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 Duncan Macpherson

First World War Army Canadian GIVENCHY ROAD CANADIAN CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST

By Alexander Marchi

United Kingdom

Private George Biggin, KOYLI

First World War Army United Kingdom RAMSCAPPELLE ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY

By Sally Jowitt

United Kingdom

Pte Joseph Herbert Ryding - Died in the mud of a Flanders field

First World War Army United Kingdom TYNE COT MEMORIAL

By Malcolm Ryding

United Kingdom

Private Walter Fox

First World War Army United Kingdom MILL ROAD CEMETERY, THIEPVAL

By Dorothy Barker

United Kingdom

Second Lieutenant Donald Simpson Bell VC

First World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder Pre-war sportsman/woman DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

Serjeant James H. "Jimmy" Speirs

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

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