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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Second Lieutenant Alfred Horace Martindale, 1st Bn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

First World War Army United Kingdom LOOS MEMORIAL

By Kevyn Braddock

United Kingdom

Lance Corporal Lawrence Chapman Symon, 33rd Bn, Canadian Expeditionary Force. KIA 24th August 1917.

First World War Army Canadian VIMY MEMORIAL

By Dave Dykes

United Kingdom

Private Robert Stewart, Highland Cyclist Bn., Attd.16th H.L.I., KIA 18 November 1916.

First World War Army United Kingdom FRANKFURT TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

By Dave Dykes

United Kingdom

Seaman Charles Dyer, a former gardener at Heligan

First World War Navy United Kingdom MEVAGISSEY CEMETERY

By Michael Greet (1)

United Kingdom

Lance Corporal Alexander Thomson, 6th Black Watch. Killed in action in France, 17th May 1917.

First World War Army United Kingdom BAILLEUL ROAD EAST CEMETERY, ST. LAURENT-BLANGY

By Dave Dykes

United Kingdom

Lance Corporal John Alan Stuart, 7th Seaforth Highlanders. Killed in action, 10th April 1918.

First World War Army United Kingdom TYNE COT MEMORIAL

By Dave Dykes

United Kingdom

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First World War

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Second Lieutenant Alfred Horace Martindale, 1st Bn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Lance Corporal Lawrence Chapman Symon, 33rd Bn, Canadian Expeditionary Force. KIA 24th August 1917.

Private Robert Stewart, Highland Cyclist Bn., Attd.16th H.L.I., KIA 18 November 1916.

Seaman Charles Dyer, a former gardener at Heligan

Lance Corporal Alexander Thomson, 6th Black Watch. Killed in action in France, 17th May 1917.

Lance Corporal John Alan Stuart, 7th Seaforth Highlanders. Killed in action, 10th April 1918.

First World War

3634 Stories

Second Lieutenant Alfred Horace Martindale, 1st Bn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Lance Corporal Lawrence Chapman Symon, 33rd Bn, Canadian Expeditionary Force. KIA 24th August 1917.

Private Robert Stewart, Highland Cyclist Bn., Attd.16th H.L.I., KIA 18 November 1916.

Seaman Charles Dyer, a former gardener at Heligan

Lance Corporal Alexander Thomson, 6th Black Watch. Killed in action in France, 17th May 1917.

Lance Corporal John Alan Stuart, 7th Seaforth Highlanders. Killed in action, 10th April 1918.

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