

Second World War
The fighting of the Second World War touched every corner of the globe, on land, on sea and in the air. Today, nearly 600,000 Second World War casualties are commemorated by the CWGC in cemeteries and memorials around the world. Tell us their stories. (Image: © IWM E 17110)


Captain Peter Albert Boyd, 4th Bn., Wiltshire Regt. - 'A hellish night' - July 15th 1944, Esquay, France
Second World War
Army
United Kingdom
D-Day and Invasion of Normandy
BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
By Stephen Aubury
United Kingdom

Lieutenant Richard Geoffrey Nunn, Royal Marines, No.46 R.M. Commando
By Tony Smith
United Kingdom

Major Clive Eric Modin 121313, 9th Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
Second World War
Army
United Kingdom
D-Day and Invasion of Normandy
BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
By Philip Baldock
United Kingdom

Able Seaman George Victor Smith, Casualty of the sinking of "HMS Matabele" - 17th January 1942
By Madeleine J Clarke
United Kingdom

Private May Johnson W/113897, ATS - died on the 11th May, 1943
By Linda Storr (nee Johnson)
United Kingdom
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