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.

100 years ago today 4/5/1917: Corporal P Barber (Age 22) 1st/7th Bn. Port Said War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Son of George and Sarah Arm Barber, of Yew Tree Cottage, Henbury, Macclesfield.

Private Norman Boffey (Age 21) 1st/5th Bn. Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France. Son of Arthur and Sarah Ann Boffey, of 56, Market St., New Mills, Derbyshire.

Private E H Townhill (Age 36) 1st/4th Bn. Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles, France. Husband of Nellie H. Townhill, of 399, High St., Winsford, Cheshire.

Private William Carlton (Age 24) 18th Bn. St. Nicolas British Cemetery, France. Son of William and Ellen Carlton, of 37, East St., Farington, Leyland, Preston.

Private W Walker 18th Bn. St. Nicolas British Cemetery, France.

Company Serjeant Major Charles Robert Hardisty (Age 32) 8th Bn. Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Husband of Annie Maria Hardisty, of 11, Tees St., Middlesbrough.

Private Tom Austin (Age 42) 1st/4th Bn. Savona Memorial, Italy. Son of the late Samuel and Martha Hampson Austin.

Private John Arthur Burgess (Age 19) 3rd Bn. Savona Memorial, Italy. Son of John Burgess, of 11, New St., Wilmslow, Manchester.

Serjeant Ernest Hardstaff (Age 33) 1st/4th Bn. Savona Memorial, Italy. Son of Mr. and Mrs Hardstaff, of 11, Williams St., Crewe, Cheshire.

Private James Hargreaves 3rd Bn. Savona Memorial, Italy.

Private Robert Jacklin (Age 19) 1st/4th Bn. Savona Memorial, Italy.

Private John Henry Nicholson 1st/4th Bn. Savona Memorial, Italy.

Private Thomas Povey (Age 26) 1st/4th Bn. Savona Memorial, Italy. Son of George and Sarah Povey, of 29, Brooke St., Runcorn; husband of Sarah Elizabeth Alcock (formerly Povey), of 13, Ernest St., Lovely Lane, Warrington.

Private Joseph Benyon (Age 33) 1st/4th Bn. Savona Town Cemetery, Italy. Husband of Lorna Grace Benyon, of 26, Upper Parliament St., Liverpool. Born at Chester.

Private Charles Russell Harris (Age 24) 1st/4th Bn. Savona Town Cemetery, Italy. Husband of Ethel Harris, of 57, Duke St., Birkenhead, Cheshire.

Private Charles Littlemore 1st/4th Bn. Savona Town Cemetery, Italy. Son of William Littlemore, of Warmingham Lane, Middlewich, Cheshire.

Private Alfred Turner (Age 24) 1st/4th Bn. Savona Town Cemetery, Italy. Son of Frederick and Clara Turner, of 2, Clark’s Terrace, Weston Point, Runcorn, Cheshire.

Private P Wagg (Age 20) 1st/4th Bn. Savona Town Cemetery, Italy. Son of Mrs. Mildred Wagg, of 2, Laws Yard, High St., King’s Lynn, Norfolk.

WW2:

1941 Private Sidney Hopkins (Age 21) Swindon (Christ Church) Burial Ground, United Kingdom. Son of Annie Hopkins, of Swindon.

1944 Warrant Officer Class II B L Preston (Age 36) Cardiff (Llandaff) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Bertram John Leonard and Eliza Preston, of Cardiff.

100 years ago today 3/5/1917: Private J Clarke 16th Bn. Nesle Communal Cemetery, France.

Private Arthur Newport (Age 32) 4th Bn. Chester (Overleigh) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Richard and Jane Newport, of 7, Bold Place, Chester.

WW2:

1942 Warrant Officer Class II Reginald Ravenscroft (Age 23) Mombasa (Mbaraki) Cemetery, Kenya. Son of Jonathan Ravenscroft, and of Mary Harriett Ravenscroft, of Calveley, Cheshire.

1943 Lance Corporal Fred Slater Brooke (Age 25) 6th Bn. Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia. Son of Fred and Emma Brooke, of Glossop, Derbyshire.

100 years ago today 2/5/1917: Private Ernest Victor Ball (Age 20) 1st/5th Bn. Arras Memorial, France. Son of Mary A. Ball, of 6, Bells Entry, Foregate St., Chester, and the late Thomas Ball.

Private Edward Jones 1st/5th Bn. Arras Memorial, France.

Private E Wadsworth 8th Bn. Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.

Corporal James Lomax 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq.

WW2:

1940 Private Gordon Thomas Hodgkinson (Age 19) 5th Bn. Chester (Overleigh) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of W. G. Hodgkinson and Dora Hodgkinson, of Huntington.

1941 Private Herbert Thomas (Age 28) Liverpool (Kirkdale) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Edwin and Eliza Thomas, of Waterloo, Liverpool.

100 years ago today 1/5/1917: Private J Dunning   1st/5th Bn. Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines, France.

Private Walter Hughes Potter 4th Reserve Bn. Birmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Husband of B. M. Potter, of 17, Bristol Rd., Edgbaston, Birmingham.

WW2:

1944 Private Walter Henry Birtles (Age 24) 7th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of Alfred and Florence Clarissa Birtles, of Wilmslow, Cheshire.

1944 Major Hugh John Stephen Mcshane (Age 26) 7th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of Maj. Hugh Joseph McShane and Alice Maud McShane, of Twickenham, Middlesex.

1945 Private Howell Jenkin Pickrell 1st Bn. Hamburg Cemetery, Germany

1945 Private Charles Vaughan (Age 33) 1st Bn. Hamburg Cemetery, Germany. Son of Edward and Mary Ann Vaughan; husband of Mary C. Vaughan, of Valletta, Malta, G.C.