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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Surgeon Lieutenant Charles Henry Fairbank Atkinson OBE, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

First World War Navy United Kingdom ST. TUDY CHURCH CEMETERY

By Pam Free

United Kingdom

My great grandad William Brooks

First World War Army United Kingdom

By Sandra Webb

United Kingdom

Private Harry Pope, 15th DLI, and a father's desperate search for information about his son's death

First World War Army United Kingdom TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE

By Jon Pope

United Kingdom

Driver Tom Sharrocks - My Uncle

First World War Army United Kingdom EBBLINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

By Carol Hodgson

United Kingdom

Private John Henry Tucker, 21769, 10th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers), Duke of Cornwall's Light Inf.

First World War Army United Kingdom BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY

By Nick Tucker

United Kingdom

Private Alfred Vercoe Tucker, 21854, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

First World War Army United Kingdom ARRAS MEMORIAL

By Nick Tucker

United Kingdom

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First World War

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Surgeon Lieutenant Charles Henry Fairbank Atkinson OBE, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

My great grandad William Brooks

Private Harry Pope, 15th DLI, and a father's desperate search for information about his son's death

Driver Tom Sharrocks - My Uncle

Private John Henry Tucker, 21769, 10th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers), Duke of Cornwall's Light Inf.

Private Alfred Vercoe Tucker, 21854, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

First World War

3634 Stories

Surgeon Lieutenant Charles Henry Fairbank Atkinson OBE, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

My great grandad William Brooks

Private Harry Pope, 15th DLI, and a father's desperate search for information about his son's death

Driver Tom Sharrocks - My Uncle

Private John Henry Tucker, 21769, 10th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers), Duke of Cornwall's Light Inf.

Private Alfred Vercoe Tucker, 21854, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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