First World War

More than a million Commonwealth casualties of the First World War can be found in our beautiful cemeteries and on our iconic memorials. The battlefields of the Western Front and Gallipoli are infamous for huge losses of life, but on land, sea and air, men and women around the world gave their lives and are commemorated in perpetuity. Tell us their stories. (Image: © IWM Q 8398)

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Chief Stoker William John Cornelius Bewers 280241, H.M. S/M. "E22.", Royal Navy (1876-1916)

First World War Navy United Kingdom CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

By James Nason

United Kingdom

Private Henry Robert Bewers 26502, 2nd Bn., Suffolk Regt. (1877-1916)

First World War Army United Kingdom THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

By James Nason

United Kingdom

Corporal John S. Tosswill 72726, Northern Signalling Service Training Centre, Royal Engineers

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman EASTBOURNE (OCKLYNGE) CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

2nd Lieutenant Thomas Tudor Thorp “D” Battery 83rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

First World War Army United Kingdom TYNE COT CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Corporal Edward Hodgkinson ~ 2nd Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps

First World War Army United Kingdom MAROC BRITISH CEMETERY, GRENAY

By Gary Broad

United Kingdom

Second Lieutenant James Hervey Hall, 32nd Training Depot Squadron, Royal Air Force

First World War Air Force United Kingdom BURY CEMETERY, REDVALES

By David Nixon

United Kingdom

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First World War

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Chief Stoker William John Cornelius Bewers 280241, H.M. S/M. "E22.", Royal Navy (1876-1916)

Private Henry Robert Bewers 26502, 2nd Bn., Suffolk Regt. (1877-1916)

Corporal John S. Tosswill 72726, Northern Signalling Service Training Centre, Royal Engineers

2nd Lieutenant Thomas Tudor Thorp “D” Battery 83rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Corporal Edward Hodgkinson ~ 2nd Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps

Second Lieutenant James Hervey Hall, 32nd Training Depot Squadron, Royal Air Force

First World War

3634 Stories

Chief Stoker William John Cornelius Bewers 280241, H.M. S/M. "E22.", Royal Navy (1876-1916)

Private Henry Robert Bewers 26502, 2nd Bn., Suffolk Regt. (1877-1916)

Corporal John S. Tosswill 72726, Northern Signalling Service Training Centre, Royal Engineers

2nd Lieutenant Thomas Tudor Thorp “D” Battery 83rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Corporal Edward Hodgkinson ~ 2nd Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps

Second Lieutenant James Hervey Hall, 32nd Training Depot Squadron, Royal Air Force

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