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)

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Corporal Edward Hirst, 2057011, Royal Army Service Corps

Second World War Army United Kingdom SAGE WAR CEMETERY

By Anne-Marie Fawcett

United Kingdom

Sergeant Neville Hamilton Page, 776003, 144 Squadron

Second World War Air Force United Kingdom JEVINGTON (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Pilot Officer Samuel Leslie Whillis, RAFVR, 617 Sqdn. - 'Death of a Dambuster'

Second World War Air Force United Kingdom REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

By MALCOLM PEEL

United Kingdom

Sergeant Hugh Robert Dick, 1383312, RAFVR, 207 Squadron

Second World War Air Force United Kingdom AMERSFOORT (OUD LEUSDEN) GENERAL CEMETERY

By Janet Newell

Australia

Flight Sergeant Donald Hopkins, RAFVR, 103 Sqdn. - 'A sad death in a beautiful place.'

Second World War Air Force United Kingdom HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY

By Trevor Hopkins

United Kingdom

Leading Aircraftwoman Caroline Dorothy Pelling, 2029496, 909/910 Balloon Sqdn., WAAF

Second World War Air Force United Kingdom ITCHINGFIELD (ST. NICOLAS) CHURCHYARD

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

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