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)

Captain Henry Maitland Macintosh - Olympian

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman SENLIS FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY

Lieutenant Robert Powell - Olympian

First World War Army Canadian Pre-war sportsman/woman ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI

Private Graham Padgham Batt G/4335, 1st Battalion, Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

First World War Army United Kingdom BETHERSDEN (ST. MARGARET) CHURCHYARD

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Trooper James Ferguson Boyce 1701, 1 Company, Household Battalion

First World War Army United Kingdom TOURNAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED EXTENSION

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private Frederick Stephen Gates 72221, 134th Field Ambulance, RAMC

First World War Army United Kingdom ACHEUX BRITISH CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Trooper Charles Le Feaver 1637, Household Battalion

First World War Army United Kingdom ROEUX BRITISH CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

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