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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Serjeant Jonathan Adam Smith DCM 281506, 1st/7th Bn., Lancashire Fusiliers - 'His death...'

First World War Army United Kingdom VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL

By Alastair ORiordan

United Kingdom

Lance Serjeant Arthur William Fairman 16443, 8th Bn., Norfolk Regiment (1890-1917)

First World War Army United Kingdom YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

By David Fairman

Australia

Private John Watkins GS/16092, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own), attd 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

First World War Army United Kingdom TEMPLEUX-LE-GUERARD COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

United Kingdom

Private Edward Burns, L/3545, 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers

First World War Army United Kingdom DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE)

United Kingdom

Stoker 1st Class SS/109923 John Thomas Sparkes, HMS Defence

First World War Navy United Kingdom PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Corporal Thomas Alfred Saving, L/468, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)

First World War Army United Kingdom ST. HILAIRE CEMETERY, FREVENT

United Kingdom

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