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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Serjeant George William Hutson - Olympian

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL

Second Lieutenant Cecil Healy - Olympian

First World War Army Australian Pre-war sportsman/woman ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

Gunner George Hawkins - Olympian

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY

Lieutenant Richard William Jennings - Fell at La Boisselle

First World War Army United Kingdom MEAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY

By Alexander Marchi

United Kingdom

Assistant Paymaster Douglas Baillie Lee, RN, HMS Monmouth – ‘Memento mori…’

First World War Navy United Kingdom PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

By David P.Whithorn

United Kingdom

Corporal Henry Lowe Penson, 2217, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)

First World War Army United Kingdom HARGICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

United Kingdom

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