

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.


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

Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Murray Pirie DSO, 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers
By Steve Tock
United Kingdom

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

Private Arthur Albert Crowsley, L/ 7576, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
By Steve Tock
United Kingdom

Private Kenneth Purdy Buchanan, F/50171, North Nova Scotia Highlanders R.C.I.C.
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