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 Alfred Rebbeck, G/8245, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom MAYFIELD (ST. DUNSTAN) CHURCHYARD

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private John Ernest Ellis, SD/172, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private Owen Frederick Axell, G/11188, 11th Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

First World War Army United Kingdom DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Boy 2nd Class Frederick Charles Akehurst, J/35504, RN, HMS Vivid

First World War Navy United Kingdom MAYFIELD (ST. DUNSTAN) CHURCHYARD

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Lance Corporal George Washington Ellsworth, 440, 39th Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

First World War Army Australian HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES

By Fred Ellsworth

United Kingdom

Serjeant A. William Ward, 16232, 1st Bn., Highland Light Infantry

First World War Army United Kingdom BASRA MEMORIAL

By Fred Ellsworth

United Kingdom

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