101 years ago today 5/1/1915: Private JS Tindall 16th Bn. Whickham (St. Mary) Churchyard, United Kingdom.

100 years ago today 5/1/1916: Private E Axon MID (Age 23) 10th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Husband of Edith May Axon, of “Maple,” 22, Queen’S Rd., Hale, Cheshire.

Private  E Cartlidge (Age 36) 8th Bn. Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Husband oAlice Cartlidge, of 22, River St., Congleton, Cheshire.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

5/01/1941: Private Samuel Edwin Slaney (Age 34) 8th (H.D.) Bn. Congleton (St. Stephen) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Son of Edward and Sarah Ellen Slaney, of Congleton.

5th January 1984: Cheshires finished a tour based in Londonderry, Northern Ireland (started 10th March 1982)

also….

1895 – Dreyfus Affair (Alfred Dreyfus stripped of rank and sentanced to life on Devil’s Island, Fench Guiana.

1919 – the Germany Worker’s Party formed…..I wonder where that will lead????

VC Winner…

1900: John Milbanke of 10th Hussars in 2nd Boer, Colesberg, South Africa.

101 years ago today 3/1/1915: Private H Riley (Age 34) 2nd Bn. Winchester (West Hill) Old Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of John and Ann Riley, of Angel St., Manchester.

100 years ago today 3/1/1916: Captain   AE Harry 3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt, France.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

3/01/1945: Private Oscar Launcelot Tempest, Kirk Christ Rushen (Holy Trinity) Churchyard Extension, United Kingdom.

happy birthday…

106BC – Cicero

1883 – Clement Atlee (UK Labour MP 1945)

1892 – JRR Tolkien

1929 – Sergio Leone

1945 – David Starkey

VC Winner…..

1942: Arthur Cumming of Frontier Force Regiment in WW2,Kuantan, Malaya.

100 years ago today 2/1/1916: Private Arthur Aspey (Age 25) 9th Bn., Nephew Of Mr. H. Aspey, Of Bow Lane, Bowdon, Cheshire.

Private E Barker 9th Bn.

Private T Hall 9th Bn.

All commemorated at St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, France.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

2/01/1944: Private Percival Turner (Age 34) 4th Bn. Prague War Cemetery, Czech Republic. Son of George and Winnifred Turner, of Loftus, Yorkshire.

alos today…

1981 – Peter Sutcliffe (Yorkshire Ripper) was caught

VC Winner…

1859: Henry Addison of 43rd Regiment of Foot in Indian Mutiny, Kurereha, India.

1858: Frederick Roberts of Bengal Horse Artillery in Indian Mutiny, Khodagunge, India.

1920: William Kenny of 39th Garhwal Rifles in Waziristan Campaign, Kot Kai, Waziristan.

98 years ago today 31/12/1917: Remembering Private W Peach (Age 18) 9th Bn. Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, France. Son of William and Catherine Peach, of 29, Chaucer St., Kingsley Park, Northampton.

97 years ago today 31/12/1918: Remembering Private Arthur Jones (Age 43) 2nd Bn Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece. Son of James and Martha Jones; husband of Mary Ann Jones, of 2, Edward’S Court, Trafford St., Chester. Born at Hoole, Chester.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

31/12/1942: Private George Lowndes (Age 23) 2nd Bn. Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Son of Mrs. S. Lowndes, of Hanley, Stoke-On-Trent.

31/12/1944: Private James Lee (Age 25) 6th Bn. Forli War Cemetery, Italy. Son of William and Mary Lee, of Stockport, Cheshire.

VC today:

31 December 1858: Charles Fraser of 7th Queen’s Own Hussars in Indian Mutiny at River Raptee, India.

31 December 1942: Robert Sherbrooke on HMS Onslow in WW2 at North Cape, Norway.

also today…

1696 – Window tax came in in UK (I bet that was a pane (sic))

1796 – Baltimore incorporated as a city (note: I love B-more, the home of the O’s, The Wire, Ft. McHenry (where the USA national anthem was written); and where I lost my virginity…)

happy birthday….

1908 – Simon Wiesenthal

1912 – John Frost (his boys reached the bridge at Arnhem)

1937 – Anthony Hopkins (who ironically played John Frost in “A Bridge Too Far”)

1941 – Alex (“Fergie”) Ferguson former Man Utd manager (he of the the drier)

1943 – John Denver

Happy New Year………have a great 2016

101 years ago today 29/12/1914: Remembering Private Cornelius Bamford (Age 22) 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of William and Isabella Bamford, of Back Arthur St., Bury; husband of Marie Waldron (Formerly Bamford), of 2, Parson’S Court, Elton, Bury.

100 years ago today 29/12/1915: Remembering: Private A Gray 11th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

29/12/1939: Lance Corporal Percival William Walter Hookway (Age 37) 2nd Bn. Tiverton Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Walter Venton Hookway and Alice Maud Hookway, of Tiverton; Stepson of Mrs. A. B. A. Hookway, of Tiverton.

29/12/1940: Lance Corporal William Joseph Albert McGowan (Age 22) 1st Bn. Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt. Son of William and Annie McGowan, of Birkenhead.

VC today:

29 December 1877: Hans Moore 88th Regiment of Foot in 9th Cape Frontier War at King William’s Town, Cape Colony.

also today…

1170 – Thomas Becket (Arch Bishop of Canterbury) killed…

1890 – massacre at Wounded Knee

1895 – Jameson Raid in South Africa (helped start Second Boer War)

1939 – First flight of Consolidated LIberator B-24

100 years ago today 27/12/1915: Remembering Private  P Fowles (Age 27) 10th Bn. Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks) Cemetery, Belgium. Son of William and Mary Jane Fowles, of 44, Townfields, Over, Winsford, Cheshire.

Private W Brown (Age 23) 9th Bn. St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’avoue, France. Son of James and Betsy Louisa Brown, of Moss Nook, Cheadle, Cheshire.

Meanwhile in World War 2:

27/12/1940: Private Kenneth John Brooke Rowley (Age 17) Chester (Overleigh) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Edmund Brooke Rowley and Louisa Margaret Rowley, of Guildford, Surrey.

27/12/1941: Private James William Hicks Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial, United Kingdom.

27/12/1943: Private Richard J Connor (Age 33) 22nd Bn. Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Daniel and Elizabeth Connor, of Wallasey.

Happy birthday…

1948 – Gerard Depardieu