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 Gilbert Laurie Doull, 2nd Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).

First World War Army United Kingdom BRAY MILITARY CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Lance Corporal Richard Verhaeghe MM, the only Belgian in Tyne Cot Cemetery

First World War Army Canadian TYNE COT CEMETERY

By Robin Vanassche

Belgium

2nd Lt Cyril Blackwell - From Rhodesia to the Western Front

First World War Army United Kingdom THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

By Steve Calder

United Kingdom

Private James Don, 8th Seaforth Highlanders. Killed 25/09/1915, the first day of the Battle of Loos.

First World War Army United Kingdom LOOS MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Private Clarence Blight, 35830, 14th Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 28.9.1918

First World War Army United Kingdom VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL

By beverley Evans

United Kingdom

2/Lt John (Jack) Robert White, my distant cousin who died near Arras, aged 19

First World War Army United Kingdom ARRAS MEMORIAL

By Pauline Watson

United Kingdom

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