100 years ago today 21/1/1917: Private Robert Menzies Steele (Age 36) 20th Bn. Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Son of Ex-Police Inspector Steele and the late Charlotte Steele, of Cleator Moor; husband of Jane Steele, of 160, Ennerdale Rd., Cleator Moor, Cumberland.

Private D J Waring 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

Private Edward Lewis 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq.

WW2: 1944: Private Albert Burgess (Age 23) 6th Bn. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Burgess, of Alderley Edge, Cheshire.

Lieutenant John Brett Davey (Age 25) 7th Bn. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Lt.-Col. Charles William Brett Davey and Patricia Davey, of Woodmancote, Gloucestershire.