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 Ian McNaughton Pilkington, 2/6th Black Watch. Died 4th March 1916

First World War Army United Kingdom PERTH (JEANFIELD AND WELLSHILL) CEMETERY

By Dave Dykes

United Kingdom

Lieutenant George William Edendale Whitehead - As Happy With A Good Book As When Scoring Centuries

First World War Air Force United Kingdom HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

By Grant Cornwell MBE

France

Lance Corporal John Stewart Petrie, 1st King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in action, 6th December 1916

First World War Army United Kingdom THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

By Dave Dykes

United Kingdom

Private James Tullo Penney, 15th Royal Scots. Killed in action in France, 1st July 1916.

First World War Army United Kingdom THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

By Dave Dykes

United Kingdom

Sergeant John Halling, 10th Company, London Command Depot, Royal Engineers

First World War Army United Kingdom THETFORD CEMETERY

By Nick Tucker

United Kingdom

Bombardier Harry Macdonald Kyle Peddie, 177th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. KIA 11 October 1916

First World War Army United Kingdom BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

By Dave Dykes

United Kingdom

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First World War

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Private Ian McNaughton Pilkington, 2/6th Black Watch. Died 4th March 1916

Lieutenant George William Edendale Whitehead - As Happy With A Good Book As When Scoring Centuries

Lance Corporal John Stewart Petrie, 1st King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in action, 6th December 1916

Private James Tullo Penney, 15th Royal Scots. Killed in action in France, 1st July 1916.

Sergeant John Halling, 10th Company, London Command Depot, Royal Engineers

Bombardier Harry Macdonald Kyle Peddie, 177th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. KIA 11 October 1916

First World War

3634 Stories

Private Ian McNaughton Pilkington, 2/6th Black Watch. Died 4th March 1916

Lieutenant George William Edendale Whitehead - As Happy With A Good Book As When Scoring Centuries

Lance Corporal John Stewart Petrie, 1st King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in action, 6th December 1916

Private James Tullo Penney, 15th Royal Scots. Killed in action in France, 1st July 1916.

Sergeant John Halling, 10th Company, London Command Depot, Royal Engineers

Bombardier Harry Macdonald Kyle Peddie, 177th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. KIA 11 October 1916

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