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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Pilot Officer (Pilot) William Laidlaw, RAFVR, 50 Squadron. Died 20 October 1941

Second World War Air Force United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Civilian William Ralph Phillip Hayward

Second World War Civilian War Dead 1939-1945 United Kingdom SUTTON COLDFIELD, MUNICIPAL BOROUGH

By Jeremy Elsworth

United Kingdom

Captain Ivor Edward Morgan Cochrane, South Wales Borderers.

Second World War Army United Kingdom KEWSTOKE (ST. PAUL) CHURCHYARD

By Jeremy Elsworth

United Kingdom

Wing Commander Adrian Warburton DSO* DFC** – ‘The Absolute King of Photographic Reconnaissance’

Second World War Air Force United Kingdom Photo Reconnaissance DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY

Squadron Leader Henry Eric Maudsley DFC, RAFVR, 617 Sqn. - 'Death of a Dambuster'

Second World War Air Force United Kingdom REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

By MALCOLM PEEL

United Kingdom

Gunner Douglas Christopher Edwards, 11006266, 173 Bty., 523 Coast Regt., Royal Artillery

Second World War Army United Kingdom READING (HENLEY ROAD) CEMETERY

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

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