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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Sergeant Septimus Heyns Ledger

First World War Army South African Pre-war sportsman/woman ARRAS MEMORIAL

Lt Charles Edward Plewman MC

First World War Army United Kingdom POST OFFICE RIFLES CEMETERY, FESTUBERT

Lieutenant John George Will - "The Flying Scot"

First World War Air Force United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL

Sergeant Albert Gill VC

First World War Army United Kingdom Post Office Victoria Cross holder DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

Private James Armour

First World War Army United Kingdom PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL

By James Renwick

United Kingdom

Nursing Sister Katherine Maude Mary MacDonald

First World War Army Canadian Women at war ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

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