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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Major Lord Charles George Francis Mercer-Nairne - 1st (Royal) Dragoons

First World War Army United Kingdom YPRES TOWN CEMETERY

By Steve Calder

United Kingdom

Lance Corporal William Condie, 8th Black Watch

First World War Army United Kingdom TYNE COT MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Private John Hay Wishart, 1004 (1878 - 1916)

First World War Army Australian V.C. CORNER AUSTRALIAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL, FROMELLES

By Scott Wishart

United Kingdom

Private Fred Bull, 10952, 1st Bn Wiltshire Regiment - His body was never found

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

By Steve Calder

United Kingdom

Rifleman William George Renwick (0/642) - My Great Uncle George

First World War Army United Kingdom LOANHEAD CEMETERY

By James Renwick

United Kingdom

Private Peter Keill

First World War Army United Kingdom DADIZEELE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

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