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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Private Thomas Watts G/22299, 8th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

First World War Army United Kingdom YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

By Sarah Whithorn

United Kingdom

Petty Officer Stoker Walter Vince 305142, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Queen Mary”

First World War Navy United Kingdom PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

By Sarah Whithorn

United Kingdom

Lance Corporal John Victor Twitchin 242254, 2nd/5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

By Sarah Whithorn

United Kingdom

Major Heneage Frank Stopford, Royal Field Artillery

First World War Army United Kingdom BULLS ROAD CEMETERY, FLERS

By Sarah Whithorn

United Kingdom

Gunner James Ranison Mitchell 200101, "B" Bty. 92nd Bde., Royal Field Artillery

First World War Army United Kingdom CANADA FARM CEMETERY

By Linda Mitchell Brackenridge

United Kingdom

Sergeant Major Frederick Thomas Watts MM, 32973, Canadian Army Medical Corps

First World War Army United Kingdom HOVE OLD CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

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