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 Albert George Fuller, L/4110, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)

First World War Army United Kingdom MAZARGUES WAR CEMETERY, MARSEILLES

United Kingdom

Lieutenant Ralph Escott Hancock - A Cricketer at War

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman LE TOURET MEMORIAL

By Cindy Lejeune

France

Lieutenant Patrick Joseph “Paddy” Roche – Olympian

First World War Army Indian BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

Private John Watson 14530, 9th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom GUNNERS FARM MILITARY CEMETERY

By Sandra Harrow

United Kingdom

Private William John Wright 23673, 62nd General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps

First World War Army United Kingdom SALONIKA (LEMBET ROAD) MILITARY CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private Frederick Thomas Wright, 515269, 14th Battalion, the London Regiment (London Scottish)

First World War Army United Kingdom GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

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