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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Captain Edward Brassey Egerton, ‘D’ Sqdn, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)

First World War Army United Kingdom HABARCQ COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

United Kingdom

Private G/2188 Maurice Harold Oliver Hazelden 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Rifleman S/17629 Arthur Lavender of the 2nd Battalion, the Rifle Brigade

First World War Army United Kingdom GOUZEAUCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Private Thomas Chapman 4746, 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers

First World War Army United Kingdom THIEPVAL ANGLO-FRENCH CEMETERY

By Gossart Rémi

France

Captain Evelyn Herbert Lightfoot Southwell - Olympian

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Captain John Robert Somers-Smith - Olympian

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

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