

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)


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

Private Fred Bootland, B/159762, Algonquin Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Flying Officer (Pilot) James Llewellyn Allan DFC, J/19586, 198 (R.A.F.) Sqn, Royal Canadian Air Force

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

Lance Corporal Percy James Robicheau, F/8850, North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, R.C.I.C.
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