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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Private William George Lane 9577, 1st Bn., Hampshire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

Corporal Tom Johnson 69159, 9th Bn., Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

First World War Army United Kingdom POZIERES MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Private Ernest George Payne 18204, "D" Coy. 8th Bn., Royal Berkshire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

By Michael Loxdale

United Kingdom

Shoeing Smith James Bullock, 13432, 17th (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Lancers

First World War Army United Kingdom POZIERES MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Corporal John O'Sullivan, 7944, 2nd Battalion, Leinster Regiment.

First World War Army United Kingdom LA BRIQUE MILITARY CEMETERY NO.1

By Eoin FitzGerald

Ireland

Second Lieutenant Clement John Byron, 2nd Bn., Honourable Artillery Company

First World War Army United Kingdom BEAUMONT-HAMEL BRITISH CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

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