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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Private George Edgar Ford - Talented Musician

Second World War Army United Kingdom MALBORK COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY

By Micah Dominic Parsons

United Kingdom

Engineman William John Wallace. HMS Fratton

Second World War Navy United Kingdom LOWESTOFT NAVAL MEMORIAL

By William Butcher

United Kingdom

Sapper Stanley Alfred Albert Roff - Born in Wiltshire buried in Yorkshire

Second World War Army United Kingdom LIGHTCLIFFE (ST. MATTHEW) OLD CHURCHYARD

By Friends of St.Matthew's Churchyard (FoSMchurchyard) , Lightcliffe, Yorkshire

United Kingdom

Don Parkin of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire Regiment, Died of Wounds, 13th June 1944.

Second World War Army United Kingdom D-Day and Invasion of Normandy HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

By Chris Headland

United Kingdom

Able Seaman (MN) Iain (John) Martin

Second World War Merchant Navy United Kingdom TRUMPAN BURIAL GROUND, ISLE OF SKYE

By Donald John Campbell

United Kingdom

Corporal George Horace Payne, RAFVR

Second World War Air Force United Kingdom OOSTENDE NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY

By Sally Jowitt

United Kingdom

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