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 Roper Henry Whitrod, 4th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool) Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom GWALIA CEMETERY

By EUGENIE BROOKS

United Kingdom

Private Peter Robertson, D/10315, 1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards

First World War Army United Kingdom TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

By James Renwick

United Kingdom

Second Lieutenant Wilbraham Fremantle Smith, 5th Cheshire Regiment. DoW, 28th September 1916.

First World War Army United Kingdom GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

United Kingdom

Second Lieutenant George Matthew Ward - "I Died Doing My Duty"

First World War Army United Kingdom PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT

France

Rifleman Charles Ayres, Royal Irish Rifles - One of Cookham's Fallen

First World War Army United Kingdom WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

By Mike Copland

United Kingdom

Lance Corporal PETER MATHIESON WILSON, ‘B’ Coy 6th Bn. Cameron Highlanders - P.O.W.

First World War Army United Kingdom COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

By James Renwick

United Kingdom

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