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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Serjeant Edward Gascoyne 6825, 70th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

First World War Army United Kingdom LYDD CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Gunner Charles Douglas Farrendon 28890, Siege Artillery Depot, Lydd, Royal Garrison Artillery

First World War Army United Kingdom LYDD CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Lance Corporal Lancelot Preston Gavin 4464, 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers

First World War Army United Kingdom LAHANA MILITARY CEMETERY

By Jan Saunders

United Kingdom

Private George William Broad 19078, 37 Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

First World War Army United Kingdom MONCHY BRITISH CEMETERY, MONCHY-LE-PREUX

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Lieutenant James Douglas Godfrey DSC, Royal Navy, HMS Attentive

First World War Navy United Kingdom LYDD CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Battery Sergeant Major Nelson Godfrey, 1702, Royal Garrison Artillery

First World War Army United Kingdom LYDD CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

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