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More than 1.2 million men and women of the United Kingdom are commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The casualties of the first and second world wars served in just about every theatre of war in both conflicts, on land, on sea and in the air. Tell us their stories.

Second Lieutenant Edmund De Wind VC

First World War Army Canadian United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder POZIERES MEMORIAL

Lieutenant Thomas Orde Lawder Wilkinson VC

First World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Lieutenant Colonel Philip Eric Bent VC

First World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder TYNE COT MEMORIAL

Lieutenant Prince Maurice Victor Donald of Battenberg

First World War Army United Kingdom YPRES TOWN CEMETERY

Brigadier-General Charles FitzClarence VC

First World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

L/Cpl. William Ernest Postings, 7th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment ~ Lost in the Retreat to Dunkirk

Second World War Army United Kingdom DUNKIRK MEMORIAL

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