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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Ordinary Telegraphist John Baden-Powell Wallace, Surrey Scout and Sailor

First World War Navy United Kingdom FARNHAM CIVIL CEMETERY

By Mike Dawson (1)

United Kingdom

Private Henry Fawcett, 660th Agricultural Company, Labour Corps (formerly the Border Regiment)

First World War Army United Kingdom THETFORD CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Bdr. Eugene Mahy & Pte. James Guille ~ They never knew how their families would be connected after their deaths

First World War Army United Kingdom TYNE COT MEMORIAL

Australia

Private Horace Albert Killick, Scout, Footballer and Soldier

First World War Army United Kingdom SHERE (ST. JAMES) CHURCHYARD

United Kingdom

Private Arthur James Abbott (served as Hill), 15th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

First World War Army United Kingdom HOPTON BURIAL GROUND

United Kingdom

Private Thomas Armstrong, 93887, 48th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

First World War Army United Kingdom BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT

By James Renwick

United Kingdom

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