VE Day in Russia…. cheers lads n lasses of the USSR

100 years ago today 9/5/1917: Private E A Preece (Age 24) 1st/5th Bn. Avesnes-Le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Son of Allen and Elizabeth Preece, of Shrewsbury.

Private J Revell 1st Bn. Bois-Carre British Cemetery, Thelus, France.

Private H Wheeler 1st Bn. Bois-Carre British Cemetery, Thelus, France.

Private Wilfred Pickles (Age 20) 1st/5th Bn. Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt, France. Son of Robert and Mary Ellen Pickles, of 418, Leeds Rd., Nelson, Lancs.

Private Harry Sheargold (Age 21) “D” Coy. 8th Bn. Ellesmere Port (Christ Church) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Sheargold, of 14, Sunny Side Pontoon, Ellesmere Port. Born at Princess End, Staffs.

Private William Worrall 5th Bn. Frodsham (St. Laurence) Churchyard, United Kingdom.

Private William Littler 10th Bn. Northwich (St. Helen) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Son of William and Fanny Littler.

WW2:

1942 Private Leonard Harvey (Age 31) 1st Bn. Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta.

1942 Private Lindon Lever (Age 25) 1st Bn. Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta.

1942 Corporal Thomas Patrick Maloney (Age 35) 1st Bn. Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Son of Thomas and Cathrine Maloney, of Ballinagore, Co. West Meath, Irish Republic.

1942 Private Raymond Small (Age 23) 1st Bn. Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Son of Leonard and Edith Elizabeth Lucy Small, of Alvaston, Derby. His brother Leonard also died on service.

1943 Private Frederick Francis Snape (Age 21) 6th Bn. Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia.