

Roles
Throughout both world wars, men and women from across the Commonwealth were called on to carry out roles that they might have never dream of. Discover more about their stories. (Image: © IWM CH 6524)


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

F/O (Acting F/Lt) J/24323 Arnold Raymond Blynn 148 Squadron
By Philip Baldock
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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