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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Captain Percy Herbert Cherry VC

First World War Army Australian Victoria Cross holder QUEANT ROAD CEMETERY, BUISSY

Captain Clarence Smith Jeffries VC

First World War Army Australian Victoria Cross holder TYNE COT CEMETERY

Captain Alfred John Shout VC

First World War Army Australian Victoria Cross holder LONE PINE MEMORIAL

Private William J. Meager

First World War Army United Kingdom POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY

Serjeant Joseph Frank Brookes Birkin

First World War Army United Kingdom YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY

Serjeant James Gration DCM

First World War Army United Kingdom LEBUCQUIERE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

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