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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Corporal Harry Garnet Bedford Miner VC

First World War Army Canadian Victoria Cross holder CROUY BRITISH CEMETERY, CROUY-SUR-SOMME

Private William Johnstone Milne VC

First World War Army Canadian Victoria Cross holder VIMY MEMORIAL

Lieutenant Alan McLeod VC

First World War Air Force Canadian Victoria Cross holder WINNIPEG (OLD KILDONAN) PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY

Pte. Thomas Wilbraham ~ 1/7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom HEBUTERNE MILITARY CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Lieutenant Hugh McDonald McKenzie VC DCM

First World War Army Canadian Victoria Cross holder YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

Major Okill Massey Learmonth VC

First World War Army Canadian Victoria Cross holder NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY

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