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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Captain Henry "Harry" Walton M.C.

First World War Army United Kingdom POZIERES MEMORIAL

By Louise Freeman

United Kingdom

Brigadier General Norman Reginald McMahon - A Professional Officer

First World War Army United Kingdom PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL

By Micah Dominic Parsons

United Kingdom

Major Cyril Bartlett M.C.

First World War Army United Kingdom OUTTERSTEENE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, BAILLEUL

United Kingdom

Private THOMAS YOUNG FALCONER, 19764, 16th Battalion Royal Scots - "McCrae's Battalion""

First World War Army United Kingdom LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL

By James Renwick

United Kingdom

Serjeant Albert (Bert) Edward Fisher -From Middlesbrough to Fricourt

First World War Army United Kingdom FRICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

By Stuart Bremner McLeod

United Kingdom

Second Lieutenant E A Bowes ‘Killed in Action’ – building a picture of the person behind the headstone

First World War Army United Kingdom EPEHY WOOD FARM CEMETERY, EPEHY

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