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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Lieutenant Colonel Philip Eric Bent VC

First World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder TYNE COT MEMORIAL

Lieutenant John Brillant VC

First World War Army Canadian Victoria Cross holder VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY

Lieutenant Prince Maurice Victor Donald of Battenberg

First World War Army United Kingdom YPRES TOWN CEMETERY

Brigadier-General Charles FitzClarence VC

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

Regimental Sergeant Major John William Daniels SD/169, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Captain Frederick William Campbell VC

First World War Army Canadian Victoria Cross holder BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

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