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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Sapper Norman Ripley, 208999, 33rd Base Park Reinforcements, Royal Engineers

First World War Army United Kingdom MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA

By John Phillips

Australia

Rifleman Walter Ripley, S/11265, 2nd Bn., Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)

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

By John Phillips

Australia

Private Charles McCracken, 7th Seaforth Highlanders. KIA, 16th April 1918. A son of Girvan and Perth

First World War Army United Kingdom TYNE COT MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Lance Corporal Frank Silvester, 42450, 2nd Bn., Hampshire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

By John Phillips

Australia

Lance Corporal William Albert Hughes - 7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom HELLES MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Lieutenant John Watson McCash, Black Watch, attached Royal Flying Corps. Died 22nd November 1917.

First World War Air Force United Kingdom ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

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