more recent: 1982 start of Falklands Conflict with Argentine troops landing….
back to WW1:
2/04/1916 Private George Green 8th Bn. Basra War Cemetery, Iraq. ‘3/27324’ III. L. 7.
2/04/1916 Private Benjamin (Wallace) Williams 6th Bn. Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture, Pas de Calais France. ‘2803’ VII. C. 8.
2/04/1917 Private Albert Dodd 13th Bn. Sandbach (St. Mary) Churchyard, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘35529’ South-East 21.19. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)
2/04/1917 Private Fred Greenhalgh 1st/4th Bn. Deir El Belah War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). ‘267087’ C. 82.
2/04/1918 Private Lewis Ashton 9th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘36646’ XXXIII. C. 20A.
2/04/1918 Private Walter Elliot Dryden (Age 33) 16th Bn. Pozieres Memorial, Somme France. ‘51361’ Panel 35 and 36. Son of Elizabeth L. Dryden, of 33, Kilncroft, Selkirk, and the late Elliot Dryden.
2/04/1918 Private James Forster 9th Bn. Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme France. ‘7857’ II. D. 29. Husband of Mrs. F. Forster, of Parkfields, Woodhay Green, Faddiley, Nantwich. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)
2/04/1918 Private Sidney Goodwin (Age 20) 15th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘201996’ XXX. C. 20. Son of John and Gertrude Goodwin, of 3, Caroline St., Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancs. Native of Dukinfield, Cheshire.
2/04/1919 Private Stephen Murphy 2nd/7th Bn. Bury St. Edmunds Cemetery, Suffolk United Kingdom. ‘5650’ 34. 176A. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)