

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)


Leading Seaman James Pengelly 205236, Royal Navy, HMS 'India'
By Lesley Yates
United Kingdom

Private Reginald J Battin TF/200709, 4th Bn., Royal Sussex Regt. - 'One of two lost sons'
By Lesley Yates
United Kingdom

Private Ronald Bernard Battin G/28988, 12th Bn., Middlesex Regt - 'One of two lost sons'
By Lesley Yates
United Kingdom

Lance Corporal John Bertram Tatlow G/17622, 13th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment
By Lesley Yates
United Kingdom

Serjeant Edward Frank Rashbrook L/13353, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge’s Own)
By Steve Tock
United Kingdom
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