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 John Dennis Sargent, 22874, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

First World War Army United Kingdom HELLINGLY CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Gnr. William James Kester, Royal Field Artillery - 'One of 4 brothers who died on the Somme in 1918'

First World War Army United Kingdom POZIERES MEMORIAL

By Caroline Tadhunter

United Kingdom

L/Cpl Ellis Kester, 1st Bn., Cambridgeshire Regt. - 'One of four brothers who died on the Somme in 1918'

First World War Army United Kingdom POZIERES MEMORIAL

By Caroline Tadhunter

United Kingdom

Surgeon Thomas Mansergh Wood-Robinson, RN, HMS Black Prince

First World War Navy United Kingdom PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Gunner Alexander Marchant, 163495, Royal Field Artillery

First World War Army United Kingdom HELLINGLY CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private Roland Creswell Morgan, 2360, 2nd Bn., London Regt. (Royal Fusiliers)

First World War Army United Kingdom COMBLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

By Jeremy Elsworth

United Kingdom

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