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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Lance Serjeant John Harris Marlow - Lost at Delville Wood

First World War Army United Kingdom THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

By Derek Marlow

United Kingdom

Private John Kyle, 25455, 16th Battalion, Royal Scots

First World War Army United Kingdom CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES

By James Renwick

United Kingdom

Lance Corporal, William Rochford, 25947, 7th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom NAMPS-AU-VAL BRITISH CEMETERY

By James Renwick

United Kingdom

Rifleman Gobar Singh Negi VC

First World War Army Indian Victoria Cross holder NEUVE-CHAPELLE MEMORIAL

Trooper Sydney Bunten Brown - Joined up a long way from home

First World War Miscellaneous United Kingdom SHELL GREEN CEMETERY

By Susan Strang

United Kingdom

Private Robert Moffat Seath, 93886, Royal Army Medical Corps

First World War Army United Kingdom ARRAS MEMORIAL

By James Renwick

United Kingdom

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