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 S.J. Ward - A Boy to a Man's War

First World War Army United Kingdom LARCH WOOD (RAILWAY CUTTING) CEMETERY

By Caroline Harris

United Kingdom

Private Thomas Purvis - Died on Christmas Day 1915

First World War Army United Kingdom ERQUINGHEM-LYS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION

By John Edward Purvis

United Kingdom

Private John Walker 5267 of the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)

First World War Army United Kingdom MONCHY-HUMIERES COMMUNAL CEMETERY

By Michael Greet

United Kingdom

Corporal James Hellyer - Machine Gunner 2nd Otago Battalion

First World War Army New Zealand ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Serjeant William James Bendrey

First World War Army United Kingdom MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT

United Kingdom

Corporal Samuel Ferguson Nisbet - An Eastern Star

First World War Army United Kingdom DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN

By Glen Cruickshanks

United Kingdom

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