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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Gunner 41466 Frank Hamper, 206 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

First World War Army United Kingdom DRANOUTRE MILITARY CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private 17053 Harry Frank Sands of the 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

First World War Army United Kingdom VIMY MEMORIAL

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private Walter Junior Tucker, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

First World War Army Canadian BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

By Nick Tucker

United Kingdom

Second Lieutenant Terence Donough O'Brien, 16th Lancers, attached to the Royal Flying Corps

First World War Air Force United Kingdom LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Captain Noel Martyn Saunders, C Company, 7th (Service) Battalion Border Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom AMERVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOLESMES

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Ordinary Signalman Lancelot Albert Peckham, J/34193, RN - HMS Vanguard 1917

First World War Navy United Kingdom PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

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First World War

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Gunner 41466 Frank Hamper, 206 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

Private 17053 Harry Frank Sands of the 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private Walter Junior Tucker, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Second Lieutenant Terence Donough O'Brien, 16th Lancers, attached to the Royal Flying Corps

Captain Noel Martyn Saunders, C Company, 7th (Service) Battalion Border Regiment

Ordinary Signalman Lancelot Albert Peckham, J/34193, RN - HMS Vanguard 1917

First World War

3634 Stories

Gunner 41466 Frank Hamper, 206 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

Private 17053 Harry Frank Sands of the 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private Walter Junior Tucker, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Second Lieutenant Terence Donough O'Brien, 16th Lancers, attached to the Royal Flying Corps

Captain Noel Martyn Saunders, C Company, 7th (Service) Battalion Border Regiment

Ordinary Signalman Lancelot Albert Peckham, J/34193, RN - HMS Vanguard 1917

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