10/5/1940 – attack in the West

100 years ago today 10/5/1917: Private Edward Curran 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, France.

Private Patrick Herrity (Age 28) 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, France. Son of Tom and Catherine Herrity, of 46, John St., Stockport.

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

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

Private Sam Mallalien 1st/5th Bn. Arras Memorial, France.

Private Harry Tushingham (Age 24) 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, France. Son of William and May Ann Tushingham, of Vicars Cross, Chester.

Private Walter Henry Haynes Cook (Age 22) 1st/5th Bn. Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France. Son of George Mark and Eliza Cook, of 24, Duke St., City Walls, Chester.

WW2:

1940 Private Thomas Edward Connell (Age 21) 4th Bn. Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, France.

1940 Private Mark Garnett (Age 19) 4th Bn. Dunkirk Memorial, France. Son of John William and Edith Annie Garnett.

1940 Corporal James O’neil (Age 33) 4th Bn. Dunkirk Memorial, France. Son of James and Elizabeth O’Neil; husband of Mary O’Neil, of Byker, Northumberland.

1941 Private Albert Blay (Age 34) Maidenhead Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Frederick and Louisa Blay, of Maidenhead; husband of Phyllis Ida Blay, of Maidenhead.

1942 Private Stephen Scholey (Age 25) 1st Bn. Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Son of Stephen and Isabella Scholey, of Oldham, Lancashire.