100 years ago today 12/1/1917: Private S Bamber 13th Bn. Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks) Cemetery, Belgium.

Private Thomas Hoxworth Boote (Age 20) 5th Bn. Runcorn Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of John Henry and Sarah Boote, of 40, Ellesmere Street, Runcorn. His brother James William fell in WWII.

22/05/1941: Petty Officer Stoker James William Boote (Age 41)  H.M.S. Gloucester Royal Navy Plymouth Naval Memorial, United Kingdom. Son of John Henry and Sarah Boote; husband of Harriet Boote, of Runcorn, Cheshire. His brother Thomas Hoxworth Boote fell in WWI.

WW2:

NIL

I’m going to Belgium in May on a one-man-pilgrimage…..