

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)


Private William Wickens 204052, 1/4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
By Philip Baldock
United Kingdom

Bombardier Leonard Oliver Fairman, 876630, Royal Field Artillery “D” Bty. 95th Bde. (1894-1918)
By David Fairman
Australia

Lance Corporal Percy Gordon Fairman, SD/1032, 12th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment (1893-1917)
By David Fairman
Australia

Private Steven Francis Fairman, 10464, 3rd Bn., Coldstream Guards (1893-1916)
By David Fairman
Australia

Private Frank Hoath 315, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
By Philip Baldock
United Kingdom
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