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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Private Jack Cooper 7871, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

By Sarah Whithorn

United Kingdom

Private Percy Yalden 4/7141, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

By Sarah Whithorn

United Kingdom

Private Frederick Richard Vickery 28815, 11th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom TYNE COT MEMORIAL

By Sarah Whithorn

United Kingdom

Captain William Assheton Summers MC, 22nd Sqdn., Royal Flying Corps

First World War Army United Kingdom ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL

By Sarah Whithorn

United Kingdom

Private Joseph Jones 7451, 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment - kia 24th August 1914

First World War Army United Kingdom LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL

By Stephen Wakefield

United Kingdom

Private Alfred Hewitt, L/5577, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)

First World War Army United Kingdom YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

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