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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Rifleman Percival Stanbridge 374789, 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

First World War Army United Kingdom TYNE COT MEMORIAL

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private Thomas Smith 265085, 10th Battalion, East Kent Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom HAWKHURST (ST. LAURENCE) CHURCHYARD

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Chief Petty Officer Albert Playford DSM 202189, Royal Navy, 'HMS Pembroke'

First World War Navy United Kingdom HAWKHURST (ST. LAURENCE) CHURCHYARD

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private Leonard Jamieson 517026, “F” Company, London Regiment (London Scottish)

First World War Army United Kingdom TYNE COT MEMORIAL

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Second Lieutenant Harold Colley, 18th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

First World War Army United Kingdom THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

By Margaret Holden (Banks)

United Kingdom

Private Norman Batt G/24923, 3rd/4th Battalion, The Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

First World War Army United Kingdom HEUDICOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

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