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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Gunner Frank Rayment, Royal Field Artillery - Died 11th January 1915

First World War Army United Kingdom GREENWICH CEMETERY

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

Sergeant Cyril Potts, 432681, 49th Battalion - The Alberta Regiment, C.E.F.

First World War Army Canadian YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Private Frank Graves, 1st/4th Bn Hampshire Regiment - Died 21st January 1916

First World War Army United Kingdom BASRA MEMORIAL

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

Private George Wishart, 2244 (1882 - 1916)

First World War Army Australian SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2

By Scott Wishart

United Kingdom

Sergeant Percy Andersen, 1/5th Battalion, Essex Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom JERUSALEM MEMORIAL

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

Private Walter Sefton 9th West Riding Regiment, my grandfather's younger brother, my great uncle.

First World War Army United Kingdom ARRAS MEMORIAL

By Alison Forrest

United Kingdom

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