100 years ago today 5/5/1917: Private Joseph Percy Long (Age 28) 13th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Son of Joseph Richard and Emma Long; husband of Ethel May Long, of 28, Stockholm Rd., Edgeley Park, Stockport. Native of Stockport.

Private John Sproston Cooke (Age 19) “D” Coy. 1st/15th Bn. Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France. Son of Charles Edward and Elizabeth Cooke, of 56, Gladstone St., Birkenhead, Cheshire.

Private William James Pill (Age 33) 18th Bn. Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France. Son of Isabella Pill, of 360, Rochdale Rd., Britannia, Bacup.

WW2:

1941 Private Joseph Tobin (Age 38) 8th Bn. Runcorn Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of James and Julia Tobin, husband of Frances Stanley Tobin, of Runcorn.

1944 Corporal Sydney Broom (Age 24) 7th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of William and Edith Broom, of Desborough, Northamptonshire.