

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 Gabriel George Overton 15626, 1st Bn., Coldstream Guards - 'My great Uncle Gabriel'
By Carol Ashfield
United Kingdom

Flight Lieutenant 39156 George Arthur Patrick Manwaring of 235 Squadron
By Philip Baldock
United Kingdom

Rifleman James Fisher 810, 11th Bn., Royal Irish Rifles - 'kia 1/7/1916 - Remembrance'
By S Gilpin
United Kingdom

Rifleman Charles Ernest White, 'He was in Royal Rifle Brigade known as “The Green Jackets”'
By Mrs Marshall
United Kingdom

Private George Alfred Freeman, 2571722, 8th Battalion, Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.
By Anne Timms
United Kingdom
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