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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Second Lieutenant Walter Daniel John Tull

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman ARRAS MEMORIAL

Company Sergeant Major Albert Ernest Pearce

First World War Army United Kingdom ABNEY PARK CEMETERY

Lieutenant Colonel Wilfrith Elstob VC, DSO, MC

First World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder POZIERES MEMORIAL

Captain Vernon William Blythe Castle

First World War Air Force United Kingdom NEW YORK CITY (WOODLAWN) CEMETERY

Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae

First World War Army Canadian Art and Literature WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Captain Henry Rawson Forde MC

First World War Army United Kingdom TYNE COT CEMETERY

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