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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Lieutenant James Shirley Heathcote, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards

First World War Army United Kingdom KENSAL GREEN (ALL SOULS') CEMETERY

By Sarah Whithorn

United Kingdom

Private Thomas Henry Harman 5316, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

By Sarah Whithorn

United Kingdom

Second Lieutenant Charles Graham Rivers Halliday, 225th Field Coy., Royal Engineers

First World War Army United Kingdom VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

By Sarah Whithorn

United Kingdom

Private George Henry Betteridge 26586, Wiltshire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom ELING (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION

By Sarah Whithorn

United Kingdom

Corporal Derwent John Bavage 13674, 102nd Coy., Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

First World War Army United Kingdom HARGICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

By Sarah Whithorn

United Kingdom

Major Thomas Michael Bell 67772, 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, Royal Armoured Corps

Second World War Army United Kingdom D-Day and Invasion of Normandy ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

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