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 Kenneth Powell – Olympian

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman LOKER CHURCHYARD

Private Thomas Christopher Porter – Olympian

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

Private Tom Parkin - Olympian

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY

Lieutenant Harcourt Ommundsen – Olympian

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

Lance Corporal Timothy (Tim) O'Brien, 40756, 1st Bn., West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

First World War Army United Kingdom LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

By John and Mary Holland

United Kingdom

Corporal Archibald Ernest Tucker, 5909, 1st Battalion, the Welsh Regiment

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

United Kingdom

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