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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Second Lieutenant Michael Stapleton Frayling - One of the youngest officers of the RFA to be killed in WW1

First World War Army United Kingdom THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

By Grant Cornwell MBE (1)

France

Second Lieutenant W. Roy Gwyn Benson - Brave Young Officer Died Trying to Save a Comrade.

First World War Army CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ

By Grant Cornwell MBE (1)

France

Nursing Sister C. Maud Edwards - Cromarty Disaster

First World War Miscellaneous United Kingdom Women at war CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

By Vincent Stuart

United Kingdom

Private Thomas Gillan, Royal Scots Greys

First World War Army United Kingdom TOMINTOUL (ST. MICHAEL) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD

By Vincent Stuart

United Kingdom

Private Frank George Board - Lost at Delville Wood

First World War Army United Kingdom THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

By Gary Carrier

United Kingdom

Private James Wishart, 266948 (1895 - 1917)

First World War Army United Kingdom LEVEL CROSSING CEMETERY, FAMPOUX

By Scott Wishart

United Kingdom

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