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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Serjeant Edward John Rance Pearcey, Royal Berkshire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

Private Oliver Neville, 1st Bn., Hampshire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

Lance Cpl Walter Beagley, Hampshire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

Leading Seaman William Henry Bennett, HMS Hampshire

First World War Navy United Kingdom PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

Able Seaman Walter Edward Neville, HMS Black Prince

First World War Navy United Kingdom PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

Stoker 1st Class William Frank Burningham, HMS Invincible

First World War Navy United Kingdom PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

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