22nd April 2015 first use of gas on Western Front…

100 years ago today 22/4/1917: Private J H Dobson 11th Bn. Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Mrs. B. Dobson, of 49, Trafalgar Rd., Egremont, Cheshire.

Corporal G W Allan 16th Bn. Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon, France. Husband of Mrs. M. Woods (formerly Allan), of 105, Barrow Rd., Wincobank, Sheffield.

Serjeant John Henry Mckeone (Age 35) 16th Bn Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon, France. Son of William and Eleanor McKeone, of Waterford; husband of Annie McKeone, of 31, Brunswick St., Roch Ferry, Cheshire.

Private Alfred Kent 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private J Morris (Age 34) 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Son of James and Annie Morris, of 18, Duke St., Alderley Edge, Cheshire.

Boy J Williams 3rd Bn. Holt (St. Chad) Churchyard, United Kingdom.

WW2:

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