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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Rifleman Horace Raymond Waterman - A Talented Young Painter

First World War Army United Kingdom Art and Literature THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Captain Benjamin Eastlake Leader - A well-known exhibitor at the Royal Academy

First World War Army United Kingdom Art and Literature THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Private Frederick Percy Hallett, ‘No words of mine can console you…’

First World War Army United Kingdom THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Private John William Johnson, 11/1111, 11th Bn - East Yorkshire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY

By patrick johnson

United Kingdom

Private Eugene J Mullen, 141425, 5th Bn Machine Gun Corps, Infantry

First World War Army United Kingdom PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT

United Kingdom

Captain Arthur Richard Batson, Canadian Infantry

First World War Army Canadian DURY CRUCIFIX CEMETERY

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

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