

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)


Lance Corporal Frank Evason, PLY/X 106353, 26 Royal Marines Lt A.A. Bty.

Pilot Officer Geoffrey William Hinde, 175573, R.A.F.V.R. 550 Sqn,

Flight Sergeant William Kevin Gertzel, 427460, 466 Sqn Royal Australian Air Force

Ernest Desmond Gates, aged 8, killed in an air raid on Scarborough, 15th August 1940
By Dave Dykes
United Kingdom

Private Fred Bootland, B/159762, Algonquin Regiment, R.C.I.C.
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