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 Edward Spring 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment - My Grandad

First World War Army United Kingdom SPOILBANK CEMETERY

By Phil Spring

United Kingdom

Lance Corporal William Elliott, 22783, 47th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

First World War Army United Kingdom SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY

By David Nixon

United Kingdom

Lance Corporal Ernest James Holdup G/990, 10th Bn., The Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

First World War Army United Kingdom TYNE COT MEMORIAL

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

Private William Frank Hillier 1000765, 1st Can. General Hospital, Canadian Army Medical Corps

First World War Army United Kingdom ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

Corporal Sidney Joseph Cameron 2588, 58th Bn., Australian Infantry, AIF

First World War Army Australian RUE-DU-BOIS MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX

By Beth Robertson

Australia

Serjeant Albert Arthur Benz T/1050, 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

First World War Army United Kingdom MARDEN (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

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First World War

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Private Edward Spring 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment - My Grandad

Lance Corporal William Elliott, 22783, 47th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Lance Corporal Ernest James Holdup G/990, 10th Bn., The Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

Private William Frank Hillier 1000765, 1st Can. General Hospital, Canadian Army Medical Corps

Corporal Sidney Joseph Cameron 2588, 58th Bn., Australian Infantry, AIF

Serjeant Albert Arthur Benz T/1050, 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

First World War

3634 Stories

Private Edward Spring 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment - My Grandad

Lance Corporal William Elliott, 22783, 47th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Lance Corporal Ernest James Holdup G/990, 10th Bn., The Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

Private William Frank Hillier 1000765, 1st Can. General Hospital, Canadian Army Medical Corps

Corporal Sidney Joseph Cameron 2588, 58th Bn., Australian Infantry, AIF

Serjeant Albert Arthur Benz T/1050, 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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