100 years ago today 17/1/1917: Corporal J C Cartwright 13th Bn. Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks) Cemetery, Belgium.

Private George Colson Aslatt (Age 23) MM 10th Bn. attd. 13th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Son of Emma Aslatt, of The Butchers Arms, Tilston, Malpas, Cheshire.

Private William Queeney (Age 51) Brookwood 1914-1918 Memorial, United Kingdom.

WW2: 1944: Lieutenant William Richard Morton (Age 29) 6th Bn. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of William and Jessie Morton, of Hyde, Cheshire. Chartered Accountant.

Private Albert Edward Tiltman (Age 29) 7th Bn. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Alfred Edward Tiltman, and of Violet Ethel Tiltman, of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.

also…

1912 – Robert Falcon Scott reaches South Pole, a month after Amundsen