100 years ago today 8/6/1917: Private Thomas Bilsborough (Age 30) 19th Bn. Ferme-Olivier Cemetery, Belgium. Son of the late James and Harriet Agnes Bilsborough, of 2, Harridge Cottages, Healey, Rochdale.

Private Ernest Frost (Age 29) 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Mrs. Emma Elizabeth Frost, of 13, Cheapside, Hyde, Cheshire.

Private Charles Herbert Matthews (Age 33) 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Matthews, of Myrtle Cottage, Key Green, Congleton, Cheshire; husband of Julia Matthews, of 34, Lyme Grove, Romiley, Stockport.

Private John Morris (Age 33) 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of the late John and Mary Morris.

Private Ernest Williams (Age 21) 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Joseph and Ellen Williams, of 6, Beswick’s Rd., Winnington, Northwich, Cheshire.

Private E Mitchell 1st/4th Bn. Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

Company Serjeant Major Charles Evan Fabby (Age 29) Mentioned in Despatches 11th Bn Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Husband of Lily Fabby, of 59, Queen’s St., West Gorton, Manchester.

Private S D Morris (Age 26) 11th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Son of Richard and Ann Morris, of Black Ox, Abergwili, Carmarthen.

WW2:

1940 Private Charles Leah Grainville-Sur-Ry Churchyard, France.