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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Lieutenant Douglas Stuart Ross - 'Rossall School, Fleetwood former pupil'

First World War Army United Kingdom OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

By Susan Strang

United Kingdom

Lance Corporal John Milne - 'Remembered on Gorgie War Memorial'

First World War Army United Kingdom FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS

By Susan Strang

United Kingdom

Private Thomas Burke 35025 13th Battalion Cheshire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY, MESNIL-MARTINSART

By Dominic Wells

United Kingdom

Private Michael Burke DCM 12241 2nd Battalion Cheshire Regiment (formerly with the Grenadier Guards)

First World War Army United Kingdom YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

By Dominic Wells

United Kingdom

Sergeant Andrew McFarlane - 'Pilot'

First World War Air Force United Kingdom HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES

By Susan Strang

United Kingdom

Lance Corporal William John Sellar - 'Died at the Battle of Loos'

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

By Susan Strang

United Kingdom

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