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 John Stewart Dagg - From Brighton to Auckland

First World War Army New Zealand THIEPVAL ANGLO-FRENCH CEMETERY

By Poppy Mercier

France

Private John Cameron - 13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force

First World War Army Canadian ROESELARE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

By James Godefroy

Canada

Rifleman Stanley Wake Z510 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade.

First World War Army United Kingdom PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Private Reginald Arthur Roots - Scout, Scoutmaster and Soldier who had a flower named after him

First World War Army United Kingdom CRANFORD (ST. DUNSTAN) CHURCHYARD

United Kingdom

Private Samuel Beer - "Everything possible will be done to keep the grave as I know you would wish it kept"

First World War Army United Kingdom PORTIANOS MILITARY CEMETERY

By Steve Calder

United Kingdom

Private Edward Schofield - Father of five young children

First World War Army United Kingdom ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

By Friends of St.Matthew's Churchyard (FoSMchurchyard) , Lightcliffe, Yorkshire

United Kingdom

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