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 James Lionel Montague Sandy of the Australian Flying Corps (69th RFC Sqn.)

First World War Air Force Australian ST. POL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private John Pennells, 115403, 9th Bn., Machine Gun Corps

First World War Army United Kingdom LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private Albert John Morris, G/11979, 8th Battalion, the East Kent Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

CORPORAL 'HARRY' GASTON ~ MACHINE GUN CORPS

First World War Army United Kingdom OXFORD ROAD CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Private SD/3614 Albert Kenward of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom BURWASH (ST. BARTHOLOMEW) CHURCHYARD

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private P. C. Blazeby, 5822, DCM, 2nd Rifle Brigade.

First World War Army United Kingdom PROWSE POINT MILITARY CEMETERY

By Robert Cheves

United Kingdom

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