

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 Ernest Andrew Bowring 14583937, 7th Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment
By Meg Gain
United Kingdom

Corporal Hedley John Burton 1006, 11th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment - 'His was a very noble act...'
By Jon Pope
United Kingdom

Lance Corporal John William Bowen 52894, 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
By Dominic Wells
United Kingdom

Private Robert Digby 9368, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
By Jon Pope
United Kingdom

Lieutenant George Sainton Kaye Butterworth MC, 13th Bn., Durham Light Infantry
By Jon Pope
United Kingdom
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