101 years ago today 15/1/1915: Private T Akers (Age 21) “F” Coy. 4th Bn. Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Edward and Sarah Akers, of 2, Shaftesbury Cottages, Birchall Avenue, Seacombe, Cheshire. His Brother W Akers also fell.

 

100 years ago today 15/1/1916: Lance Corporal WE Ford 13th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France

 

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

Lance Corporal Clifford Gregory (Age 25) 1st Bn. El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt

 

VC Winners…

1859: Herbert Clogstoun of 19th Madras Native Infantry in Indian Mutiny, Chichumbah, India.

Walter Cook of 42nd Regiment of Foot in Indian Mutiny, Maylah Ghat, India.

Duncan Millar of 42nd Regiment of Foot in Indian Mutiny, Maylah Ghat, India.

 

also…

1559 – Elizabeth 1 crowned at Westminster Abbey

1759 – British Museum opened

 

happy birthday…

1842 – Saint Mary MacKillop

1914 – Hugh Trevor Roper

1929 – Martin Luther King Jr.

 

 

 

100 years ago today 21/11/1915: Remembering Private JE Brown 11th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

Private H Beeley (Age 23) “B” Coy. 11th Bn. Rifle House Cemetery, Belgium. Husband of Ethel May Beeley, of 425, Ashdale Avenue, Toronto, Ontario. Born At Broadbottom, Hyde, Cheshire, England.

Private Arthur Stokes (Age 45) 11th Bn. Rifle House Cemetery, Belgium. Husband of Mary Ann Stokes, of 27, Hanover St., Portwood, Stockport.

21/11/1916: A mine explodes and sinks HMHS Britannic in the Aegean Sea, killing 30 people (thanks Wikipedia)

 

100 years ago today 176 troops died (British and Commonwealth)…

WW2: Private Horace Rawcliffe (Age 29) Sale Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of James and Marianne Rawcliffe, Of Sale.

 

Happy birthday Bjork!