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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Drummer William Plester, F/2653, 2nd/5th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom HOOE (ST. OSWALD) CHURCHYARD

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private James Duffy - Olympian

First World War Army Canadian Pre-war sportsman/woman VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY

Second Lieutenant Joseph Dines - Olympian

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman GRAND RAVINE BRITISH CEMETERY, HAVRINCOURT

Private Alexander Decoteau - Olympian

First World War Army Canadian Pre-war sportsman/woman PASSCHENDAELE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

Captain Robert Finden Davies - Olympian

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

Private Charlie Davenport - Olympian

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

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