VE Day (unless you are a Russian)

100 years ago today 8/5/1917: Private Edward Ashley 1st/5th Bn. Arras Memorial, France.

Private Fred Bradley 1st/5th Bn. Arras Memorial, France.

Private Arthur William Henry Carter (Age 28) 1st/5th Bn. Arras Memorial, France. Son of Ebenezer and Florence Carter, of 47, Whitehall St., Shrewsbury.

Private Gilbert Kershaw Farnworth 1st/5th Bn. Arras Memorial, France. Son of R. D. Farnworth, of Blackbum; husband of Ann Farnworth (nee Powell).

Private Thomas Jones 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, France.

Private John Charles Lynchey 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, France.

Lance Serjeant Frank Peers (Age 39) 1st/5th Bn. Arras Memorial, France. Husband of Annie Peers, of 14, Crook St., Chester.

Private Thomas Swindells 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, France. Son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Swindells, of 68, Market St., Denton, Manchester.

Private Henry Reeves (Age 23) 1st Bn. Bois-Carre British Cemetery, Thelus, France. Son of Henry Reeves, of 12, Bold St., Altrincham, Cheshire.

Private J Forster 1st/5th Bn. Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt, France. Husband of Mary A. Forster, of 65, York St., Edgeley, Stockport.

WW2:

1942 Private Thomas Edwards (Age 22) 1st Bn. Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Son of Frederick Arthur and Martha Edwards, of Boughton, Chester.

1942 Private Henry Owen Lodwick (Age 25) 1st Bn. Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Owen Lodwick; husband of Marjorie Lodwick, of Little Sutton, Cheshire.

1945 Private Walter Henry Henshaw (Age 44) Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of James and Eliza Jane Henshaw, of Grimsby; husband of Edith Mary Henshaw, of Grimsby.

1945 Private Robert Raymond Skuce (Age 20) 1st Bn. Hamburg Cemetery, Germany.