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 Ronald Francis Shaw - casualty of the atomic bomb

Second World War Air Force United Kingdom YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY

Pilot Officer Herbert George Haddrell

Second World War Air Force United Kingdom DERRY HILL (CHRIST CHURCH) CHURCHYARD

By Steve Calder

United Kingdom

Sergeant Albert Edwin Headland - Fighter Pilot, 112 Sqn. RAF

Second World War Air Force United Kingdom UDINE WAR CEMETERY

By Chris Headland

United Kingdom

Sgt. John Bremner RAFVR

Second World War Air Force United Kingdom BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY

By Dietmar Fahrenwald

Germany

Lieutenant-General Herbert Lumsden - The most senior British Army combat casualty of the Second World War

Second World War United Kingdom BROOKWOOD 1939-1945 MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Two Brothers Lost, A Family Shattered.

Second World War Air Force United Kingdom ABNEY PARK CEMETERY

By Grant Cornwell MBE

France

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