunn 1st Bn. Le Touret Memorial, France.

Corporal Francis Charles Norman (Age 31) 1st Bn. Le Touret Memorial, France. Son of Henry and Catherine Norman, of 33, Alcombe Rd., Northampton.

Private Joseph Robinson (Age 20) 1st Bn. Le Touret Memorial, France. Son of the late James and Eliza Robinson; Husband of Rebecca Mary Robinson, of 289, Brook St., Birkenhead.

Private Francis Warren (Age 34) 1st Bn. Le Touret Memorial, France. Son of the late Samuel and Mary Warren; Husband of Ethel Warren, of 3, Croyden St., Salford, Manchester.

 

100 years ago today 14/10/1916: Private J T Prydderch 15th Bn. Avesnes-Le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Lance Corporal George Edgar Austin (Age 21) 10th Bn. Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany. Husband of Hannah Austin, of 47, Ollershaw Lane, Marston, Northwich.

Private Walter Henry Nicholson (Age 33) 11th Bn. Contay British Cemetery, Contay, France. Son of Marian and the late William Nicholson, of Hoxton, London.

Private William Parr 10th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Husband of E. M. Parr, of 17, Edward St., Newcastle-On-Tyne.

Second Lieutenant P S Chattaway (Age 20) 6th Bn. Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille, France. Son of Frederick Daniel and Elizabeth Chattaway, of 151, Woodstock Rd., Oxford. Scholar of Eton and Christ Church.

Lieutenant Vernon Rains Holmes (Age 24) M C 6th Bn. Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille, France. Son of Arthur Edmund and Hannah Maria Holmes, of 29, Manley Rd., Whalley Range, Manchester.

Private Howard Bryant (Age 20) “C” Coy. 6th Bn. Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bryant, of 22, Christie St., Hempshaw Lane, Stockport. Born At Leicester.

Private W A Forster (Age 28) 1st/6th Bn. Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, France. Husband of Lily Forster, of 16, Design St., Bolton.

Private F Garside 6th Bn. Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, France.

Private Ralph Lomas (Age 28) 1st/6th Bn. Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, France. Son of John and Mary Lomas, of Romiley, Stockport.

Private G C Sheldon (Age 22) 1st/6th Bn. Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon, of 2, Chestergate, Stockport.

Private James Carney 1st/6th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Harold Hewitt 1st/6th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Harry Jackson (Age 22) 1st/6th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Thomas and Fanny Jackson (Nee Stubbs), of 92, Duncan Rd., Longsight, Manchester.

Private Ambrose Morris (Age 19) (3745). 1st/6th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Mrs. M. S. Morris, of 21, Grove Rd., Millbrook, Stalybridge, Cheshire.

Private T Yarwood 13th Bn. Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

Private John G. Dooley (Age 20) 6th Bn. Caserta War Cemetery Italy Son of Martin and Mary A. Dooley, Of Sale, Cheshire.

 

VC Winner…

1858: Hanson Jarrett 26th Bengal Native Infantry Indian Mutiny Baroun, India

1899: Charles FitzClarence Royal Fusiliers 2nd Boer War Mafeking, South Africa

1915: Geoffrey Vickers Sherwood Foresters WW1 Hohenzollern Redoubt, France

1918: James McPhie Corps of Royal Engineers WW1 Aubencheul-au-Bac, France

1918: James Johnson Northumberland Fusiliers WW1 Wez Macquart, France

1918: John O’Neill Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment WW1 Moorsele, Belgium

1918: Martin Moffat Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment WW1 Ledegem, Belgium

1918: Thomas Ricketts Royal Newfoundland Regiment WW1 Ledeghem, Belgium

 

Also…

1066 – Battle of Hastings

1943 – prisoners escape from Sobibor

1943 – Schweinfurt raid by US 8th Air Force with heavy losses

1944 – Erwin Rommel commits suicide

 

Happy birthday…

1890 – Dwight D Eisenhower

1925 -Clancy Lyall (my friend on facebook until we lost this gent…cheers mate)

1927 – Roger Moore

1965 – Steve Coogan