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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Private John Jarvie – Footballers of the First World War

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman CAMBRIN CHURCHYARD EXTENSION

United Kingdom

Lieutenant Alexander Glen – Footballers of the First World War

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman RIPON CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Private James “Jimmy” Chalmers – Footballers of the First World War

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman HELLES MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Lance Corporal Thomas Arthur Wragg

First World War Army United Kingdom PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL

By Jonathan Wragg

United Kingdom

Captain John Henry Nicholson

First World War Army United Kingdom WINCHESTER (WEST HILL) OLD CEMETERY

By George Hanfrey

United Kingdom

Captain Benjamin Nichols: From Private to Captain in four years of war

First World War Army United Kingdom BELLACOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, RIVIERE

By Robert Falkner

United Kingdom

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