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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Private John Saunders, 1st Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died of wounds, 26th May 1915.

First World War Army United Kingdom BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Private Alexander B. Scott, 4/5th Black Watch. Died of wounds, 25th March 1918.

First World War Army United Kingdom ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN

United Kingdom

Second Lieutenant James Galloway Russell, 2nd Battalion Royal Scots. Killed in action, 3rd May 1917.

First World War Army United Kingdom ARRAS MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Commander Rudolf Henry Cole Verner, HMS Inflexible

First World War Navy United Kingdom CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

Private Herbert Eades, Queens (Royal West Surrey) Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

Bombardier Charles William Poling, Royal Marine Artillery, HMS Good Hope

First World War Navy United Kingdom PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

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