

United Kingdom
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.


Private Thomas Edward Bancroft, 3320612, Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)

Captain John Allen Anscombe - 'Dear 'Anny''
By Charlotte Carty
United Kingdom

Company Serjeant Major Albert Edward Maplethorpe - 'Died a Paraplegic'
By David Ingleby
United Kingdom

Staff Serjeant William Ernest Wilmot - 'Died From a Visit to a Swimming Pool'
By David Ingleby
United Kingdom

Gunner Henry Birkett Shimelds - 'Death by Influenza'
By David Ingleby
United Kingdom
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