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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Stoker 1st Class Albert Paige 220670, Royal Navy, 'HMS Natal'

First World War Navy United Kingdom CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Second Lieutenant Leonard Henry Batson, 6th Bn., The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

First World War Army United Kingdom OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Gunner Percy Sims 89406, Royal Field Artillery

First World War Army United Kingdom BROOKLAND CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private Ernest Aubrey Wells 300091, 2nd/7th Battalion, The Kings Regiment (Liverpool)

First World War Army United Kingdom BROOKLAND CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Stoker 1st Class George Henry Davy SS/111068, Royal Navy, 'HMS Pathfinder'

First World War Navy United Kingdom CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private Alexander Barrie, 5025, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)

First World War Army United Kingdom ARRAS MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

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