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 Francis Octavius Grenfell VC

First World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY

Captain Edward Kinder Bradbury VC

First World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder NERY COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Captain Theodore Wright VC

First World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder VAILLY BRITISH CEMETERY

Lieutenant James Edward Tait VC MC

First World War Army Canadian Victoria Cross holder FOUQUESCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

Sergeant Robert Spall VC

First World War Army Canadian Victoria Cross holder VIMY MEMORIAL

Lance Sergeant Ellis Wellwood Sifton VC

First World War Army Canadian Victoria Cross holder LICHFIELD CRATER, THELUS

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