Army

The mud and blood of the Western Front, the sands and heat of the African battlefields, and the perilous jungles of Burma are just some of the conditions that the armies of the Commonwealth had to contend with during the world wars. Regardless, through sheer courage and resilience, they fought on, despite huge losses of life. Tell us their stories. (Image © IWM)

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Trooper Ernest Long 11/790, 2nd Battalion, Wellington Mounted Rifles, N.Z.E.F.

First World War Army United Kingdom CHUNUK BAIR (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Lieutenant Charles Ian Grant 151559, 17/21st Lancers

Second World War Army United Kingdom MEDJEZ-EL-BAB MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Corporal Henry 'Harry' Darkes ~ 1st Bn. Worcestershire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom BRAY MILITARY CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Corporal Walter Whiston Bullock - An English-born New Zealander at 3rd Ypres

First World War Army New Zealand TYNE COT CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Lieutenant Colonel Normand Addison Birley DSO, 17th/21st Lancers

First World War Second World War Army United Kingdom KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

United Kingdom

Captain Lionel Lee, MC, Cr de Gu - 'A Jewish hero of the SOE with no known grave'

Army United Kingdom BROOKWOOD 1939-1945 MEMORIAL

By Martin Sugarman; story written by Paul McCue

United Kingdom

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