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 Harold John Colley VC MM

First World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET

Rifleman George Herbert Cook ~ 8th Bn. The Rifle Brigade.

First World War Army United Kingdom LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Captain John Aidan Liddell VC MC

First World War Air Force United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder BASINGSTOKE (SOUTH VIEW OR OLD) CEMETERY

Sergeant Arthur Davidson Melvin, 446966, Canadian Infantry, “C” Coy. 31st Bn.

First World War Army Canadian BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY, THELUS

Private Harry Hirst, 33513, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 185th Coy.

First World War Army United Kingdom PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY

Private Hector Richard Hicks, 2178, Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 8th Battalion

First World War Army Australian PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY

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