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)

Sergeant Sidney Cornell DCM, 14635496, 7th Bn., The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

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

Commander Cornelis Stephanus Theodorus Rietbergen - Netherlands Merchant Navy

Second World War Merchant Navy Non-Commonwealth MILL HILL CEMETERY

Paul Czommer - German Air Force

Second World War Air Force Non-Commonwealth CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY

By Volksbund Projekt ‘Kriegsbiographien'

Germany

Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee Jr. - 'High Flight'

Second World War Air Force Canadian Art and Literature SCOPWICK CHURCH BURIAL GROUND

Sister Edith Doreen Pedlow 206391, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

Second World War Army United Kingdom Women at war SINGAPORE MEMORIAL

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Sergeant Robert Ernest Luckock, 1332144, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Second World War Air Force United Kingdom VICTORIA (ROYAL OAK) BURIAL PARK

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