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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Lance Corporal Leonard Murrant 12723, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom HELLES MEMORIAL

By Sarah Whithorn

United Kingdom

Private Richard Macklin 229377, 1st Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

First World War Army United Kingdom ARRAS MEMORIAL

By Sarah Whithorn

United Kingdom

Stoker 1st Class William Laney K/19409, Royal Navy H.M.S. “Invincible”

First World War Navy United Kingdom PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

By Sarah Whithorn

United Kingdom

Private Frederick James Kinge 9182, “W” Coy. 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom HELLES MEMORIAL

By Sarah Whithorn

United Kingdom

Boy 2nd Class Sidney Herbert Kemp J/88020, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Impregnable”

First World War Navy United Kingdom FARRINGDON (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, HAMPSHIRE

By Sarah Whithorn

United Kingdom

Second Lieutenant David Dennys Fowler, Royal Flying Corps, 78 Squadron

First World War Air Force Australian ROTTINGDEAN (ST. MARGARET) CHURCHYARD

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

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