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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Air Mechanic (2nd Class) Cedric Nicholls, Royal Flying Corps ~ Died in Blighty

First World War Air Force United Kingdom KIDDERMINSTER (ST. GEORGE) CHURCHYARD

United Kingdom

Sergeant Frederick Hobson VC

First World War Army Canadian Victoria Cross holder VIMY MEMORIAL

Sergeant Hugh Cairns VC DCM

First World War Army Canadian Victoria Cross holder AUBERCHICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

Second Lieutenant Edmund De Wind VC

First World War Army Canadian United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder POZIERES MEMORIAL

Lieutenant Robert Grierson Combes VC

First World War Army Canadian Victoria Cross holder VIMY MEMORIAL

Lieutenant Thomas Orde Lawder Wilkinson VC

First World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

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