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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Boy Reginald Earnshaw, MN - 'Youngest Service Casualty of WWII - Ossett Fallen'

Second World War Navy United Kingdom EDINBURGH (COMELY BANK) CEMETERY

By Anne-Marie Fawcett

United Kingdom

Corporal George Campbell Cooke - Olympian

Second World War Army New Zealand Pre-war sportsman/woman ATHENS MEMORIAL

Flying Officer Frank Donald "Don" Collinge - Olympian

Second World War Air Force Canadian Pre-war sportsman/woman HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY

Lieutenant John Conrad Cherry - Olympian

Second World War Navy United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

Lieutenant Alick Bevan - Olympian

Second World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman BRUNSSUM WAR CEMETERY

Captain Arthur Beaumont Muir Crawford, 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Second World War Army United Kingdom MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI

By Jeremy Elsworth

United Kingdom

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