Auschwitz liberation day & Holocaust Memorial Day

Liberation of camps at Auschwitz 1 (Oswiecim Polish town) and Auschwitz-Birkenau 2 (Brzezinka Polish town) by Soviet forces.

27/01/1915 Private George Goodier (Age 22) 14th Bn. Runcorn Cemetery, United Kingdom. ‘24403’ 12. 633. Son of George and Elizabeth Goodier, of Lancaster Gardens, Halton Rd., Runcorn. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

27/01/1917 Private Sydney Griffiths (Age 27) 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. ‘3/26759’ XXV. Son of William and Mary Ann Griffiths, of 18, Westminster Rd., Wallasey, Cheshire. Born at Birkenhead.

27/01/1917 Private Thomas Batten Jones 1st/5th Bn. Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, France. 15019′ III. E. 9.