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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Major Thomas Francis Pennefather Breen

First World War Army United Kingdom MORCHIES AUSTRALIAN CEMETERY

Nursing Sister Dorothea Mary Lynette Crewdson

First World War United Kingdom Women at war ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

Major Pandit Piaraylal Atal

First World War Army Indian NEUVE-CHAPELLE MEMORIAL

Sergeant Charles Claude Castleton VC

First World War Army Australian Victoria Cross holder POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

Second Lieutenant Frederick Birks VC

First World War Army Australian Victoria Cross holder PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL)

Private Thomas Cooke VC

First World War Army Australian Victoria Cross holder VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL

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