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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Private John Finchett, 1/10th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regt.), Reassigned himself from Navy to Army.

First World War Army United Kingdom BERNAFAY WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN

By Dave Pritchard

Canada

Second Lieutenant William Rochester Potter, East Surrey Regiment attached to Machine Gun Corps.

First World War Army United Kingdom WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private William Henry Banks, G/2228, 8th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private Ernest George Buckeridge, 9945, 2nd Bn., Honourable Artillery Company

First World War Army United Kingdom ARRAS MEMORIAL

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Second Lieutenant Sydney Hopewell Wright, R.A.F., Died through injuries received whilst flying at Redcar

First World War Air Force United Kingdom NOTTINGHAM CHURCH CEMETERY

By Steve Kallaste

United Kingdom

Private Walter Turrell, G/75879, 13th Inf. Coy., The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

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First World War

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Private John Finchett, 1/10th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regt.), Reassigned himself from Navy to Army.

Second Lieutenant William Rochester Potter, East Surrey Regiment attached to Machine Gun Corps.

Private William Henry Banks, G/2228, 8th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment

Private Ernest George Buckeridge, 9945, 2nd Bn., Honourable Artillery Company

Second Lieutenant Sydney Hopewell Wright, R.A.F., Died through injuries received whilst flying at Redcar

Private Walter Turrell, G/75879, 13th Inf. Coy., The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment

First World War

3634 Stories

Private John Finchett, 1/10th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regt.), Reassigned himself from Navy to Army.

Second Lieutenant William Rochester Potter, East Surrey Regiment attached to Machine Gun Corps.

Private William Henry Banks, G/2228, 8th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment

Private Ernest George Buckeridge, 9945, 2nd Bn., Honourable Artillery Company

Second Lieutenant Sydney Hopewell Wright, R.A.F., Died through injuries received whilst flying at Redcar

Private Walter Turrell, G/75879, 13th Inf. Coy., The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment

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