I’m glad to report we lost no men 100 years ago…..

100 years ago today 11/3/1917:

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WW2:

1945 Serjeant Arthur Barber (Age 35) 6th Bn. Forli War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Herbert Pownall Barber and Florence Barber; husband of Bertha Barber, of Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire.

1945 Private Albert George Woodhouse (Age 34) 6th Bn. Forli War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Walter William and Hannah Sophia Woodhouse, of Wilmslow, Cheshire.

100 years ago today 10/3/1917: Private E Lythgoe 19th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.

Private W Rushton (Age 41) 4th Bn. Stockport Borough Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of George Rushton, of 242, Heaton Lane, Stockport; husband of Jane Rushton, of 260, Heaton Lane, Stockport.

WW2:

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100 years ago today 8/3/1917: Lance Corporal Fred Utley (Age 22) MM “B” Coy. 1st/6th Bn. Stockport Borough Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Charles and Hannah Utley, of 46, York St., Edgeley, Stockport.

WW2:

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100 years ago today 9/3/1917: Private J McCaffrey 1st Bn. Cambrin Military Cemetery, France.

WW2:

1941 Private John Melia (Age 29) Stockport Borough Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Edward and Mary Melia, of Stockport.

1941 Private Ronald John Screech (Age 27) 5th Bn. St. Stephen’s-By-Saltash (St. Stephen) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Son of John and Marion Kate Screech, of Saltash.

1942 Private William Eli Jones (Age 22) 1st Bn. Pembroke Military Cemetery, Malta. Son of Ernest and Elizabeth Jones, of Poulton, Wallasey, Cheshire.

100 years ago today 7/3/1917: Private Herbert Pearce (Age 21) 16th Bn. Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, France. Son of the late Garnett William and Jane Pearce.

Private T W Bird (Age 28) 19th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Son of Andrew and Emma Bird, of Adforton, Leintwardine, Herefordshire.

Regimental Serjeant Major Charles Edward Berry 2nd Bn. Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial, Chennai, India. Buried in Jamalpur Railway Cemetery.

WW2:

1942 Private James Rogers (Age 31) 2nd Bn. Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt.

1943 Private John William Hill 30th Bn. Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial, United Kingdom.

1944 Serjeant Robert Thomas Benson (Age 30) 6th Bn. Cassino Memorial, Italy. Son of Robert and Laura Benson, of Woolwich, London; husband of Doreen Benson, of Marylebone, London.

1944 Private John Evans (Age 26) 6th Bn. Cassino Memorial, Italy. Son of Edward and Jane Evans, of Stockport, Cheshire.

100 years ago today 6/3/1917: Serjeant John Henry Gleave (Age 24) 10th Bn. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. Son of John and Mary Ellen Gleave, of 42, Lostock Green, Northwich, Cheshire.

Private P J Mustoe (Age 20) No. 2 Coy. 13th Bn. Cambrin Military Cemetery, France. Son of Philip John and Elizabeth Mustoe, of 27, Napier Rd., New Ferry, Birkenhead. Native of Bromborough, Cheshire.

Private R Atkinson (Age 41) 20th Bn. Varennes Military Cemetery, France. Husband of Sarah Ann Atkinson, of 19, Heys St., Haslingden, Lancs.

WW2:

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100 years ago today 5/3/1917: Private A Stanton 16th Bn. Fouquescourt British Cemetery, France.

Private W Morris 10th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.

WW2:

1941 Captain Henry Shelmerdine Frost (Age 27) MID Keren War Cemetery, Eritrea. Son of Lt.-Col. John Meadows Frost, D.S.O., and Olivia Frost. of Chester.

1944 Private George Harvey Tattersall (Age 35) 4th Bn. Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery, Poland.

1945 Private Ernest Webber (Age 38) Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany.

100 years ago today 4/3/1917: Private J L O’Donnell 1st Bn. Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France.

WW2:

1941 Private Francis George Parkinson (Age 21) 4th Bn. Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery, Poland. Son of Fred and Florence Parkinson, of Seacombe, Wallasey, Cheshire.

100 years ago today 3/3/1917: Private H Bird 16th Bn. Fouquescourt British Cemetery, France.

Private E H Clutton 16th Bn. Fouquescourt British Cemetery, France.

Private William Horace James (Age 19) 16th Bn. Fouquescourt British Cemetery, France. Son of William and Edith James, of 204, Cresty Rd., Crewe.

Private S Southern 16th Bn. Fouquescourt British Cemetery, France.

Private M Whipp 16th Bn. Fouquescourt British Cemetery, France.

Private W Harrison 1st Bn. Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France. Son of Mrs. S. R. Harrison, of 4, Printers Brow, Hollingwood, Glossop, Derbyshire.

WW2:

1946 Private Charles Bonner (Age 34) 2nd Bn. Liverpool (Yew Tree) Roman Catholic Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Thomas and Helena Bonner, of Liverpool; husband of Dorothy Winifred Bonner, of Fairfield, Liverpool.

1947 Private Samuel Wilson (Age 43) 8th (H.D.) Bn. Belfast (Dundonald) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Thomas and Katherine Wilson, of Belfast; husband of Beatrice Wilson, of Belfast.

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100 years ago today 2/3/1917: Private J W Haigh 20th Bn. Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Private D Allen 12th Bn. Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece. Husband of Mrs. P. Littlier (formerly Allen), of 39, Johnson St., Stockport.

Serjeant Harry Sharp 2nd/5th Bn. Port Sunlight (Christ Church) Congregational Chapelyard, United Kingdom.

WW2:

1941 Private Harry Cattell (Age 49) Walsall (Ryecroft) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Thomas and Jane Cattell, of Walsall; husband of Clara Cattell, of Bloxwich, Walsall.

100 years ago today 1/3/1917: Private Charles Herbert Andrew (Age 21) 6th Bn. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. Son of Charles and Lydia Andrew, (nee Dickinson), of 56, Lloyd St., Heaton Norris, Stockport, Cheshire.

WW2:

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