

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)


Ordinary Seaman William MacGilvray J/62859, Royal Navy, H.M.S. "Vivid."
By Susan Strang
United Kingdom

Private James Emmerson 19254, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
By Victoria Redmond
United Kingdom

Driver Henry Charles Preston 8842, 49th Reserve Bty., Royal Field Artillery
By Susan Strang
United Kingdom

Private Peter Gordon 59516, Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
By Susan Strang
United Kingdom

Gunner Roderick Lamont 250952, 5th Reserve Bde., Royal Field Artillery
By Susan Strang
United Kingdom
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