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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Lieut-Commander Charles Henry Cowley VC, RNVR - 'Heroics in Mesopotamia'

First World War Navy United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder BASRA MEMORIAL

By MALCOLM PEEL

United Kingdom

Private Count Ove Krag-Juel-Wind-Frijs of Denmark

First World War Army Non-Commonwealth KEMMEL CHATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY

By Jørgen Flintholm

Denmark

Major Francis John William Harvey VC - 'Killed During the Battle of Jutland'

First World War Navy United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

By MALCOLM PEEL

United Kingdom

Private Cyril Arthur Harrison, 1374, 2nd., Royal Sussex Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom LE TOURET MEMORIAL

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private Sidney Buckman, 25816, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards

First World War Army United Kingdom CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Sapper John Arthur Medhurst, 146264, 91 Field Company, Royal Engineers

First World War Army United Kingdom DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

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