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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Sergeant Ralph Henderson Goff Jones, RAFVR

Second World War Air Force United Kingdom SOUTH EALING CEMETERY

By Alison Barnes

United Kingdom

Driver Herbert Armistice Haylock of Duxford Cambridgeshire

Second World War Army United Kingdom THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY

By John Wakefield

United Kingdom

Flight Sergeant George Neville Barnes, RAFVR. Lost...

Second World War Air Force United Kingdom Art and Literature RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Civilian Charles Henry Holton: War Graves Gardener

Second World War Civilian War Dead 1939-1945 United Kingdom POLAND

By Caitlin DeAngelis

United States

Captain Cedric Alfred Humphries - the Cricketing Wessex Wyvern

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

United Kingdom

Pilot Officer Bernard Trent

Second World War Air Force Canadian HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

By Scott Pieschel

Canada

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