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)
1/04/1915 Private Peter Leigh 1st/5th Bn. Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘1494’ H. 62.
1/04/1916 Private Albert Earle (Age 19) 13th Bn. Glossop Cemetery, Derbyshire United Kingdom. ‘27256’ B. R.C. 476 (C.). Son of Patrick and Catherine Earle, of 7, Bernard St., Glossop. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)
1/04/1917 Second Lieutenant Robert Buchanan Wilkes Gosse (Age 27) 7th Bn. Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme France. III. H. 10. Son of Hope Wilkes Gosse and Mary Gosse, of Eccleshall, Staffs.
1/04/1919 Lieutenant John Townley (Age 37) 7th Bn. Manchester Southern Cemetery, Lancashire United Kingdom. D. CE. 2391. Son of Mrs. Mary Ellen Townley, of 19, Cadogan St., Moss Side, Manchester. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)
1/04/1920 Private Charles Henry Hanmer (Age 26) Ruyton (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard, Shropshire United Kingdom. ‘16793’ Close to South-East boundary. Depot, Son of Abel Hanmer; husband of Mary E. Hanmer, of Boneatton Park, Baschurch, Shrewsbury. Born at Ruyton-XI-Towns. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)
1/04/1921 Private Thomas Newton Wheelock Heath Baptist Chapelyard, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘291570’ Opposite entrance. (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)
1/04/1917 Second Lieutenant Robert Buchanan Wilkes Gosse (Age 27) 7th Bn. Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme France. III. H. 10. Son of Hope Wilkes Gosse and Mary Gosse, of Eccleshall, Staffs.
1/04/1919 Lieutenant John Townley (Age 37) 7th Bn. Manchester Southern Cemetery, Lancashire United Kingdom. D. CE. 2391. Son of Mrs. Mary Ellen Townley, of 19, Cadogan St., Moss Side, Manchester. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)
remember them all: Cheshire Regiment casualties 