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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Serjeant David Gallaher

First World War Army New Zealand Pre-war sportsman/woman NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY

Private Alexander Ponton

First World War Army United Kingdom HOBKIRK PARISH CHURCHYARD

Staff Nurse Nellie Spindler

First World War Miscellaneous United Kingdom Women at war LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

Private Reginald Joseph Winfield Johnston

First World War Army Canadian LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY

Sergeant Harold Wilfred Shaughnessy

First World War Army Canadian LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY

Serjeant John Harold Rhodes VC, DCM and Bar

First World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT

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