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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Lieutenant Spencer Julian Wilfred Railston - Killed while trying to save the live of an injured woman

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

By Grant Cornwell MBE (1)

France

Fireman Alfred George Langwith - Ran away to join the war at age 15

First World War Merchant Navy United Kingdom TOWER HILL MEMORIAL

By Teresa Langwith

United Kingdom

Corporal Alan Richard Leatherdale, ‘…one of the truest and bravest chums…’

First World War Army United Kingdom THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Private Donald Fraser Ross - He died at the Somme.

First World War Army Canadian SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, CONTALMAISON

By Elizabeth Hale

Canada

Sergeant Joseph Keatley - Determined to Serve

First World War Army United Kingdom THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Captain Eric John Western Dolphin, Shot whilst taking the surrender of German prisoners

First World War Army United Kingdom PLOEGSTEERT CHURCHYARD

By Grant Cornwell MBE (1)

France

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