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 Frederick Whittemore, 2083 - Burton Latimer War Memorial

First World War Army United Kingdom COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY

By Tony Dacre

United Kingdom

Stoker 1st Class Lawrence Ward - One of the last WW1 servicemen to be added to Wigan’s war memorial

First World War Navy United Kingdom WIGAN CEMETERY

By Adelle Glover

United Kingdom

Private James Smith, 952, 15th Bn., 4th Infantry AIF

First World War Army Australian LONE PINE MEMORIAL

By John Phillips

Australia

Second Lieutenant Joseph Goodman, 5th Bn., King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

First World War Army United Kingdom ARRAS MEMORIAL

By John Phillips

Australia

Private Frank Cottrell, Royal Marine Light Infantry - Died with hundred of others aboard HMS Princess Irene

First World War Navy United Kingdom ASH CEMETERY

By David Cross

United Kingdom

Lance Corporal Robert Wells, the Depot, Suffolk Regiment (previously 8th Battalion)

First World War Army United Kingdom ISLEHAM CEMETERY

By Nick Tucker

United Kingdom

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First World War

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Private Frederick Whittemore, 2083 - Burton Latimer War Memorial

Stoker 1st Class Lawrence Ward - One of the last WW1 servicemen to be added to Wigan’s war memorial

Private James Smith, 952, 15th Bn., 4th Infantry AIF

Second Lieutenant Joseph Goodman, 5th Bn., King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

Private Frank Cottrell, Royal Marine Light Infantry - Died with hundred of others aboard HMS Princess Irene

Lance Corporal Robert Wells, the Depot, Suffolk Regiment (previously 8th Battalion)

First World War

3634 Stories

Private Frederick Whittemore, 2083 - Burton Latimer War Memorial

Stoker 1st Class Lawrence Ward - One of the last WW1 servicemen to be added to Wigan’s war memorial

Private James Smith, 952, 15th Bn., 4th Infantry AIF

Second Lieutenant Joseph Goodman, 5th Bn., King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

Private Frank Cottrell, Royal Marine Light Infantry - Died with hundred of others aboard HMS Princess Irene

Lance Corporal Robert Wells, the Depot, Suffolk Regiment (previously 8th Battalion)

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