30/06/1915 Private Arthur Albert Morgan 1st Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘682’

30/06/1916 Private Alfred Hughes (Age 24) 16th Bn. Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘29864’ Son of Sarah Floyd, of 135, Wellington Rd., Dingle, Liverpool.

30/06/1916 Private John James Hughes (Age 32) 8th Bn. Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, India. ‘18336’ Son of John and Jane Hughes, of Aberfan, Mid. Glamorgan; husband of Sarah Anne Hughes, of 43, Bryntaf Terrace, Aberfan.

30/06/1916 Private James Kirkham 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq. ‘18632’

30/06/1918 Private William Henry Kershaw (Age 42) Bradford (Undercliffe) Cemetery, Yorkshire United Kingdom. ‘20322’ Husband of Jane Kershaw, of 52, Dover St., Bradford.

30/06/1918 Private Edwin Prytherch (Age 35) 10th Bn. Sissonne British Cemetery, Aisne France. ‘36550’ Son of Zebedee and Ellen Kean Prytherch, of 148, Banks Rd., West Kirby, Cheshire.

30/06/1919 Private William Zachariah Parker (Age 24) 1st Bn. Coalville (Whitwick) Cemetery, Leicestershire United Kingdom. ‘50599’ Son of George Parker, of 82, Cademan St., Whitwick. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

29/06/1917 Private Hudson Ashworth (Age 21) 11th Bn. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais France. ‘52587’ Son of James and Harriet Ashworth, of 18, Bank Gate, Broadbottom, Manchester.

29/06/1917 Private Thomas Maxfield (Age 33) 11th Bn. Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery, Lancashire United Kingdom. ‘16680’ Son of Thomas and Sophia Maxfield, of 174, Grove St., Liverpool. Born at Langwathby, Cumberland.

29/06/1917 Private James Renshaw (Age 29) Depot Northenden (St. Wilfrid) Churchyard, Lancashire United Kingdom. ‘52103’ Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Renshaw, of 3, Albert Rd., Northenden.

29/06/1917 Private William Winterbottom 22nd Bn. Oldham (Greenacres) Cemetery, Lancashire United Kingdom. ‘55657’ Son of Mr. J. S. Winterbottom of 56, Nield St., Oldham. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

29/06/1917 Private George Wood (Age 20) 8th Bn. formerly 3rd Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq. ‘33190’ Son of Timothy and Alice Wood, of Rose Cottage, Lower Withington, Chelford, Cheshire.

29/06/1918 Private William Lindsey 1st Bn. Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut Belgium. ‘53061’

29/06/1918 Private John Worrall 15th Bn. Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg Germany. ‘34780’ (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

29/06/1920 Private F Shaw 3rd Bn. Newton (St. Mary) Churchyard, Hyde, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘11888’

1914 assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo

1919 Peace Treaty signed in Hall of Mirrors, Versailles

….two dead and some signatures…what a  five years for the world.

28/06/1915 Lance Corporal Benjamin Cunnah Masham (St. Mary) Churchyard, Yorkshire United Kingdom. ‘19618’ (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

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28/06/1916 Private Charles Belsham 10th Bn. Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme France. ‘33042’

28/06/1917 Private Tom Barratt (Age 24) 6th Bn. Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-En-Gohelle, Pas de Calais France. ‘265625’ Son of Tom Barratt; husband of Martha Barratt, of 9, Oak St., Cheadle Heath, Stockport.

28/06/1917 Private Walter Birch (Age 22) “C” Coy. 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘241684’ Son of Mrs. Birch, of 58, Poplar St., Bolton, Lancs.

28/06/1917 Private Paul Diamond (Age 29) 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘18583’ Son of James and Elizabeth Diamond, of 51, Nelson Rd., Rock Ferry, Cheshire.

28/06/1917 Private Percy Reginald Forster (Age 23) 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘36580’ Son of Joseph and Amelia Forster, of 491, Chorley Old Rd., Bolton, Lancs.

28/06/1917 Private Ralph Fowles (Age 48) 9th Bn. Heaton Norris (Christ Church) Churchyard, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘18116’

28/06/1917 Private Thomas Gannon 1st Bn. Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-En-Gohelle, Pas de Calais France. ‘11635’

28/06/1917 Private Frank Gerrard 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘202029’

28/06/1917 Private Thomas Halliday 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘27567’

28/06/1917 Private Harry Hopkinson 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘29530’

28/06/1917 Private William Henry Humphreys 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘50557’

28/06/1917 Private Walter Johnstone 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘35505’

28/06/1917 Private John Richard Knowles (Age 24) 1st Bn. Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-En-Gohelle, Pas de Calais France. ‘50547’ Son of Eli and Margaret Knowles, of 41, Jenning St., Edgeley, Stockport.

28/06/1917 Private James Marr 1st Bn. Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-En-Gohelle, Pas de Calais France. ‘49079’

28/06/1917 Private Harry Mason 19th Bn. Ferme-Olivier Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘58553’

28/06/1917 Private William Edward Matthews (Age 21) “D” Coy. 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘49774’ Son of Edmund and Mary Matthews, of “Outfalls”, Moreton, Ruabon, Wrexham.

28/06/1917 Private William McCormick 1st Bn. Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-En-Gohelle, Pas de Calais France. ‘49381’

28/06/1917 Private Arthur Francis Morton (Age 27) 19th Bn. Ferme-Olivier Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘39046’ Son of Elizabeth Hyde, of Dawley, Salop, and husband of Edith E. Morton, of 54, King Street, Dawley, Salop.

28/06/1917 Corporal John Preston 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘31832’

28/06/1917 Corporal William Ratcliffe 1st/6th Bn. Brandhoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘265526’

28/06/1917 Private James Henry Reader (Age 24) 12th Bn. Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece. ‘25576’ Son of John and Annie Reader, of Birkenhead.

28/06/1917 Private William Alfred Robinson MM 1st Bn. Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-En-Gohelle, Pas de Calais France. ‘29716’

28/06/1917 Private Michael Rogers 1st Bn. Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-En-Gohelle, Pas de Calais France. ‘8538’

28/06/1917 Private George Stephenson (Age 32) 1st Bn. Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-En-Gohelle, Pas de Calais France. ‘20325’ Son of Robert and Margaret Stephenson; husband of Margaret May Stephenson, of Hedley-on-the-Hill, Stocksfield, Northumberland.

28/06/1917 Private Leonard Stokes (Age 19) 1st Bn. Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-En-Gohelle, Pas de Calais France. ‘265323’ Son of Frank and Hannah Stokes (formerly Hartley)of 42 Edward Street, Glossop. Husband of Alma Stokes.

28/06/1917 Private Joseph Westwood (Age 19) “D” Coy. 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘49370’ Son of the late Edward and Sarah Ann Westwood.

28/06/1917 Private Arthur Whitaker 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘15256:’

28/06/1917 Private Thomas William Lightfoot Woodward 1st Bn. Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-En-Gohelle, Pas de Calais France. ‘8130’

28/06/1917 Private Frank (Francis) Wootton 1st Bn. Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-En-Gohelle, Pas de Calais France. ‘58012’

28/06/1918 Corporal Thomas Allcock (Age 26) 1st Bn. Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes, Nord France. ‘53060’ (Served as HARRISON). Son of William and Phoebe Allcock.

28/06/1918 Private George Albert Botham (Age 19) 1st Bn. Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes, Nord France. ‘60523’ Son of George Albert and Laura Botham, of Newton Heath, Manchester.

28/06/1918 Lance Corporal John William Bowen 1st Bn. Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes, Nord France. ‘52894’

28/06/1918 Private Richard Edwards 1st Bn. Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes, Nord France. ‘51517’ Husband of Isabella Edwards, of 23, Cookson Street, Liverpool.

28/06/1918 Corporal Joseph Harding 1st Bn. Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes, Nord France. ‘49361’

28/06/1918 Second Lieutenant James Harper (Age 34) “D” Coy. 3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes, Nord France. Son of Donald Smith Harper and Caroline Harper, of 30, Hill Rd., Claughton, Birkenhead.

28/06/1918 Private Thomas Hayes 1st Bn. Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes, Nord France. ‘10512’

28/06/1918 Private John Benjamin Stanley Jones (Age 19) 1st Bn. Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes, Nord France. ‘60581’ Son of William and Catherine Jones, of Nantymoel.

28/06/1918 Private Arthur Lloyd 1st/7th St. Germain-Au-Mont-D’or Communal Cemetery Extension, Rhone France. ‘291096’

28/06/1918 Private William Henry Ernest Pettifor (Age 19) 15th Bn. Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme France. ‘67638’ Son of Richard E. and Catherine Pettifor, of 3, Castle St., Brecon.

28/06/1918 Private Israel Woolf (Age 18) 1st Bn. Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes, Nord France. ‘52072’ Son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Woolf, of 85, Grove Street, Commercial Road, London.

26/06/1915 Lance Corporal Frederick Chesters 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘10185’

26/06/1915 Private William Edgar Jones (Age 19) 1st Bn. Nottingham General Cemetery, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom. ‘9674’ Son of Evan and Minnie Jones, of 7, Olinda St., New Ferry, Cheshire. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

26/06/1916 Lance Corporal William Ellis Ratcliffe (Age 36) 19th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime France. ‘39270’ Son of John and Betty Ratcliffe, of 3, Warwick St., Haslingden; husband of Elizabeth H. Ratcliffe, of 12, Manchester Rd., Haslingden, Lancs.

26/06/1917 Second Lieutenant Geoffrey Senior Sheard (Age 21) 3rd Bn. Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais France. Son of Theodore Senior Sheard and Mabel Sheard, of “Waverley,” Moor Lane, Crosby, Liverpool.

26/06/1917 Private Joseph Thompson (Age 20) “C” Coy. 3rd Bn. Burnley Cemetery, Lancashire United Kingdom. ‘34152’ Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, of 14, Williams Rd., Burnley. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

26/06/1917 Second Lieutenant Thomas Leonard Wood (Age 32) 16th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime France. ” Son of Robert Stewart Wood and Mrs. Payne (formerly Wood), of Eccleston; husband of Edith Mary Wood, of Eccleston, Chester.

26/06/1918 Private Edmund Brown Buck (Age 26) 1st Bn. Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes, Nord France. ‘62813’ Son of Thomas and the late Florence Buck, of Old Swan, Liverpool; husband of Cecilia Buck, of 79, Woodhall Road, Old Swan, Liverpool.

26/06/1918 Private Thomas Berry Drinkwater (Age 21) 3rd Bn. Hartlepool North Cemetery, Durham United Kingdom. ‘76589’ Son of Silvanus Charles and Eliza Drinkwater, of Drakelow Farm, King St., Northwich. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

26/06/1918 Private Herbert Higginbotham (Age 35) 1st Bn. Aval Wood Military Cemetery, Vieux-Berquin, Nord France. ‘64901’ Son of John and Maria Higginbotham, of Stockport; husband of Charlotte Blackshaw Higginbotham, of 17, George St., West Hall St., Stockport.

26/06/1918 Private George Powell (Age 23) MM 1st Bn. Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes, Nord France. ‘49087’ Son of William and Charlotte Powell, of 29, Linenhall Street, Chester.

26/06/1918 Corporal George Thomas (Age 26) “A” Coy. 12th Bn. Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetery, Greece. ‘W/692’ Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Thomas, of Woodchurch, Birkenhead. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

Battle of the Greasy Grass (aka Little Big Horn)….

George Armstrong Custer,

Sitting Bull,

Comache, Custer’s horse…the only survivor,

25/06/1915 Private Fred Bailey (Age 24) 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘1225’ Son of Walter and Harriet Bailey, of 34, Peter St., Hazel Grove, Stockport.

25/06/1915 Private Robert Bower (Age 38) 6th Bn. Stalybridge (St. Paul) Churchyard, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘140’ Husband of Sarah Bower, of 5, Gerrard St., Stalybridge. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

25/06/1916 Private Frank Owen 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. ‘G/18896’

25/06/1917 Private Edward Kirkpatrick (Age 22) 1st/5th Bn. Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais France. ‘243914’ Son of Henry Samuel and Emma Kirkpatrick, of 39, Thomson St., Shaw Heath, Stockport,.

25/06/1917 Private Fred Lofkin (Age 24) 9th Bn. Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘50131’ Born Haslington, Crewe. Son of John and Eliza Lofkin, of 30, Sheppard St., Crewe.

25/06/1917 Private James Orr (Age 29) 1st/5th Bn. Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais France. ‘241920’ Son of Elizabeth Rodgers, of The Hill, Groomsport, Bangor, Co. Down.

25/06/1917 Private Petter Wilding (Age 22) “D” Coy. 1st/5th Bn. Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais France. ‘241205’ Son of Hannah Plumb (formerly Wilding), of I, Hampden Place, Castle Northwich, Cheshire.

25/06/1919 Second Lieutenant William Henry Lees (Age 30) 9th Bn. Stretford Cemetery, Lancashire United Kingdom. Son of William Henry and Emma Lees, of 76, Enbridge St., Salford, Manchester.

24/06/1915 Captain George Alexander Anstey (Age 27) 2nd Ridge Wood Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. Son of Major W. F. Anstey (late H.L.I.), of the Junior United Service Club, Charles St., Waterloo Place, London. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

24/06/1915 Private Edward O’Malley 1st Bn. Cologne Southern Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany. ‘8459’ (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

24/06/1916 Private Frank Oswald Hague 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. ‘3/26692’

24/06/1917 Private Thomas Pemberton 1st/5th Bn. Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines, Pas de Calais France. ‘241328’

24/06/1917 Lance Corporal William Arthur Turnock 1st/5th Bn. Guemappe British Cemetery, Wancourt, Pas de Calais France. ‘243917’

24/06/1918 Private Henry Bilson Cave (Age 25) “A” Coy. 1st Bn. Aire Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘50514’ Son of Thomas Dickson Cave and Elizabeth E. Cave, of Bolton, Lancs. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

24/06/1918 Private Henry John Williams (Age 20) 9th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime France. ‘72177’ Son of Richard and Ellen Jane Williams, of Portherras Farm, Pendeen, Cornwall.

23/06/1915 Private William Hopley (Age 40) 2nd Bn. Audley (St. James) Churchyard, Staffordshire United Kingdom. ‘12484’ Son of Levi and Ann Hopley; husband of Ada Ellen Hopley, of 15, Diglake St., Bignall End, Stoke-on-Trent.

23/06/1915 Private Henry Jones 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘9001’

23/06/1917 Private Robert Edward Hewitt (Age 24) 8th Bn. Whitehaven (Hensingham) Cemetery, Cumberland United Kingdom. ‘32748’ Son of Thomas and Mary Catherine Hewitt, of 4, Bedford St., Hensingham.

23/06/1917 Private Percy Shipstone (Age 28) 10th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘50870’ Son of Elizabeth Shipstone; husband of Mabel Shipstone, of 306a, Radford Rd., Hyson Green, Nottingham.

23/06/1918 Private John Burns 10th Bn. Sezanne Communal Cemetery, Marne France. ‘65778’

23/06/1918 Lance Corporal Harry Parkinson (Age 25) 1st Bn. Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes, Nord France. ‘28062’ Son of George and Margaret Parkinson, of Liverpool.

22/06/1915 Private Ashton Brown 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘8783’

22/06/1917 Private Thomas Prosser 8th Bn. Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, India. ‘28229’

22/06/1917 Private George William Shaw 9th Bn. Over (St. John) Churchyard, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘12364’

22/06/1917 Second Lieutenant Geoffrey Christian Lansdale Walsh (Age 20) 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. Son of J. Leo and Frances E. Walsh, of Larchwood, Chelford, Cheshire.

22/06/1918 Private Sidney John Cockerton (Age 32) 1st Bn. Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme France. ‘52071’ Son of James and Susan Cockerton, of 234, Caledonian Rd., King’s Cross, London.

21/06/1916 Corporal Francis Winstanley Haskins 3rd Bn. Grantchester (Ss. Andrew and Mary) Churchyard, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom. ‘27909’ (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

21/06/1916 Private Richard Ollerhead 12th Bn. Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece. ‘15392’ (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

21/06/1917 Serjeant George Henry Davies 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘52064’

21/06/1917 Second Lieutenant Walter Harrington (Age 37) 13th St. Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery, Hainaut Belgium. Son of Humphrey and C. A. Harrington, of Algoa House, Machen, Newport, Mon.

21/06/1918 Private Thomas Blundell 9th Bn. Sezanne Communal Cemetery, Marne France. ‘10862’

21/06/1918 Private William Thomas Pemberton 15th Bn. Englebelmer Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme France. ‘45971’ Husband of C. Pemberton, of 20, Station Rd., Bridston, Birkenhead.

21/06/1918 Private James Walsh 21st Bn. Hedauville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme France. ‘48730’

21/06/1921 Corporal William H Edmunds (Age 35) Leeds (Hunslet Old) Cemetery, Yorkshire United Kingdom. ‘202677’ Son of Louis and Letitia Edmunds, of Thwaite Gate, Leeds; husband of Edith Edmunds, of 18, Iveridge Grove, Hunslet, Leeds.