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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Gunner Basil Gooda Mart "A" Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch) Tank Corps

First World War Army United Kingdom ST. POL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

Corporal William Dott - Brothers lost in France and Flanders

First World War Army United Kingdom TYNE COT MEMORIAL

By Susan Strang

United Kingdom

Private Charles Ross, 32479, 2nd Battalion Royal Scots

First World War Army United Kingdom BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT

By James Renwick

United Kingdom

Boy 1st Class Ernest Arthur Pink, HMS Vanguard

First World War Navy United Kingdom PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

Lieutenant Harry Lister Villiers, Royal Flying Corps

First World War Air Force United Kingdom POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

Private Alfred Matthews, 8th Bn Queens (Royal West Surrey) Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom THE HUTS CEMETERY

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

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