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 Stewart Henry Alexander Leith

Second World War Army Canadian The Italian Campaign MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

By Alexander Marchi

United Kingdom

Major Maurice Jospeh Lawson Turnbull

Second World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman D-Day and Invasion of Normandy BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

Squadron Leader Cecil Rhys Davies

Second World War Air Force United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman D-Day and Invasion of Normandy BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

Pilot Officer Ernest Ian Parsons

Second World War Air Force New Zealand Pre-war sportsman/woman BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

Pilot Officer Donald Gordon Cobden

Second World War Air Force New Zealand Pre-war sportsman/woman OOSTENDE NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Second Lieutenant Paul Cooke

Second World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman COMINES (KOMEN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

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