

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)


Second Lieutenant John Alexander Ross - 'Brothers John and Douglas die in France'
By Susan Strang
United Kingdom

Private Richard Paterson - 'An apprentice blacksmith before war service'
By Susan Strang
United Kingdom

Private George Harry Stevens - 'A miner's tale'
By Tim Finch
United Kingdom

Private Charles Clark 533725, 15th Bn., London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
By Kieran Reed
United Kingdom

Lance Corporal Lewis Murray S/24340, 5th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
By Susan Strang
United Kingdom
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